NORTH DOWN OPEN 12th March 2005 - Report from Flicker

Cummings has a glorious homecoming

Trevor Cummings made a triumphant return to competition on home soil by winning the North Down Open.

The twice Northern Ireland National Champion, who is now based in Merseyside, had only played in British 
mainland tournaments since his comeback to the game. But he made an immediate impression across the 
Irish Sea, as a 1-0 victory over old rival Kenny Beggs in a closely fought final at Donaghadee secured another 
national open title, to add to the English version won in Yorkshire last December.

There was further success for English based players as Merseyside’s Len Parsons won the Veterans' section, 
as well as reaching the semi finals of the main competition, Sam Curtis took the Junior trophy, whilst Adrian 
Curtis also made the last four in both the Veterans’ and Open categories.

Hosts North Down won the team event with last minute goals from Davy Clegg and Eoin Adams being just 
enough to secure a 1-0 victory over Belfast Barbarians in the final, while their team-mate Stephen Rodgers 
picked up the plate title with a 2-1 win preventing Joe McRoberts from his fourth successive plate.

Additional reporting by Eoin Adams

RESULTS

Open - 
Quarter-Finals 
Trevor Cummings 2 Gary Moore 0 
Adrian Curtis 1 Davy Clegg 0 
Len Parsons 1 Paul Rodgers 0 (golden goal) 
Kenny Beggs 1 Barry Spence 0 (golden goal) 

Semi-Finals 
Trevor Cummings 2 Adrian Curtis 0 
Kenny Beggs 2 Len Parsons 0 

Final 
Trevor Cummings 1 Kenny Beggs 0
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Veterans - 
Semi-Finals 
Len Parsons 4 Adrian Curtis 1 
Davy Clegg 4 Alistair Morrison 0 

Final 
Len Parsons 1 Davy Clegg 0 
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Junior Final: 
Sam Curtis 0 Peter Morrison 0 (2-0 on shots) 
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Plate Final: 
Stephen Rodgers 2 Joe McRoberts 1
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Team Event - 
Semi-finals
Belfast Barbarians 2 Yorkshire Phoenix 1 
North Down 2 Nomadic Celts 0 

Final 
North Down 1 Belfast Barbarians 0 

  Davy Clegg 2 Barry Spence 1 
  Eoin Adams 2 Joe McRoberts 2 
  Stephen Rodgers 1 Kenny Beggs 1