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Thursday, 4th


May 2017


East Cork Bowling


Cork Short Mat Bowls Club


Results and Fixtures. The


Up)(Glounthaune (YW) (28pts)


(I.I.B.A.) Inter Club League


Cork Zone (2016/2017)


Sponsored by O’Briens Garage, Midleton, Co. Cork has now conclud- ed after a very busy league


the following are


Section winners and the runners - up in each sec- tion:-


(Division 1-Win-


ners):- (Douglas GAA – 28pts) and (Runners – Up)(Watergrasshill (YW)(28pts)


(Division 2 - Win-


ners):- (Wilton (GR) – 28pts) and (Runners –


(Division 3 – Win-


ners):- (Sacred Heart (GR)(21pts) and (Run- ners-Up)(Mallow GAA (20pts)


(Division 4 – Win-


campaign and the


ners):- (St. Mary’s on the Hill – 26pts) and (Runners-Up) Grange/ Frankfield (YW)(24pts) (Division 5 – Win- (The


ners):- Hut –


26pts) and Runners-up) (Pfizers -22pts)


(Division 6 – Win-


ners):- (Lower Agha- da – 25pts) and Run- ners-up)(Ballincollig GAA (GR)(21pts) Division 7 – Win-


ners):- (St. Mary’s,


Carrigaline – 25pts) and (Runners-up)(Barrs (GR)(24pts) On Wednesday the May 2017 the pres-


3rd


entation of LeagueTro- phies, Plaques and Badges will take place in Douglas GAA Pavillon commencing at 8-30pm. Winning and runner-up teams are asked to at- tend wearing their club colours and members of the Cork Zone (I.I.B.A.) are also invited to the presentation. (Club News):- Re-


cently Conna Indoor Bowls Club celebrated its 25th


Anniversary with


a function in the local Community Hall and there was an attend- ance of over 80 people present, which included


present club members, formers members, bowl- ing people from Cork who helped to get the club started in the early days and special guests etc.


rice curry, apple tart,


and cream and tea. After the meal, Mi-


When people ar-


rived they were treated to an array of old photo- graphs, paper cuttings, and historic memora- bilia, as well as a power point


presentation of


the club’s achievements. Club Chairperson,


Paddy O’Leary, opened proceedings by


asking


the club’s first Chair- man, Rev. Fr. Stritch, to say Grace before meals and also pray for for- mer members who are ill or who have passed away. Kearneys of Tal- low then served up a hot meal of beef stronga- noff, vegetarian lasagne,


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chael O’Regan ad- dressed all present. He welcomed everybody and gave a brief his- tory of how the club was originally set


up


by Conna Community Council and the help they received from the City clubs, Douglas Community School, Wilton and Grange/ Frankfield. He recalled that on the 15th


January


1991, Dermot O’Leary, Fr. Denis Stritch, Tom Finn and Dave Feeney visited D.C.S. in Cork to see Indoor Bowls be- ing played for the first time. They


spoke to


Jack Lynch, Cork Zone Convener (I.I.B.A.),who gave them advice on the


sport and promised to arrange an exhibition of the game in Conna. From then on the club went


strength.


from strength to Michael also


thanked Dave Feeney for his sponsorship of the club Tournaments for many years. Jack Lynch, who was


Zone Convener when the Club was founded gave a brief history of the


short mat game in


the Cork Zone and con- gratulated the Conna Club on its Anniversa- ry and noted the huge growth in clubs dur- ing his tenure of nine years as Zone Conven- er. Club Captain Dave Cliffe then handed out special 25th


anniversary


commemorative badges to all present. The pres-


eastcorkjournal


ent Zone Convener, Ha- zel Foley, then addressed the gathering and she warmly congratulat- ed the Conna Club on reaching 25 years. She said she was always im- pressed with the way the club


conducted them-


selves and she then pre- sented the Club Captain with an inscribed crystal to mark the occasion. The Club’s first


Chairman, Fr. Den- is Stritch, recalled his memories of the forma- tion of the club and the help they got from Cork. He then unveiled a com- memorative wall plaque marking the 25-years in existence. He finished off by saying grace and remembering deceased club members.


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