Murphys edge out Ulster pairing

Cousins Aidan and Kieran Murphy beat Ulster pair Thomas Mackle and Sean Donnelly in the last shot of the Dunmanway Hospital and Daycare joint-benefit event at Derrinasafa on Sunday.

Mackle easily beat Aidan Murphy’s first shot with a good bowl to sight. They kept the momentum going and were 100m fore at the return finish line. Kieran Murphy reduced the odds to 70m with a good bowl to Daly’s gate, but Donnelly pushed clear again with a good shot towards Cullinane’s cross. Mackle then got a great bowl towards Ross’s and Donnelly went out with his sixth to push the lead to almost a bowl.

After three more to the Darkwood turn the lead was just a metre short of a bowl. Donnelly got a poor shot from the turn and Aidan Murphy beat it by 40m. Mackle reached Dwyer’s with his next. Kieran Murphy replied with a great shot past Walsh’s lane, Donnelly only beat that by five metres to leave the sides virtually level.