O’Driscoll overcomes poor start to snatch victory
He started poorly and played a very short second bowl. O’Rourke got a great second bowl to the lawn, which O’Driscoll missed with his third. O’Rourke had almost two bowls after his third to Lisangle cross. He raised it with his next to Sweetnam’s. O’Driscoll knocked the second bowl at the bridge, but O’Rourke had well over two again at Reenroe cross.
O’Driscoll knocked the second bowl with a big shot to the tunnel and had it back to a bare bowl after another big shot to the stone wall. He then played a sensational bowl to the novice line, which O’Rourke took two to beat. He got another good bowl past the junior line, which put him into a 30m lead. O’Rourke rallied with a great last shot which beat the line, but O’Driscoll held firm and beat it by 20m.
