O’Rourke and Hubbard set for road bowls final showdown

John O’Rourke and David Hubbard will meet in the North Cork Junior A final, following O’Rourke’s impressive semi-final win over Derry Cooney at Peake.

Cooney opened with a super shot to take the first tip by 50m. O’Rourke’s second was poor and only beat that by 50m. Cooney lost his advantage with a poor third. O’Rourke hit back with a great bowl to the doctor’s cross to win the lead. Cooney landed his next bowl in the dyke. O’Rourke responded with another big one to take his lead to almost a bowl. O’Rourke piled on the pressure with another great shot to the bridge to go two shots clear. Cooney did well to hold the lead along the straight. He missed sight at the end of the straight. O’Rourke went out to push his lead to almost three bowls.

Eoin O’Riordan beat Darren Oliver by almost a bowl in the Gaeltacht Junior A championship at Baile Mhuirne. He made sight with a brilliant opening shot. He continued to set the pace and raised a bowl after five to Roche’s. He held that to the chalets. Oliver closed the gap from there, but O’Riordan still had almost a bowl at the line.