Cool Mullins holds off Murphy challenge at Bauravilla

Christy Mullins had the first win in the renewal of the Johnny Holland Cup at Bauravilla where he beat Seán Murphy by over a bowl of odds.

Murphy played his first bowl to the right and Mullins replied with a big shot to the top of the bridge. Murphy cut the odds when his second brushed the school wall, but Mullins still had an important 15m lead at Robin’s cross. He drove home his advantage with two more good bowls to the netting, against three for Murphy, to go a bowl clear.