VBL Championships &
Challenge Cups Semi-Finals 2026
At Ulster Transport BC
Thursday 13th August at 10:00am – Playing Schedule
| Championships & Cups Semi Finals - Thursday 13th August | |||||||
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| Ulster Transport BC at 10:00am | |||||||
| McMurty Singles | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK2 |  | Clifford Bailie (CI Knock) | 16 | vs | 22 | Tom Rainey (Old Bleach) |  |
| McMurty Singles | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK3 |  | JR Nicholl (Ballymena) | 13 | vs | 14 | Tony Ward (Downpatrick) |  |
| Thornton Pairs | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK4 |  | Colm McAleer David Scott (Shaftesbury) | 7 | vs | 28 | Tony Bell Martin Nelson (Banbridge) |  |
| Thornton Pairs | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK5 |  | Paul Canning William Angus (Ards) | 22 | vs | 9 | Harry Cosgrove Alan Roberts (Lurgan) |  |
Thursday 13th August at 14:00pm – Playing Schedule
| Championships & Cups Semi Finals - Thursday 13th August | |||||||
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| Ulster Transport BC at 14:00pm | |||||||
| Richardson Triples | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK2 | | Eric Gwynne Jim Corry Stephen Hedley (Ards) | 16 | vs | 4 | Jon Erskine Michael McKenna Robert Kayes (Ward Park Utd) |  |
| Richardson Triples | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK3 |  | Billy Collum Trevor Long John Cummings (Newcastle) | 16 | vs | 12 | Jack Martin Stewart Martin Billy Clinghan (Dromore) |  |
| McCullough Fours | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK4 | | Tom Murphy Dessie Smith Stephen Brown Nigel Brown (Downpatrick) | 16 | vs | 14 | Tommy Rooney Danny Park Damien McFarland William Ward (Divis) |  |
| McCullough Fours | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK5 | | Doran Turtle Graham Wilson Tommy Hill Roy Torrington (Ballymena) | 21 | vs | 8 | Martin Carlisle Richard Sweeny Cecil Magill Alex Shaw (CI Knock) | |
Friday 14th August at 10:00am & 14:00pm – Playing Schedule
| Championships & Cups Semi Finals - Friday 14th August | |||||||
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| Ulster Transport BC at 10:00am | |||||||
| Hatch Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK2 | | Ballymena 1 Team 1 D McCullough A McAuley T Hodges JR Nicholl | 13 | vs | 18 | Donaghadee 1 Team 1 N McFerran G Bunting F Humphreys D Nelson |  |
| SF1 RK3 | | Ballymena 1 Team 2 R Armour A Hill G Wilson T Hill | 7 | vs | 17 | Donaghadee 1 Team 2 F Porter B Maxwell C Mayor R Humphreys | |
| Semi Final 1 - Result | 20 | vs | 35 | ||||
| Hatch Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK4 |  | Larne Team 1 A Crooks G Neill A Mairs H Millar | 15 | vs | 16 | Lurgan Team 1 R McClune J McCullough H Cosgrove A Roberts | |
| SF2 RK5 | | Larne Team 2 G Woods J Rennie S Gingles M Murphy | 19 | vs | 11 | Lurgan Team 2 I Mitchell N Sloan S McCombes R Cregan | |
| Semi Final 2 - Result | 34 | vs | 27 | ||||
| Ulster Transport BC at 14:00pm | |||||||
| Thornton Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK2 | | Newcastle Donard Team 1 M McGrady J McGarrity D Keag T Long | 20 | vs | 11 | Warrenpoint Team 1 B O’Hare P Lucas J Dobbin S Gibney |  |
| SF1 RK3 | | Newcastle Donard Team 2 B Collom C Brown M McAnulty J Cummings | 17 | vs | 14 | Warrenpoint Team 2 D Larmour G Robinson I Gilmore B Mulvenna | |
| Semi Final 1 - Result | 37 | vs | 25 | ||||
| Thornton Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK4 | | Dromore Team 1 F Shannon M Parr R Malcomson T Haire | 6 | vs | 23 | Banbridge Red Team 1 B McDade C McGoveron W Steenson B Davis | |
| SF2 RK5 | | Dromore Team 2 B Clinghan R McGaw R Jess A Jess | 8 | vs | 18 | Banbridge Red Team 2 K Stevenson R Crawford T Bell M Nelson | |
| Semi Final 2 - Result | 14 | vs | 41 | ||||
At Old Bleach BC
Thursday 20th August at 10:00am & 14:00pm – Playing Schedule
| Championships & Cups Semi Finals - Thursday 20th August | |||||||
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| Old Bleach BC at 10:00am | |||||||
| Lyttle Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK2 | | Old Bleach 1 Team 1 Ed Davis P Scott W Scott M Kirkwood | 15 | vs | 16 | Ballymena 1 Team 1 D McCullough N Garrett JR Nicholl R Torrington | |
| SF1 RK3 | | Old Bleach 1 Team 2 D McCosh T Rainey D Elliott B Trimble | 29 | vs | 7 | Ballymena 1 Team 2 P Aamour A Hill S Wilson T Hill | |
| Semi Final 1 - Result | 44 | vs | 23 | ||||
| Lyttle Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK4 |  | Whitehead 2 Team 1 I Hamilton P Kelly R Stocker D Hill | 26 | vs | 3 | Old Bleach 2 Team 1 I Davies P Burke P Ewart D Selfridge | |
| SF2 RK5 | | Whitehead 2 Team 2 C Knox J Stockman H Aston B Nicholl | 20 | vs | 9 | Old Bleach 2 Team 2 H Lamont H Arrell B McDowell E Evans | |
| Semi Final 2 - Result | 46 | vs | 12 | ||||
| Old Bleach BC at 14:00pm | |||||||
| Stevenson Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF1 RK2 |  | Pickie Hawks Team 1 A Watty K McDowell D Day S Chilly | 14 | vs | 17 | Hilden Hawks Team 1 A Carlisle S Graham M Reid B Carrol |  |
| SF1 RK3 | | Pickie Hawks Team 2 D Armstrong J French P Campbell D McCullough | 12 | vs | 18 | Hilden Hawks Team 2 B Lemon M Bunting G Burns F Merouan | |
| Semi Final 1 - Result | 26 | vs | 35 | ||||
| Stevenson Cup | Club | Score | Score | Club | |||
| SF2 RK4 | | Pickie Falcons Team 1 H McCutcheon L Sterrett B Girvan J Mooney | 13 | vs | 15 | Shaftesbury 2 Team 1 M Taggart B McFerran M Mathews D Scott | |
| SF2 RK5 | | Pickie Falcons Team 2 R Foote R Jarvis I Beattie I Hatton | 24 | vs | 12 | Shaftesbury 2 Team 2 C McAteer T Rowan TMcCauley P Finnegan | |
| Semi Final 2 - Result | 37 | vs | 27 | ||||