Kingston rules in Phair Cup final

Killian Kingston bowled impressively at Shannonvale on Saturday to win the Noel Phair Cup final comfortable at the expense of Raymond Ryan and Wayne Callanan.

Ryan opened with a good bowl to take the first tip by 15m from both his opponents. Callanan got a brilliant second shot the bungalow, which gave him 70m on Kingston. Ryan missed Callanan’s tip in two attempts to fall a full bowl behind, but he knocked the bowl with his good fourth throw. Ryan levelled with Callanan in the shots to the quarry, where Kingston now led by almost a bowl after six.

Kingston missed Desmond’s Cross with his seventh shot from the pillars. So at the cross he lofted his odds on Callanan and was still a bowl clear of Ryan. He intensified his grip on the score with two great bowls to Sam’s lane, where he had two bowls on both Callanan and Ryan. He snuffed out any hope of a late challenge by making Tobin’s in 13. Ryan pushed clear of Callanan to secure second place.