Donal Riordan turns on the style to get better of Gavin Twohig

Donal Riordan bowled brilliantly at Curraheen to win a place in the Hughie Desmond Cup final at the expense of Gavin Twohig.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2016 - 01:00

Seamus O’Tuama, Road Bowling

He opened with a great bowl to the top of the hill to take the first tip by 20m.

Twohig got a great second to sight to win a slender lead. Riordan reached the end of the hall cross with his third to edge back in front. Twohig then made sight past Nelly Ryan’s, which Riordan beat by 60m.

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Road Bowling Sport Place: Curraheen Place: West Cork Place: Clonakilty Place: Clondrohid Place: Béal na Marbh Place: Ireland Place: Ballincurrig Place: Carraig na bhFéar Place: Whitechurch Place: Boula Person: Donal Riordan Person: Gavin Twohig Person: Twohig Person: Riordan Person: Nelly Ryan Person: Richards’Person: Jimmy Person: Donncha O’Brien Person: Jimmy O’Driscoll Person: O’Driscoll Person: O’Brien Person: Murray Person: Johnny O’Driscoll Person: John Shorten Person: Shorten Person: Jerry Gibbons Person: Denis Wilmot Person: Gibbons Person: Wilmot Person: John Butler Person: Colin O’Donovan Person: O’Donovan Person: Butler Person: Ciara Buckley Person: Maria Nagle Person: Meghan Collins Person: Queen of the Roads Person: Buckley Person: Nagle Person: Kelly Person: Darragh Kiely Person: Queen Person: Martin Coppinger Person: Eamon Bowen Person: Bowen Person: Coppinger Person: Crowley Person: Terry Sexton Person: John Young Person: Downey Person: Young Person: Adrian Callanan Event: Hughie Desmond Cup Event: Gretta Cormican Cup Event: Proto-Mark Technologies Youth International Triple Crown Event: European Event: Josie Crean Cup Organisation: O’Riordan Organisation: Daunt

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