In what will be a long hard new season – the Pierce Purcell team won their opening watch against Clones 4-1- the following were the scores
1. Jim Keogh and Rory McDonnell won 6/5
2 Adrian Trappe and Dermot McMahon 6/5
3. Malachy Deery and John McKenna 5/4
4. Bernard Gilbane and Brendan Casey were 1 up going to 18 and called in
5. Captain and Alan |Finnegan were all square on 16 called in
The team once again captained by Eugene McGinnity go forward to
the last 16th of Ulster
A long long road ahead again hopefully