Classy O’Mahony too hot for O’Neill

David O’Mahony showed a lot of class in his two bowls of odds win over Brendan O’Neill in the Bill Barrett Cup final at Caheragh on Sunday.

He opened with a scorching bowl to the churchyard. O’Neill just made the novice start line with his shot and beat O’Mahony’s tip by just 20m with his second. O’Mahony missed a chance to extend his lead when he only reached the top of the hill with his second. O’Neill missed a chance to close the gap when his third bowl unluckily hit a wall.

O’Mahony got a poor third bowl through Lisangle cross. O’Neill played his reply to the left and missed that tip to concede a bowl of odds. O’Mahony held that lead in the next two shots to the soccer pitch. O’Neill followed with a great bowl to the top of the bridge, which O’Mahony missed by 70m.