Looking a defeat in the face for the Lurgan four, Martin marshalled the troops to dictate with a great run of 12 to 1 shots off the last 7 ends and miraculously pull of a heroic win by 23-21.

Lurgan’s season got underway on the first Saturday of this month on what turned out to be in glorious sunshine on a great bowling surface which was down to pre-season maintenance work undertaken ...