With wins already secured against Cloverhill and Royal County Down the Barton Shield team faces off against old rivals Banbridge on Sunday with a place in the quarter-finals of the Ulster South section up for grabs.
Elsewhere teams haven’t been so lucky with the Ulster Fourball, Ulster Cup, Jimmy Bruen, Rossmore Cup and Senior Cup teams all bowing out recently.
The Rossmore Cup team lost out to Nuremore while the Senior Cup team went down 3-2 against Edenmore.
The Ulster Fourball team faced Spa and were up against it with three of the five matches away from home. The home-based players Colm Shannon / Stephen Nugent and Paul Rice / Aidan Kelly came through with victories but Co Armagh were unable to secure anything from the ties in Ballynahinch.
It was a tough day at the office for the Jimmy Bruen team against Bright Castle with Paul McCurry and Stephen Moloney’s half-point away from home the only positive.
A number of new faces made their competitive debuts in the Ulster Cup against Kirkistown in what turned out to be a nip and tuck battle. All square at 3.5 matches apiece the match was eventually decided on the opening tie hole with Kirkistown advancing.
