Impressive comeback win for Twohig
He opened with two great bowls to go 70m clear. Hubbard rallied with a brilliant third to Brinny Cross. Twohig played his reply to the left and just made the far end of the cross. There was little between them after the shots towards Foley’s. Hubbard lofted nicely there, but his bowl went right. Twohig kept his bowl low and beat that tip by just 15m. Twohig’s next was much sharper and it pushed him 50m clear at the gas line.
Hubbard then got a brilliant bowl to the middle of Perrott’s. Twohig’s bowl was too far right and hit a pillar five metres short of Hubbard’s tip. Hubbard built on this lead with two good bowls past the GAA where he had 50m odds.
Twohig was brilliant from there. He got an exceptional bowl to light past the bridge, which Hubbard missed in two—the first was too far right and just made Innishannon cross and he hooked his next one left and missed the tip by 20m. Twohig followed up with a series of good throws to push his lead to almost two bowls before the line
The quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Finbarr Walsh Cup (A Section) were played at Carraig na bhFear over the weekend.
On Saturday Aidan Bowen and Joseph Murphy beat Dave Fitzgerald and Denis Murphy in the first quarter-final. They were level all the way to the black gate. Fitzgerald then got a poor last shot to the line. Bowen hit back with a brillaint bowl to the top of the village. In the second quarter-final brothers Martin and Kieran Daly beat Eamon Bowen Snr and Pat Scanlon. Bowen carried an injury into that score and they conceded at the creamery.
In the first of the semi-finals Noel Bowen and Michael Barry beat Christy O’Donnell and Thomas Boyle by two bowls. O’Donnell and Boyle had a good lead at the doctor’s, but they took three more shots to reach Daunt’s where Bowen and Barry were almost a bowl up. The winners made the creamery in three more to go a bowl in front and they added another bowl before the line.
Next Sunday’s final will see brothers Noel and Aidan Bowen on opposite sides. Aidan and Joseph Murphy took their good form from Saturday into Sunday’s semi-final where they had a two bowls of odds win over Martin and Kieran Daly. They were level after two shots. Martin Daly then got a short bowl and the score was over in a flash. Barry got a massive bowl to the novice line and Bowen followed with a super shot to the top of the hill to put it out of reach.
James Cooney beat Noel Bowen by a bowl at Whitechurch on Saturday. Bowen won the first three shots. He took a tighter grip on things with a great throw down the hill, which put him a bowl in front. He followed with two more good shots to Boula lane to consolidate his lead.
Cooney drew level after two good bowls to Downey’s. He drove on with two more good shots to the top of the straight. Bowen missed it in two to fall well behind and then missed the farmhouse with his next shot. Cooney went down with his reply to raise almost a bowl. He increased his lead to almost two bowls in the shots to the Devil’s bend. He made the wall with a good bowl from there, but Bowen beat it well to cut the lead to a bare bowl.
Jerry Crowley was brilliant in his two bowls of odds win over Ger O’Driscoll in the O’Sullivan-Keating Cup at Caheragh. O’Driscoll won the opening shot to the church, but Crowley followed with a massive bowl to Lisangle cross to gain almost a bowl of odds. He raised the bowl at the soccer pitch and held it to the bridge. He raised a second bowl with a big shot to Reenrue cross. O’Driscoll brought the lead under a bowl with a good throw to the tunnel. Crowley hit back with a great bowl to go almost two clear and he raised the second bowl at the novice line.
Sean O’Donovan won the Béal na mBláth final by a bowl from Martin O’Sullivan. He won the first five shots. O’Sullivan took his first lead at Twohig’s, but O’Donovan was back in front at Long’s lane. O’Sullivan played three great bowls to Shorten’s cross, but O’Donovan beat each one. He increased his lead to the water and raised a bowl with his second last throw.
Donie O’Donovan beat Finbarr Crowley in the last shot of the Dunderrow final. He made light with his first which gave him a solid lead from the off. Crowley battled on and finished impressively, but never looked like taking it.
At Timoleague Clive Cahalane beat Paul Harrington and Richard Harnedy beat Jeremiah Fitzpatrick. At Donoughmore Jim Coffey and Terry Sexton had one win each.
