THATCH BAR, LARNE are NIPA CHAMPIONS



Congratulations to the Thatch Bar from the Larne League on retaining their title to become the 2014 NIPA Champions of Champions. Bryan McWhirter's team were outstanding yesterday in the annual event which was held in the Swift Bar, Carrickfergus. Well done too, to Michelin Masters from Ballymena League on reaching the Final, Drew Sloan's team pushed Thatch all the way as the two teams more or less traded frame for frame right up until the business end of the match when Thatch pulled away to get over the line at 11-8.

In the Plate Final, Derek Whiteside's Galacticos from the Carrickfergus League defeated Davy Moore's Saintfield Sports Club from the Ballynahinch League by a 6-2 scoreline

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2014 CHAMPIONS - Thatch Bar, Larne


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2014 RUNNERS UP - Michelin Masters, Ballymena


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2014 PLATE WINNERS - Galacticos, Carrickfergus


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2014 PLATE RUNNERS UP - Saintfield Sports Cub, Ballynahinch


THATCH TEAM RECEIVING TROPHY
Back row
Jonny Nelson, Bill McIlroy Sr, Ronan McCarthy, Gerry McCorry, Alan Johnston
Fromt Row
Paul Gingles, Bryan McWhirter, Pauline Lynch (NIPA), Colin Montgomery Jr