Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Results from Tuesday 31st May


Monkstown 6-8 Rockers
Castle 10-4 Eastway
Spartans 10-4 Bees
Scorpions 9-5 Barbarians
Dolly Mixtures 4-10 Greenisland
Alpha P-P Pirates

Dolly Mixtures 4-10 Greenisland
In the seasons final fixture for these two teams S.Lennon gave the visitors a winning start, only for the Dollys to take the next 2 through M.McCourt and L.Ruddock. The match stayed close with Morrison and Akehurst winning for the GIs and McCourt with her 2nd of the night for the hosts. The visitors took the half way advantage at 4-3 when Lennon notched up his 2nd of the night. Greenisland then had a purple patch withW.Morrison, H.Warwick, Akehurst and Lennon winning to secure the 3 points with the score now standing at 8-3. Ruddock replied with her 2nd to reduce the deficit but Warwick and Akehurst rounded off the night with wins to give Greenisland a comfortable 10-4 victory. Best on the n for the Dollys were M.McCourt on 2/2 and L.Ruddock on 2/3. For the visitors S.Lennon and P.Akehurst both scored 3/3. GI captain H.Warwick thanked the Ladies for their hospitality and congratulated them on their first season in the League and looked forward to seeing them next season.

Spartans 10-4 Bees
R.McMaw took the 1st for the Bees with a fine finish, but it was soon 1-1 with a quick frame from S.McWhirter. R.Hawkins put the hosts in front, followed by wins for S.Hamilton, D.Lowe and the recently crowned Carrick & District Individual Champion E.McDowell. Spartans now led 5-1 but A.McMeekin reduced the arrears to 5-2 going into the interval. McMaw notched up his 2nd of the night with a great shot on his last colour, but McDowell steadied the Spartan ship with his 2nd of the night too. A 4 frame burst for the home side from Lowe, McDowell, Hamilton and McWhirter put Spartans out of reach at 10-3. But Bees Captain A.Mackey finished well to give a final scoreline of 10-4 to Spartans. Best for Spartans was Ed McDowell with a hat trick and for Bees it was Rab McMaw on 2/3