St Pat’s resume with double win
LOCAL Tug of War outfit St. Pats picked up where they left off in 2016 last weekend when they travelled to Donegal to take part in a charity competition in aid of the Caolán Melaugh Fund. TWO 5-a-side titles were down for decision at 375kg and 425kgas Pats made their first appearance since the end of November, when they won the National 600kg Championship in Mallow.
The five-a-side 375kg team consisted of Seán Conway, Hugh Óg Conway, Liam Fitzpatrick, Michael Owen McGreehan and PJ Griffin.
Up against the Pats were teams from Mountain View, Carndonagh, Gort na Cloiche, Cuan Rithe, Country Club and Clonmany.
This competition proved to be a tough test for the St. Pats team, but nonetheless, showing great fighting spirit, they duly won two ends to nil in all pulls setting up a semi-final against Clonmany. The other semi-final was Mountain View versus Carndonagh, and it was St. Pats and Carndonagh who fought their way through to the final of the 375kg competition. In the final, St. Pats, who were pulling better with every passing end, easily beat Carndonagh to lift the trophy.
Next up was the five-a-side 425kg Competition, and here the St. pats team was Gary Conway, Hugh Óg Conway, Seán Conway, PJ Griffin & Warren Conway. Their opposition was Mountain View, Clonmany, Gort na Cloiche, Carndonagh, Country Club and Cuan Rithe. This competition was pulled, once again, on a round-robin basis – meaning every team pulled against all other teams in the competition with the top four teams proceeding to the semi-final. After a gruelling competition, St. Pats faced Mountain View and Clonmany faced Cuan Rithe in the semi-final stage. With St. Pats and the Donegal team, Clonmany winning their respective semi-finals, the stage was set for the final of the 425kg competition. St. Pats easily took Clonmany in two straight ends in the final, making it a clean sweep for the club in all the competitions for the day.
Next up for the Club is the National Indoor 560kg Championship, the last National Championship of the season. St. Pats having taken the four previous nationals contested – 720kg, 680kg, 640kg & 600kg – will travel once again to Donegal, hoping to make it a full complement of National titles this Indoor season.
The St. Pats panel was Gary Conway, Hugh Óg Conway, Seán Conway, Michael Owen McGreehan, Liam Fitzpatrick, PJ Griffin, Tommy Griffin, Declan Griffin, Warren Conway & Ciaran Fitzpatrick. Coached by Hugh Mr Conway & Barney McLoughlin.