Last shot success forDaly after titanic struggle
He won the opening shot by 30m and held the lead with his second. A huge third towards Geary’s extended his lead. Mullins’ next blew right off the centre and beat the tip by just five metres to leave almost a bowl between them. They both then beat the creamery. Daly missed the no-play line with his next and Mullins beat it to close the gap.
Mullins cut the lead to 15m off the line and took his first lead with a great bowl onto the long straight. He extended his odds with a good bowl to the top of the straight. Daly lofted brilliantly to Leahy’s, but Mullins replied with a sensational bowl that just missed light at the big corner.
Daly got another big shot to light and Mullins could only loft his odds. He had a 20m lead at the top of the short straight, but Daly clipped that to five with a great bowl to the sycamores. Daly’s next was too high. Mullins looked set to take a decisive lead, but he played too low and his bowl hopped onto the bank 60m shy of Daly’s tip.
He recovered with a brilliant bowl to the last bend, which Daly beat by a metre. Mullins closed with a big bowl past the line. Daly played his bowl on the right and it got a perfect cannon to go well past Mullins’ tip.
Raymond Ryan set a new record at Curraheen where he scored the line in 12 throws to beat Seamus Sexton by almost two bowls in the Hughie Desmond Trophy semi-final.
He led by 50m after a good opening bowl, but Sexton cut it to 20m with his second to light. Sexton’s third was unlucky, while Ryan’s got everything and made light at Ryan’s. He was down to the bridge in two more, while it took Sexton seven to leave almost two bowls between them.
He raised the second bowl with his next and held it at each of the next three tips to Kelleher’s. Sexton then missed light at Richard’s lane and Ryan went out to make it in 10. He beat the line in two more, but Sexton put in a powerful finish to save the second bowl.
Conchubhair O’Sullivan won the John-Joe McCarthy Cup final against Joe Tyner at Drimoleague. They were level after two, but O’Sullivan raised a bowl with an unbelievable third shot past Deane’s. Tyner cut the odds to the top of the hill, but O’Sullivan hit back with a massive to just short of the no-play line. Tyner levelled after two great shots to the end of the straight and it went to a last shot. O’Sullivan had the last word when he beat Tyner’s big last shot by 20m.
John Creedon beat Brian Wilmot by two bowls in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre. Wilmot easily won the opening tips, but he played a poor second and Creedon quickly took control. He raised a bowl with his fourth and he was two in front at Crowley’s. Wilmot failed to ignite in the shots to McCarthy’s where he conceded.
Martin Coppinger beat James O’Donovan in the last shot at Carraig na bhFear. O’Donovan raised a bowl with a brilliant first shot to light. Coppinger got a massive third to the Doctor’s, but O’Donovan beat it well with his second. Coppinger knocked the bowl with his fourth and made the creamery in four more to level the score.
He got four huge shots to go a bowl clear facing Crowley’s. He took three to make the farm though and O’Donovan was back in contention. Coppinger lofted his second last too far and missed the line. O’Donovan was too tight on the left and missed the line, handing victory to Coppinger.
A spectacular last shot won the Gretta Cormican Cup for Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney at the expense of Denise Murphy at Ballincurrig. Murphy got the better of two excellent opening throws. She had almost a bowl after five to the top of the short straight and raised it in full with a fine sixth to the big corner. She then beat three brilliant bowls from Kidney to hold her lead to O’Riordan’s.
Kidney knocked the bowl to Heaphy’s and won her first lead with a massive bowl towards the creamery. Murphy won the next tip, but Kidney took the next two to the last straight. Murphy played a brilliant last bowl to just short of the school corner, but Kidney’s reply almost reached the school. Her next big engagement is against Maria Noonan in the Munster Senior League final. Noonan beat Emma Fitzpatrick in the last shot of the semi-final at Templemartin.
Mick Murphy’s fantastic run continued with a bowl of odds win over Noel Dempsey in the Pike final. Noel Bowen gave another five star performance at Carraig na bhFear where he beat Maurice Connolly by two bowls.
Madden Club had a double in the Northern Builders Cup at Knappagh with wins for Kevin McQuaid over Adrian O’Reilly and Chris McCann over Ryan Kinchin. The other winners were Oliver O’Neill over Conor Daly and Seamus McKee over James Devlin.
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