Garvey B fail to stop unbeaten league leaders St Stephen’s

St Stephen’s 79 (5.5)

There would appear to be no way Lisnagarvey B are going to catch runaway NIBA Division 4 leaders, St Stephen’s, who won by 13 shots at Warren Gardens.

St Stephen’s are unbeaten to date with Garvey hanging on in second place.

Despite lifting three Alton Reid was 7-15 down at the tenth and 10-19 at 15 ends before losing by 17 shots.

At the tenth Denis Rankin was 10-9 ahead and 15-14 at 15 ends before earning a share of the spoils in a closely fought game.

Ahead 8-5 at the tenth Bobby Carroll added a three at 12 ends and went on to win by six shots.

A three helped Ken Armstrong to level 9-9 at the tenth but he was 11-15 down at 15 ends and Garvey lost by two shots. A. Smyth, M. Adamson, P. Lavery, A. Reid 11, F. Montgomery 28; K. Johnston, G. McKeown, P. Hughes, D. Rankin 19, R. Aiken 19; J. Riley, B. Lemon, D. Porter, B. Carroll 21, J. Ferguson 15; B. McMullan, I. Kane, J. Nelson, K. Armstrong 15, A. Fee 17.

By George it’s a point

Lagan Valley 71 (1)

Warrenpoint 87 (6)

George Murdoch got Lagan Valley’s only point when they lost by 16 shots at home to Warrenpoint in NIBA Division 5.

Two fours helped him to a 13-9 lead at the tenth but Valley were 15-18 down at 16 ends before coming back to win by a shot.

Down 4-12 at the tenth and 5-16 at 16 ends Brett Kirk lifted two, five but a four at the last end still left Valley a shot down.

Despite lifting three at 11 ends Gary Stubbs was 8-16 down at the tenth and 11-19 at 16 ends before losing by 12 shots.

G. Thompson, B. Lemon, B. Hobson, B. Kirk 18, R. Aiken 19; A. Jennings, M. Hanna, W. Benson, J. Houston 18, E. McGuffin 22; G. Carruthers, F. Hutchinson, P. Gaffney, G. Stubbs 15, E. McLaughlin 27; K. Whittington, R. McClelland, M. Blair, G. Murdoch 20, S. Gibney 19.