O’Donovan holds off Creedon at Rosscarbery

James O’Donovan had an explosive start in his bowl-of-odds win over John Creedon in the Munster Senior Championship at Rosscarbery.

He just shaded the opening tips. Creedon played his second bowl to the left and O’Donovan took a big lead with a great shot to the well. He had almost a bowl after his third and he raised it in full with his fourth to just short of the priest’s house. When Creedon missed the bottom of the hill, O’Donovan pushed his lead to almost two bowls.

He raised the second bowl with his seventh and might have had a third, but just missed the line before Cahermore Cross in 11. Creedon was much stronger in the last quarter and cut the lead to just a bowl but O’Donovan held on and beat the line with his 18th shot.