VBL Championships &
Challenge Cups Finals 2026
at Old Bleach BC
Friday 21st August at 10:00am – Schedule of Play
| Championships & Cups Finals - Friday 21 August, Old Bleach BC, at 10:00am | |||||||
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| Lyttle Cup | Club / Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 1 |  | Old Bleach 1 Team 1 Ronnie Talbot Davy McCosh Roy McClune Davy Elliott | 14 | vs | 24 | Whitehead 2 Team 1 Cecil Knox Joe Stockman Harry Aston Billy Nicholl |  |
| Lyttle Cup | Club / Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 2 | | Old Bleach 1 Team 2 Ed Davis Philip Scott William Scott Maurice Kirkwood | 38 | vs | 4 | Whitehead 2 Team 2 Ian Hamilton Peter Kirby Robert Stocker Dessie Hill | |
| Final Score | 52 | vs | 28 | ||||
| Thornton Cup | Club / Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 3 |  | Newcastle Donard Team 1 Billy Collom Micky Meowen Michael McAnulty John Cummings | 23 | vs | 13 | Banbridge Red Team 1 Benny McArdie Paul O'Keefe Ross Crawford William Steenson |  |
| Thornton Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 4 | | Newcastle Donard Team 2 Michael McGrady John McGarrity Dick Keag Trevor Long | 12 | vs | 21 | Banbridge Red Team 2 Kenny Stevenson Kirby McGovern Tony Bell Martin Nelson | |
| Final Score | 35 | vs | 34 | ||||
| Stevenson Cup | Club / Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 5 |  | Hilden Hawks Team 1 Albert Carlisle Saunders Graham Micheal Reid Frank Merouan | 10 | vs | 20 | Pickie Falcons Team 1 Howard McCutcheon Lenny Sterrett Billy Girvan John Mooney |  |
| Stevenson Cup | Club Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 6 | | Hilden Hawks Team 2 Bertie Lemon Michael Bunting Jerry Burns Bobby Carroll | 11 | vs | 20 | Pickie Falcons Team 2 Robin Foote Robert Jervis Ian Beattie Ian Hutton | |
| Final Score | 21 | vs | 40 | ||||
Friday 21st August at 14:00pm – Schedule of Play
| Championships & Cups Finals - Friday 21 August, Old Bleach BC, at 14:00pm | |||||||
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| McMurty Singles | Player / Club | Score | Score | Player / Club | |||
| Rink 1 | | Tom Rainey (Old Bleach) | 21 | vs | 11 | Tony Ward (Downpatrick) |  |
| Hatch Cup | Club / Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 2 |  | (Donaghadee) Team 1 Frank Humphreys Charles Myres Tommy Cheevers David Nelson | 17 | vs | 21 | (Larne) Team 1 Alec Crooks Gary Neill Alan Mairs Harry Millar |  |
| Hatch Cup | Club / Players | Score | Score | Club / Players | |||
| Rink 3 | | (Donaghadee) Team 2 Francis Porter Billy Maxwell Kenny Campbell Robert Humphreys | 9 | vs | 25 | (Larne) Team 2 George Wood Jim Rennie Stephen Gingles Michael Murphy | |
| Final Score | 26 | vs | 46 | ||||
| Thornton Pairs | Players / Club | Score | Score | Players / Club | |||
| Rink 4 | | Tony Bell Martin Nelson (Banbridge) | 23 | vs | 21 | Paul Canning Willian Angus (Ards) |  |
| Richardson Triples | Players / Club | Score | Score | Players / Club | |||
| Rink 5 | | Eric Gwynne Jim Corry Stephen Hedley (Ards) | 12 | vs | 11 | Billy Collom Trevor Long John Cummings (Newcastle) | |
| McCullough Fours | Players / Club | Score | Score | Players / Club | |||
| Rink 6 | | Tom Murphy Dessie Smith Stephen Brown Nigel Brown (Downpatrick) | 13 | vs | 18 | Doran Turtle Graham Wilson Tommy Hill Roy Torrington (Ballymena) |  |