Cooley were so close to a clean sweep of all the national open qualifiers by winning 4 out of 5. National Rinks The National Rinks had only reached the last 4 stage. But a mouthwatering tie saw Paddy Hanlon Gerry McCabe Stephen McMahon and John Murnaghan […]
This year the Brendan McMahon Charity Rinks was to raise funds for Carrick Cancer Society and what a great event it was for all concerned. Over 112 people entered the Rinks competition in which one Oriel Men’s Zone player played with 3 others who were pulled […]
The draw has now been completed for the Brendan McMahon charity rinks, which takes place in Lordship on the 6th of January. All proceeds are going towards Carrick Cancer Society. Play commences at 2pm with groups A,B,C,D and groups E,F,G at 3pm. Please do not be […]
After narrowly losing to Donegal we now are at home to Monaghan on the 12th of January in Corduff. A practice match has been arranged for Thursday the 3rd of January at 8pm in Corduff. Please make every effort to attend as we need to try […]
All our qualifying nights have now been completed and all that is left the finals night, on the 13th January in Lordship. The following is the order of play for the finals. 5pm Mat 1 Semi of rinks Sec P Hanlon v N Hand 5pm Mat […]
After the lows of last years defeat, Oriel Zone went into the Top Team Event hungry for revenge. Once again they came up against Pembrokeshire and the current holders the West Midlands. Oriel began their 2 day venture of reclaiming the top team event for the […]
Again another poor turnout by our ladies resulted in the Ladies pairs being completed. Hopefully next year things will improve. 1st Round Rachel Brennan and Geraldine Boyle had an easy victory over Brid Duffy only dropping 4 shots. Gill Rouiller and Imelda Hanratty comfortably beat Bernie […]
A very disappointing entry of 8 teams became even less when 3 teams failed to show up on the night, which left only 3 games in total to be played. Quarter-Final Gill Rouiller, Imelda Hanratty and Mary Gartlan played incredible bowls to beat Rachel Brennan, Carol […]
The first section of our National Trips took place in Redeemer. There were many tight matches and some incredible comebacks. 1st Round John McMahon playing with Thomas Gartlan and Imelda Hanratty began their night with a close encounter with with Sean Duffy winning by 3. Gerry […]
Oriels Nationals rinks is always well contested and this year was no exception.