Last shot win for Stubbs

There was a last shot win for Gordon and Raymond Stubbs over their Ballinderry team mates, Eddie Marsden and Paul Reid, in the Lisburn Zone open pairs final at Priesthill Methodist hall on Tuesday night.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2014, 14:30 BST

Despite winning five of the eight ends Marsden/Reid were just level at 5-5 and the Stubbs’ brothers got the winning shot with their final bowl.

Gordon Stubbs made it a double with an 8-2 win over Dessie Hamilton, Hillsborough Social, who only lifted two singles.

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In another all-Ballinderry battle in the mixed pairs final, Julie and Eddie Marsden beat Lisa Douglas/Stuart McSorely 8-7, though McSorely lifted a three at the last end.

Nick Haire’s mixed triple had a 7-2 win over Roy Kennedy’s three with Kennedy only managing two singles.

The mixed fours resulted in a second win for Nathan and Nick Haire, who won 10-4 against John Mackey’s rink, which had started with a double.

The Lisburn Zone committee wish to thank Roy Kennedy Fuels for the second year of sponsorship and he will do it again next year. Roy, of course, also sponsors the League.

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Details: singles, Dessie Hamilton Hillsborough Social 2, Gordon Stubbs Ballinderry 8.

Open pairs, Eddie Marsden/Paul Reid Ballinderry 5, Gordon and Raymond Stubbs Ballinderry 6.

Mixed pairs, Julie and Eddie Marsden Ballinderry 8, Lisa Douglas/ Stuart McSorely Ballinderry 7.

Mixed triples, Michelle Wright, David Lee, Roy Kennedy Priesthill Methodist 2, Amanda Carser, Nathan and Nick Haire Hillsborough Social 7.

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Mixed fours, Beth Wilson, Muriel McCandless, Houston Dillon, John Mackey Soldierstown 4, Laura Scales, Laura Holdsworth, Nathan and Nick Haire Hillsborough Social 10.

Fixtures

Fixtures for the week commencing Monday, March 3 in the Roy Kennedy Fuelsd Indoor Bowling League.

SECTION A: Tuesday, Killaney v Soldierstown, Derraighy v Priesthill Methodist, St Paul’s v Hillsborough Social; Wednesday, Annahilt Parish v Pond Park; Thursday, Hilden v Ballinderry.

SECTION B: Monday, St Matthew’s Broomhedge v St Colman’s Lambeg, Lambeg Parish v Rock; Wednesday, St Clare’s v Eglantine; Thursday, St Mark’s v Aghagallon, Sloan Street v St Joseph’s.

SECTION C: Monday, Royal British Legion v Seymour Hill; Tuesday, St Columba’s v Lisburn Masonic; Thursday, Suffolk v St Colman’s Dunmurry.

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