Mid-Antrim men’s Zone dream ‘Done’ and dusted

Both sides have been involved at the later stages of the competition in recent years and a close game was expeected.

Rink 1 saw T Lithco, J McWhirter, J Millar and R Fleming in opposition to D McClintock. Donegal started quickly in this game and at the 6 ends stage were leading by 1-8.

The Mid Antrim rink then came back into the game with a count of 4 and 2 singles closing the gap. A 2 for the donegal rink on the last end left the final score as 7-10

Rink 2 saw M Wilson, G Wilson, W Caldwell and G Lithco in opposition to PJ Gallagher.

Play was tight in the early stahes of the game but by the 7th end, a count of 3 for the donegal rink made the score 2-8. The mid antrim rink fought back well in the last 3 ends with a 2 and a 3 against a single left the final score as 7-9

Rink 3 saw D Duncan, S Shields, N Booth and S Hall in opposition to P McGee. Play was tight in this game with only 12 shots being scored over the 10 ends. The Donegal rink had a measure of control as they managed to record a 3-9 win.

This meant a half time score of 17-28 and a large hill for the Mid Antrim team to climb in the second half.

Rink 4 saw T Morrison, I Craig, A Duncan and A Morrison in opposition to Irish international skip J Quinn.

Mid Antrim started quickly in this game with a 3 and a 5 allowing them to take a 8-2 lead after 3 ends. The Donegal rink fought back as they closed the gap to 8-7 after 6 ends.

Both rinks recorded a 3 before aa 2 for donegal gave them the lead for the first time in the game. A single for the home rink left the final rink score as 12-12

Rink 5 saw J Gaston, A Bonnar, B Trimble and B Magrath in oppostion to E Curran.

The Donegal rink started well in this game as they took a 1-9 lead after 4 ends. Both sides recorded a brace of 2s before a count of 2 for the Mid Antrim rink left the final rink score as 7-13 with the last end not required.

Rink 6 saw W Fullerton, R Rodgers , W Morrison and D Morrison in opposition to A Steele.

Play was tight in the early stages of this game with the score tied at 3-3 afetr 4 ends.

A single for the Donegal rink was their last scoring act in the game as the Mid Antrim rink dominated the second half of the game with a count of 4 on the last end the icing on the cake to record a 11-4 win.

This meant a win for the Donegal team with Mid Antrim now moving into the plate competition where they will face East Antrim in the second round.