Hubbard leaves it late at Lyre
Mackle won the first two tips, following a great opening bowl to the soccer pitch. Hubbard played a great third bowl to the forestry entrance. Mackle took two throws to beat that, playing both shots too far right. Hubbard lost a chance to push further in front when he played a poor fourth shot. He made up for this with his fifth over the hump, which took advantage of a poor shot from Mackle.
He edged close to a bowl of odds with his next shot to Crowley’s farm. They both took two more to make light at the first bend and Hubbard raised the bowl after three more to McCarthy’s bend. Mackle knocked the bowl with his next shot past McCarthy’s wall as Hubbard hit the start of the wall with his bowl.
