The first Davy Irvine Memorial Rinks Competition begins at Ulster Transport Bowling Club on Saturday 9th September 2023 at 12noon with a total of 10 teams competing for the first prize of £500.

Overview

There are two groups with 5 teams in each group playing 4 games on Saturday in a round robin format and the top two in each group will qualify for the Knockout Stage on Sunday.

All games in the Group Stage are 8 ends with a maximum of 90 minutes allowed per game and 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.

If Group Points are equal, the final position is decided by Shot Difference, Shots For and Head to Head in that order.

There are no burnt ends - if the jack goes off the rink place it on the 2 metre mark.

The games in the Knockout Stage are 10 ends (Semi Finals) and 12 ends (3rd Place Playoff and Final).

The Winner of Group 1 plays the Runner Up in Group 2 and the Winner of Group 2 plays the Runner Up in Group 1 in the Knockout Semi Finals.

All players, teams, fixtures, results, tables and player statistics are available on the Ulster Transport Website with live updates throughout the event.

Prizes

The are prizes for the top 3 places in the event:

• 1st Place: £500 and 10 BowlsChat Sport Ranking Points
• 2nd Place: £160 and 7 BowlsChat Sport Ranking Points
• 3rd Place: £100 and 4 BowlsChat Sport Ranking Points

Draw

The Live Draw is at 11.30am on Saturday 9th September 2023.

One person from each team will select a playing card (Ace to 10) to choose their Team Number.

Teams

• Bill Hunter, Liz Hunter, Bill Mahon, Jackie Carmichael
• Colin Montgomery, Joan Montgomery, Ian McKinven, Jim Maxwell
• David Madden, Mark Gibney, Christine Henderson, George Carmichael
• Geoff Dickey, Linda Brown, Tom Thornbury, Alison Thornbury
• J Brennan, G Gribben, L McAleese, Winkie Brennan
• Joel Shannon, Mark Trew, Mark Broderick, Roberta Tinsley
• Mark Devlin, Colin Devlin, Davy McCartney, Michael Spence
• Peter McKnight, Noel Campbell, Bryn Rea, Joe McAdam
• Ross Wallace, Iain Gingles, Ryan Gingles, Steven Gingles
• Stephen Mckinley, Barry Browne, Alan Hill, Jack Montgomery

Teams and Rinks for Group Matches (in order)

• Team 1 - Rinks 1, 2, 3, 4
• Team 2 - Rinks 1, 3, 2, 4
• Team 3 - Rinks 5, 2, 1, 4
• Team 4 - Rinks 5, 3, 2, 6
• Team 5 - Rinks 3, 1, 4, 6
• Team 6 - Rinks 2, 1, 4, 3
• Team 7 - Rinks 2, 4, 1, 5
• Team 8 - Rinks 3, 1, 6, 5
• Team 9 - Rinks 3, 4, 1, 2
• Team 10 - Rinks 4, 6, 3, 2

Saturday Group Matches - 8 ends - Start 12 noon - Finish 7.30pm

Group 1

• Session 1 at 12noon - Team 5 sits out - 1 v 2 and 3 v 4*
• Session 2 at 1.30pm - Team 4 sits out - 1 v 3 and 2 v 5*
• Session 3 at 3.00pm - Team 2 sits out - 1 v 4 and 3 v 5
• Session 4 at 4.30pm - Team 3 sits out - 1 v 5 and 2 v 4
• Session 5 at 6.00pm - Team 1 sits out - 2 v 3 and 4 v 5*

Group 2

• Session 1 at 12noon - Team 10 sits out - 6 v 7 and 8 v 9*
• Session 2 at 1.30pm - Team 9 sits out - 6 v 8 and 7 v 10*
• Session 3 at 3.00pm - Team 7 sits out - 6 v 9 and 8 v 10
• Session 4 at 4.30pm - Team 8 sits out - 6 v 10 and 7 v 9
• Session 5 at 6.00pm - Team 6 sits out - 7 v 8 and 9 v 10*

Sunday Knockout Matches - 10 ends - Start 1pm - Finish 5pm

• Session 1 at 1.00pm - Semi Finals*
• Session 2 at 3.00pm - Final and 3rd place playoff*

*1 camera covering 2 matches

Session 4 on Saturday may be covered if the battery charge has finished by 4.30pm

Video Coverage

Selected matches will be available on the BowlsChat YouTube Channel and the Video Section of the Ulster Transport website on Sunday (for Saturday matches) and Monday (for Sunday matches).

Tables and Matches