Killian Kingston holds firm to advance to Mother Hegarty Cup final

Killian Kingston bowled with a lot of maturity to beat James O’Donovan in the Mother Hegarty Cup semi-final at Lyre on Sunday.

Their first shots only made the start of the soccer pitch, with Kingston just fore. O’Donovan played a perfect second to reach the cairn. Kingston dropped his right and missed it by 80m. He bounced back with a good bowl past the forestry entrance. O’Donovan should have beaten that well, but he played his bowl across to the left and beat it by just three meres.

Kingston whipped his fourth bowl away smartly on the centre. O’Donovan played his next two to the right. Kingston’s fifth shaved the left and went over the tunnel to give him a 100m lead. O’Donovan rallied with a great sixth to the smooth road, but Kingston made the farm gate to hold his odds. O’Donovan followed up with another great bowl and when Kingston blew his left he had just 40m odds. O’Donovan needed another big one to keep the mercury rising, but he was too far right. Kingston replied with a great bowl to Crowley’s bend, which O’Donovan missed by a metre to concede a bowl of odds.