Lurgan Blue slips up at Dromore
Alan Roberts’ rink was going well to be just 1 shot behind at 6-5 at the halfway stage but a 7-shot drop on the next end damaged the rink to such an extent that the remainder of the ends went in Billy Clingan’s home rink for them to finish 17-11.
On the adjacent rink it was a tight game between Harry Cosgrove’s and Davy Graham’s with the Dromore rink 5-3 ahead after 5 ends.
On the 8th end the Lurgan Blue rink claimed a brilliant 5-shot win to close the gap to just 1 shot for the score to be 8-9 but Graham’s rink responded immediately to take 4 shots off the next end and stretch their lead to 13-8.
Ends were traded but by the penultimate end Cosgrove’s rink was just 2 shots adrift at 17-19. They were very unfortunate not to win as they lay 4 shots on the last end to get at least 4 points from the match but Davy Graham wicked off one of their bowls to displace the Lurgan Blue bowl and take the shot to win 20-17.
Lurgan Blue travelled to Warrenpoint to play their last match of the season in Section 4 and did very well to come home with the full 10 points from the match.