No surprises for ladies as league nears finale

Champions elect, United, had their free week. Runners-up, St John’s, had an 8-2 win over Rangers. No 1 Ladies need at least a draw from their last match to be sure of third place following their 7-3 win at Fleet Ladies.

Ballylumford had an 8-2 win at Tech. Thatch beat Legion 7-3 with D McIlhatton having a good 21-dart game for Thatch.

Pigeon Ladies lost 6-4 at Islandmagee. Eagle at St Comgall’s and Wings at Ponderosa finished all square.

Results:

St John’s 8 - T Collins, K Rooney, V McDonnell, D Gannon, S Montgomery, E McCourt, M McDonnell, B Allen. Rangers 2 - M Picken, S Holden.

Fleet Ladies 3 - M Smith, K McNeill, L Houston. No 1 Ladies 7 - M Hodge, P Hopkins, A Davidson, L Robinson, G McNeill, L McHendry, J Baxter.

Tech 2 - B Todd, J McAleese. Ballylumford 8 - N McFaul, J Burgess, M Kirkpatrick, V Blair, R Forsythe, J White, McMcIlroy, S O’Toole.

Legion 3 - J Tennent, D Scott, J Spence. Thatch 7 - N McNinch, E Robinson, D McIlhatton, L Rea, K Dalrymple, H Davison, E Semple.

Islandmagee 6 - J Kirk, L Livingstone, M Jones, C Livingstone, L Addy, H Hall. Pigeon ladies 4 - P Hill, B Bell, K Norrell, C McDowell.

Eagle 5 - M Hardy, N Roberts, K Hagans, L Swann, C Rea. St Comgall’s 5 - P Johnston, M Kelly, E Toner, J Clarke, J Maxwell.

Wings 5 - A Johnston, A Reid, T Johnston, I Haveron, J Todd. Ponderosa 5 - L Irvine, B Wilson, J Kempiak, R Dunbar, H McCalmont.

Strikes of over 100 recorded by:

N Swann (No 1 Ladies) 148; L Houston (Fleet Ladies) 125; I McFaul (Rangers) 121; J Montgomery (St John’s) 120; L Rea (Thatch) 114; J White (Ballylumford) 108; S Johnston (St Comgall’s) 106; J Burgess (Ballylumford) 103.

Fixtures:

The McKeegan Memorial Cup will take place in the Ballylumford Club on Tuesday, June 8 at 8pm.