Gary Daly wins thrilling Denis McGarry final battle
He won the first two shots, with Murphy winning the third to the top of the hill. Murphy then played two massive bowls to just short of Boula lane where he was 70m fore. Murphy’s next two were poor, the first was too far left and the second broke to the right. Daly pounced to cut the lead to just 15m.
Murphy hit back with a brilliant eighth that pushed his lead to 100m. He held the upper hand by making the Devil’s bend in two more. After Daly’s next Murphy’s lead was just 30m shy of a bowl of odds. Murphy’s next just beat the novice line. Daly eased the pressure by making sight. Murphy beat that tip by 80m. Daly squeezed the odds to just 20m after two good bowls up the rise towards the line. He missed the line with what should have been his last, but Murphy beat it by just seven metres. Daly then played a great bowl past the line, which Murphy missed it by 35m.
