Road Bowling: Brendan O’Neill’s late show denies O’Mahony three in a row

Brendan O’Neill denied David O’Mahony a Champy Deasy Cup three in a row when he beat him in the last shot in Sunday’s final at Grange, writes Séamus Ó Tuama

O’Neill opened with a brilliant bowl. O’Mahony misplayed his right and only beat it by 30m with his second. O’Neill followed with a great second to the lag. O’Mahony beat that to keep the lead under a bowl. O’Neill had just 70m after his third. He picked up the pace again and pushed a bowl clear to the school cross. He held the bowl in his next to the school and was still a bowl in front after another to de Barra’s.