Ulster stars Cathal Toal and Thomas Mackle secure impressive wins

Ulster visitors Cathal Toal and Thomas Mackle pulled off a significant double over Munster rivals at the weekend. Toal beat James Buckley at Ballincurrig in the Mick Barry Cup and Mackle beat Aidan Murphy in the Sonny O’Donovan Cup in Ardcahan.

At Ballincurrig, Toal opened with a good bowl past the school, which Buckley beat by 20m. Toal clipped the left bank with his second and missed Moore’s gate. Buckley increased his lead with a fine throw to the black sign. Toal then got a good bowl to Geary’s. Buckley played his to the left and missed that by five metres.

Toal increased his odds to 50m with a fast bowl to the end of the creamery. Buckley hit back with a super shot to the pony’s gate, which Toal beat by just 20m. Buckley followed with a great bowl to Heaphy’s to regain the lead by 20m. Toal got a good bowl to just short of O’Riordan’s and Buckley beat it by 20m.