Opening day loss for Garvey as summer season begins

DIVIS 81 (5.5) LISNAGARVEY 70 (1.5)

LIisnagarvey started the season with a difficult trip to Divis in NIBA Division One and came home with 1.5 points from an 11 shots defeat.

At 11 ends, Neil Mulholland was 6-11 down, but he was 12-13 adrift at 17 ends before lifting two, three. However, Divis finished with two, three to win by a shot.

At the fifth, Noel Graham was 5-1 in front, but by 13 ends he was 7-11 down. Garvey lifted a three and by 19 ends was 17-11 ahead. Divis lifted a five but Garvey finished with a double to win by three shots.

A three, a five and a four helped Ivan Craig to a 15-2 lead at the eighth, but by 14 ends it was 15-14 and though Garvey lifted a three they were 19-21 down with an end left when they lifted an equalising double.

At the tenth, Keith Morrison was 9-16 down and 10-22 at 15 ends before losing by 13 shots.

A. McNevison, T. Vint, D. Boal, N. Mulholland 1G. McGleave 18; S. Jess, S. Skelton, P. Cromie, N. Graham 19, B. Power 16; C. Aicken, M. Nelson, G. McCloughlin, I. Craig 21, P. McCafferty 21; S. Irwin, J. McCloughlin, D. Beattie, K. Morrison 13, R. Cregan 26.

All seven for Garvey B

LISNAGARVEY B 80 (7) NORTH DOWN 47 (0)

Lisnagarvey B started the season in NIBA Division 4 with a 33 shots home win and all seven points against North Down.

Bobby Carroll won by the largest margin - 11 shots and there were comfortable wins for Alton Reid, Denis Rankin and Ken Armstrong.

K. Johnston, B. Lemon, J. Chapman, B. Carroll 22, S. Cullen 11; J. Shortt, B. McMullan, P. Lavery, A. Reid 24, G. McMeekin 14; A. Smyth, M. Adamson, I. McIntyre, G. Rankin 17, A. Burley 9; M. Simpson, J. Nelson, D. Porter, K. Armstrong 17, S. Healey 13.

Nothing for Hilden

Hilden travelled to Comber in their opening game in Private Greens Senior Two and failed to win a game, going down on all four rinks.

They had a couple of players unavailable and will hope thing improve in the coming weeks.

Good start for Hilden B

HILDEN B 83 (5.5) COMBER B 71 (1.5)

Hilden B made a good start in Private Greens Junior Two when they beat Comber B by 12 shots and netted 5.5 points.

Robin Campbell led the way with a 16 shots win and Gary Finlay was not far behind with a ten shots success.

Hugh Murray gained a share of the spoils, but Max McClean went down by 14 shots.

S. Dodds, E. Finlay, M. Smyth, R. Campbell 28, M. McBride 12; A. Miskelly, L. Finlay, C. Morrison, H. Murray 18, A. McKenzie 18; W. Garrett, D. Bell, D. Dawson, G. Finlay 27, J. Herron 17; A. Harron, N. Burke, J. Freeborn, M. McClean 10, N. Cunningham 24.

Dromore fall at Carrick

Dromore travelled to Carrick in the opening match in NIBA Division Two, but only managed to take 1.5 points.

James McKenny was their only winner and Nick Haire, who has joined Dromore along with his father, Tom, shared the spoils.

Three winners but Dromore B lose

DROMORE B 74 (3) BETS 78 (4)

Dromore B won on three rinks but lost by four shots at home to BETS in NIBA Division Five.

Alan Sudlow led 9-5 at the tenth and 13-12 at 15 ends before winning by three shots.

At the tenth Ronnie Malcolmson was 10-6 ahead but level 13-13 at 15 ends before coming back to win by three shots.

It was 8-8 at the tenth but Tommy Wilson was 13-15 down at 15 ends before losing by 12 shots.

Ahead 10-8 at the tenth Sammy Malcolmson slipped to 13-13 five ends later but came back to win by two shots.

N. Lindsay, W. J. Morgan, H. Maxwell, A. Sudlow 19, J. Hagan 16; T.Ogle, K. Dickson, C. Lindsay, R. Malcolmson 20, W. Fox 17; T. Sudlow, D. Dawson, J. Black, T. Wilson 16, D. Brennan 28; R. Elliott, T. Gilliland, A. Clinghan, S. Malcolmson 19, K. Greenan 17.

Finaghy start with win

FINAGHY 84 (5) QUEEN’S ISLAND 77.5

Finaghy started their season in NIBA Division Four with five points from a win by 6.5 shots against Queen’s Island.

Trevor Flack and John Campbell had comfortable wins, but Randal Megrath lost by14 shots and Greg Peacock went down by 2.5 shots.

R. Blevins, J. Moore, T. McKeown, T. Flack 28, T. Gourley 17; E. Ashton, W. Kingan, J. Cairnduff, J, Campbell 28, P. Finnegan 16; T. Cairnduff, J. Lendrum, J. Curry, R. Megrath 14, R. Woodburn 28; J. Reilly, H. Wilmont, H. Morrison, G. Peacock 14, N. Hughes 16.5.

Finaghy B team have folded.

Two up, two down Malone lose

KNOCK 75 ( 5) MALONE 65 (2)

The games were shared in the Private Greens Senior Three game, but Malone lost by ten shots at Knock and had to settle for two points.

Freazer Thompson won by a shot and Eric Mairs by three shots, but Terry Monro went down by three shots and David Nelson by 11 shots.

J. Gallagher 20, D. Magee, R. Mairs, B. Cheyne, T. Monro 17; S. Curran 13, J. Finlay, R. Collins, B. Carson, F. Thompson 14; T. Wilson 16, M. Scott, U. Ramsay, I. McKay, E. Mairs 19; C. Campbell 26, R. Cottell, A. Kerr, H. McDonald, D. Nelson 15.

Jeff has the only joy

RATHFRILAND B 88 (6) LAGAN VALLEY 78 (1)

Jeff Fawcus was the only Lagan Valley winner when they lost by ten shots away to Rathfriland B in the opening match.

Fawcus was 18-9 ahead at the ninth and 28-9 at 15 ends before winning by 15 shots.

Down 2-14 at the tenth, Jim Kinkead slipped to 5-18 and lost by 20 shots.

At the ninth, Brad Kirk was 8-6 down and 15-14 at 15 ends. Valley were 19-17 ahead at 19 ends but dropped two, one.

At the ninth, Wilfie Benson led 13-7 but was 15-17 down at 15 ends and despite lifting three, two at the final ends still lost by four shots.

B. Gallery 15, R. McClelland, M. Blair, G. Stubbs, J. Fawcus 30; D. Blakely 29, G. Thompson, P. Gaffney, J. Houston, J. Kinkead 9; H. Malcolmson 20, J. Donnelly, B. Lemon, B. Hobson, B. Kirk 19; N. Weir 24, A. Jennings, M. Hanna, G. Murdoch, W. Benson 20.