Garvey progress with 12 shots win in the NIBA Senior Cup

Lisnagarvey have not been going well in the League but they have progressed in two Senior Cup ties.
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Action from the Irish Junior Cup between Lisnagarvey B and Cookstown B US2016-409PM Pic by Paul Murphy

They won their first round IBA Senior Cup tie away to Castle with some ease and play Ewarts tomorrow (Saturday) in the second round.

On Wednesday night they progressed to the quarter finals of the NIBA Senior Cup with a 12 shots win away to Lurgan. They travel to Banbridge or Dungannon on Wednesday, June 15.

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N. Graham 27, H. Cosgrove 12; I. Craig 15, A. Briggs; P. Cromie 23, D. Gilliland 13; D. Boal 18, M. Montgomery 20.

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Cup win but League defeat

Lisnagarvey B 77 (1) Warrenpoint 84 (6)

Lisnagarvey B went into Saturday’s NIBA Division 4 match hopeful of following up the midweek Cup win with more points, but they only managed one.

Two fours put Alton Reid 14-4 ahead at the tenth and he added another four on the way to a 24-8 lead at 15 ends before getting a 12 shots win.

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Down 7-10 at the tenth and 10-14 at 15 ends Denis Rankin lost by four shots.

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Down 7-8 at the tenth Ken Armstrong was still close at 15 ends but lost by 12 shots.

At the tenth Jim Chapman was 8-12 down and it stayed much the same when Garvey lost by three shots.

T. Law, K. Johnston, J. Nelson, D. Rankin 15, O. McLoughlin 19; A. Smyth, M. Simpson, D. Porter, A. Reid 29, K. Tohill 17; M. Humpherson, S. McDowell, R. McMullan, K. Armstrong 14, R. Aiken 26; J. Shortt, R. Lemon, M. Wilson, J. Chapman 19, E. McLoughlin 22.

Lisnagarvey B 98

Donaghadee B 66

Lisnagarvey B moved into the quarter finals of the NIBA Junior Cup where they will play either Curran B or Castle B, with an easy 32 shots nwin over Donaghadee B on Wednesday night.

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It was a one sided affair with only Alton Reid being held to a tie and Jim Chapman coming back well to win.

J. Chapman 24, J. Robb 15; A. Reid 16, W. Brown 16; K. Armstrong 33, J. Purdy 21; D. Rankin 25, J. Smith 14.

Malone disappointed

Malone 59 (0)

Ballymena C 115 (7)

Malone had been hoping to collect some points at home to Ballymena C in Private Greens Division 4 but they failed to get off the mark.

Terry Monro had probably the best chance but lost the last two ends to go down by eight shots.

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R. Wilson, U. Ramsey, J. Wilson, E. Mairs 13, D. Greer 23; D. Magee, I. McIntyre, M. Brown, T. Monro 18, L. Lyness 26; J. Finlay, D. Brown, B. Carson, F. Thompson 12, A. Walsh 36; J. Grant, R. Collen, R. Mairs, D. Nelson 16, J. Elder 30.