Donovan,Callanan take the honours at Grange
The first three shots essentially decided the score. O’Donovan got the better of the opening tips with a good bowl to the speed limit sign — Mullins’ first bowl hit a stone in the jagged wall on the left. Callanan increased the lead with a skilfully played second to Whelton’s gate. O’Donovan then delivered a perfect third bowl which went to clear light past the stud farm and put them almost a bowl in front.
Mullins edged Callanan’s bowl to Holland’s wall and Gibbons cut the lead with a fine effort to de Barra’s. After Mullins’ good bowl down the school hill, it looked more competitive. O’Donovan killed that comeback though with a perfectly lined bowl to the school cross which put them a full bowl in front. They increased that lead by 30m in the next exchange and held that sort of lead in each of the tips to Hodnett’s farm.
