Social off to good start in Section A

They were comfortable winners by 17 shots at home to Killaney and took all seven points, while champions, Ballinderry, slipped up, just a little, by dropping half-a-point in a 24 shots win away to St Mark’s.

Richard McCaw shared the spoils with Eddie Marsden.

The other promoted team, Annahilt Parish, gained 1.5 points at home to Soldierstown.

Hillsborough Social 37 (7) Killaney 20 (0)

V. McCarthy, G. Ervine, J. Newell, R. Sloan 15, G. Dobbin, P. Gregg, A. Patterson, E. Patterson 6; J. Edens, T. Haire, K. Trainor, M. Trainor, 6, J. Gregg, J. Copes, A. Johnston, G. McMullan 5; T. Heasley, A. Riley, N. Haire, M. Beattie 8, S. McAllister, I. Johnston, J. Campbell, M. Foreman 4; G. Riley, D. Verner, N. Shaw, N. D. Haire 8, R. Mills, R. Wylie, D. Mills, G. Christie 5.

St Mark’s 20 (0.5)

Ballinderry 44 (6.5)

L. McDowell, J. Ellison, N. Martin, R. McCaw 8, J. Marsden, L. Graham, R. Gourley, E. Marsden 8; C. Walker, L. Scott, A. Walker, V. Wigton 1, E. Marsden, S. Law, D. Peden, P. Reid 13; I. Moore, S. McDowell, S. Barclay, D. Moore 8, S. Marsden, J. McKinstry, N. Marsden, R. Stubbs 12; C. Barclay, S. Dugan, K. McCullough, K. Ellison 3, R. McKinstry, D. Brownlie, K. Morrison, G. Stubbs 11.

Annahilt Parish 23 (1.5) Soldierstown 36 (5.5)

I. Harrison, C. Magee, L. Wilson, D. Kane 4, C. Haughey, R. Perry, D. Johnston, J. Mackey 13; B. Harrison, N. Elwood, A. Lyons, R. Maitland 7, J. McCord, A. Bell, James Johnston, Jim Johnston 4; B. Payne, N. Mawhinney, J. Magee, W. Cairns 4, J. Lavery, G. Murray, C. McCord, M. McDonald 11; E. Mawhinney, O. Callaghan, P. Halliday, W. Hunter 8, J. McLorn, R. Martin, J. Dunlop, D. McLorn 8.

Section B

St Joseph’s squeeze home by a shot at Pond Park

A ten shots win for Hugh Lundy was largely responsible for giving St Joseph’s a one shot win and five points away to Pond Park in Section B of the Roy Kennedy Fuels Lisburn Indoor Bowling League.

Lundy’s win enabled the visitors to lead by 11 shots at the break, but John Green came back with a seven shots success and Pond Park hit back only to fail by the narrowest of margins.

Broomhedge took all seven points at home to Lambeg Parish.

Pond Park 29 (2)

St Joseph’s 30 (5)

J. Campbell, J. Tinsley, B. Park, D. Taylor 6, T. Law, S. Duffy, A. Laverty, H. Lundy 16; M. McCandless, N. Park, D. Hutchinson, V. McCourt 5, B. O’Rourke, M. McGuile, T. Mallon, D. Magennis 6; S. Russell, I. Harbinson, M. Stevenson, J. Green 11, T. Wilkinson, B. McGurnaghan, B. Magennis, C. Mulholland 4; M. Wilson, J. Taylor, A. Brown, H. McCourt 7, G. Laverty, M. Furey, A. O’Rourke, S. Mulholland 4.

Broomhedge 38 (7)

Lambeg Parish 22 (0)

S. Wilson, J. Waddell, H. Wilson, B. Briggs 9, A. Jennings, M. McClune, E. Rice, C. Kirkwood 5; V. Thompson, G. Martin, R. Best, T. Dougherty 12, L. Gilbert, K. McClune, M. Smyth, R. Campbell 6; R. Tougher, D. Gray, J. Thompson, B. Hobson 7, M. Walker, M. Finn, M. Kerr, M. Kirkwood 6; T. Parkinson, T. Leathem, L. Garrett, J. Gray 10, L. McDougall, J. Kerr, B. Bloomfield, S. Belshaw 5.

Haire brothers fall at semi-final stage

Nathan and Nick Haire bowed out of the IIBA Masters Pairs at the semi-final stage in a high-class field.