Richhill failed to win in the 640kg NI Championships. In this instance an out of sorts Richhill team finished in 3rd, the same position they were in after the round robin stage. In the semi-finals they met Country Club who they were beating by in 2 ends. In the 3rd place pull off the pull of the night happened as Finvoy pressurised Richhill, losing out narrowly on the first end, in the second it took 3 attempts for Richhill to win with 2 no pulls. In the final Ballyheegan won their second gold of the year with a comfortable straight ends victory over Country Club.
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Some important results:
World Indoor Championships, Men (year, place, winner, second, third):
-560 kg
2008 Faenza (ita) Northern Ireland Scotland Ireland
2006 Killarney (ire) England Northern Ireland Ireland
2004 Glasgow (sco) England Ireland Northern Ireland
2002 Cork (ire) England Japan Northern Ireland
2000 Slagharen (net) England Spain Scotland
1999 Carlow (eng) England Spain Ireland
1997 England Ireland Spain
1995 Vitoria-Gasteiz (spa) Spain Ireland Northern Ireland
1993 Cardiff (wal) England Ireland Spain
1991 Getxo (spa) England Spain Northern Ireland
-600 kg
2008 Faenza (ita) Scotland Ireland Northern Ireland
2006 Killarney (ire) Scotland Ireland Switzerland
2004 Glasgow (sco) Japan Scotland England
2002 Cork (ire) Northern Ireland Scotland Ireland
2000 Slagharen (net) England Spain Scotland
1999 Carlow (eng) Spain England Scotland
1995 Vitoria-Gasteiz (spa) Spain Ireland Northern Ireland
1993 Cardiff (wal) Ireland Spain England
1991 Getxo (spa) Spain England Northern Ireland
-640 kg
2008 Faenza (ita) Scotland England Netherlands
2006 Killarney (ire) Scotland England Ireland
2004 Glasgow (sco) Scotland England Northern Ireland
2002 Cork (ire) England Northern Ireland Ireland
2000 Slagharen (net) Scotland Ireland Spain
1999 Carlow (eng) Scotland Ireland Switzerland
1997 England Scotland Ireland
1995 Vitoria-Gasteiz (spa) Spain Ireland England
1993 Cardiff (wal) England Scotland Northern Ireland
1991 Getxo (spa) England Ireland Northern Ireland
-680 kg
2008 Faenza (ita) Netherlands Scotland Ireland
2006 Killarney (ire) Scotland Ireland Netherlands
2004 Glasgow (sco) Scotland England Netherlands
2002 Cork (ire) England Ireland Northern Ireland
2000 Slagharen (net) England Ireland Scotland
1999 Carlow (eng) England Ireland Spain
1997 England Scotland Spain
1995 Vitoria-Gasteiz (spa) Ireland England Spain
1993 Cardiff (wal) England Ireland Scotland
1991 Getxo (spa) England Scotland Ireland