Edmund Sexton edges Thomas Mackle in Dingle

Edmond Sexton bowled brilliantly to beat Thomas Mackle, the newly crowned King of the Roads, in the Dingle Cliff and Coastal Rescue benefit on the Gallarus Road on Saturday.

He opened with a great bowl in the right track. Mackle went left with his. It broke off rough surface and hit a pillar on the right. He only beat Sexton’s tip by 70m with his second and never got back into contention. Sexton was close to the first bend in two more where he was just 30m short of a bowl of odds.

Sexton’s fourth was right, but it still made clear sight. Mackle beat that by just 20m with his fifth. Sexton followed with a brilliant one, which Mackle beat by just five metres. Sexton’s sixth was another rocket and gave him a bowl and 30m odds. He beat the line in three more, for a total of nine, and won by a bowl.