Andrew ‘Cloughs’ up tournament victory

ANDREW Duncan clinched the Clough Presbyerian Church indoor singles title in exciting style on Saturday night.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Nov 2011, 09:57 BST

Duncan, who was runner-up in the recent Killymurris Glarryford singles, went one better on this occasion.

The BUSC player defeated Sean Quinn of Tamlaght 13-10 in an exciting final – a worthy finale to a tournament which spanned the best part of a fortnight, with entries up on the previous year.

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There was a healthy sprinkling of bowlers from the Mid-Antrim area in the finals night line-up.

Two of them – Stephen Dunlop (Killymurris) and A Graham (Ahoghill) fell by the wayside in the preliminary round.

There were two bowlers from the host village in the finals night line-up but both Denver Wasson (Clough Pres) and Jimmy Gage (Clough Rangers) lost out in the first round proper – the latter becoming the first of Duncan’s victims – while First Broughshane’s James Gaston also exited at this stage.

The finals nights results were:

Preliminary round: C Sherwin (Homepark, Dromore) 8, S Dunlop (Killymurris) 1; S Colvin (Coleraine) 5, S Jess (Dromara) 9; N Gamble (Loughahnmreagh) 1, D Wasson (Clough Pres) 10; S Quinn (Tamlaght) 12, A Graham (Ahoghill) 2.

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Quarter-finals: Sherwin 9, Jess 4; Wasson 5, Quinn 7; A Duncan (BUSC) 8, J Gage (Clough Rangers) 6; R Kane (Benvarden) 10, J Gaston (First Broughshane) 2.

Semi-finals: Sherwin 3, Quinn 8; A Duncan 9, R Kane 3.

Final: Quinn 10, Duncan 13.

* The club has thanked the following businesses for their sponsorship of the tournament: Turtles of Rathkenny, Peugeot Dealers; D T Carson & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ballymena; W J Patton, Cloughmills, Land Rover Repairs and Farm Supplies; Stephen W Moore Ltd., Coleraine, dealer of John Deere farm machinery & garden equioment

* A collection was taken up in aid of Alzheimer’s Society.