Sensational finish seals it for Butler

PAT BUTLER finished with three sensational bowls at Bauravilla on Sunday to win the Mick Crowley Cup final from Eamon Bowen Jnr and Gary Daly.

All three had their periods of dominance – Daly in the opening shots, Bowen in the middle but Butler struck when it counted. Daly’s two good opening bowls to Robin’s cross gave him a good lead on Butler and Bowen who both missed light. He lost the lead to Bowen’s great fourth shot to the netting and fell out of contention. Bowen pushed clear in the throws to the bridge but his good work unravelled through three short bowls to O’Donoghue’s where Butler took his first lead by five metres. He rallied with a brilliant shot to Madore Station, which Butler did well to miss by just 20m.

Butler was back in front when he played a brilliant bowl past the junior line. Bowen took two to beat that tip but Butler beat the line with a sensational last shot.