Founded 1965
56 members of the club turned up to play for the Dunlop Tankard on bank holiday Monday the 7th of August. I very entertaining afternoon was had by all with some very tight matches. Of the 7 matches played, in 5 of them the differential was 5 or less, in fact on 2 rinks the differential was 1 shot. The other 2 rinks decided who was second and who were the champions.
In second place were
Carol Lyons, Ian Quinn, Catherine Hackett & skip John Jowett.
The champions were
Billy Tomkins, Carmel Groarke, Tom Byrne & skipTess Wyeth.
It was great to see some new players on the podium.
After the match Albert supplied the refreshments for the players doing his usual excellent job.
Below are some photos of the day.
Congratulations to Gay Greene, Rita Saunders, & Vivienne Beattie on winning the Rhona Eager trophy at the inaugural ILB Championships in Bray on Friday the 4th of August, This win means that they will be off to Ballymena next weekend to play in the IWBA National Championships at Ballymena Bowling Club. We wish them all the best next weekend and hope they bring home the Dora Nickel Cup,
The Dun Laoghaire Champion of Champions semi finals and finals were played on Sunday the 16th July this year. Apart from 2 very heavy showers the day was fine and the spectators were treated to some magnificent bowling.
The semi finals were played in the morning with Patricia Ryan (Ierne) playing Collette Montgomery (Causeway) and Anne O’Herlihy (Leinster) playing Loreto Farrell (North Kildare) in the Ladies semi finals. Patricia and Loreto going on to meet in the final. Loreto triumphed becoming the first Champion of Champions from the North Kildare club.
On the men’s side Joe Fitzsimons (Meath) played John Nolan (Blackrock and Darren Richard (CYM) played Tom Kelly (Greenhills). Joe and Darren were the victors with Joe going on the win the final.
Below are a few photos of the day.
Congratulations to the our ladies for beating Westmanstown today in a close Challenge Cup semi-final match at Crumlin. Dun Laoghaire is now in the final, which will be vs Leinster on 27th August at a venue TBA. Watch this space for details of the venue when it is announced.