First big tests of the year at Ból-Fada festival

The first big bowling tests of 2016 come this weekend at the Ból-Fada festival at Keady-Tassagh in Armagh, writes Séamus Ó Tuama.
First big tests of the year at Ból-Fada festival
Fri, 25 Mar, 2016 - 00:00
Seamus O’Tuama

It starts on the Viaduct Road at Tassagh today, before moving to the Markethill Road on Saturday and Sunday, culminating in the Joe McVeigh Cup final.

Three previous title holders, Conor McGuigan 2015, Thomas Mackle 2013 and David Murphy 2009, contest very competitive semi-finals of the Joe McVeigh Cup tomorrow. Gary Daly, the fourth semi-finalist, contested the 2015 Munster final.

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