Dromore B shock Valley with ‘clean sweep’

DROMORE B shocked Lagan Valley with a 60 shots win and all seven points in NIBA Division Five, especially as Dromore lost twice last year to the same opponents.

At the tenth S. J. Malcolmson was 15-3 ahead and Jim Kinkead slipped to 21-6 by 15 ends before Dromore won by 18 shots.

At the tenth Wilfie Benson was 10-13 down and Tom Wilson added seven shots without reply over the next five ends before winning by 17 shots.

Alan Sudlow was 10-6 up at the tenth but Jeff Fawcus was still in the hunt when 8-15 down at 15 ends and though Valley pulled back Dromore got home by two shots.

Down 7-12 at the tenth things got worse for Jim Davis and Sam Malcolmson was 22-9 up at 15 ends before winning by 23 shots.N. Lindsay, R. Elliott, H. Maxwell, S. G. Malcolmson 27, J. McIlroy, B. Lemon, J. Houston, J. Kinkead 9; K. Poots, T. Sudlow, S. Harrison, T. Wilson 28, A. Jennings, N. Johnston, G. Murdoch, W. Benson 11; T. Ogle, G. Beggs, S. Dugan, A. Sudlow 17, R. McClelland, M. Blair, G. Stubbs, J. Fawcus 15; R. McDowell, C. Davis, A. Clinghan, S. Malcolmson 35, B. Hobson, B. Smith, J. Parkinson, J. Davis 12.

A minute’s silence was observed before the start of this match as a mark of respect for former Lagan Valley member, Andrew Kirk, who died suddenly during the previous week.