‘Rain man’ Gavin Twohig holds off Éamon Bowen fightback
He led by three bowls at one point, but had to sweat in the closing stages as Bowen mounted an incredible fight back. Arthur McDonagh advanced in the same championship when he beat John Creedon by almost a bowl at Kilcorney.
Bowen got the better of great opening shots at Templemartin. Twohig hit a wall with his second, but Bowen didn’t beat it by much. Twohig then got a brilliant bowl to the cottage. Bowen missed that and then failed to reach Slyne’s corner. Twohig went well out Slyne’s to push his lead to almost a bowl.
