Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney is All-Ireland senior champion for the first time since 2001 following a determined and focused finish that denied Kelly Mallon the three-in-a-row at Markethill Road in Tassagh.

MARTIN COPPINGER extended the possibilities of the Markethill Road near Keady beyond what could ever be imagined when he won the Joe McVeigh Cup yesterday by close to four bowls of odds after just nine throws to the threequarter mark.

DAVID MURPHY won the Jerry Desmond Cup final at Grange on Saturday where he beat Gavin Twohig by a bowl of odds.