Bowen sets up Mullins semi-final showdown

ÉAMON BOWEN earned a place in the Mick Barry Cup semi-final after a comfortable last shot win over Edmund Sexton at Ballincurrig.

Sexton got the better of the opening shots with a good bowl to the point of the school corner, while Bowen’s only reached the school. After his second throw Sexton had almost a bowl. Bowen then turned the score with a massive fourth bowl from Moore’s gate to the middle of the green to gain his first lead. Sexton hit back with an equally impressive bowl towards the no-play line, but Bowen just managed to shade it.

Bowen got the better of the shots to O’Riordan’s. Sexton regained the lead with a perfectly played bowl there that swung with the bend and went well onto the long straight. Bowen regained the lead at the half-way line and held it to the big corner.