O’Donovan and Collins win cracking decider

James O’Donovan and Meghan Collins were full value for their win over Gary Daly and Emma Fitzpatrick in the mixed-doubles final at Sam’s Cross on Sunday.

Daly opened with a brilliant bowl, that gave him a 10m lead on O’Donovan. Fitzpatrick held the lead with a good second to peeping light at Santry’s. O’Donovan then got a good third shot to the next bend. Daly clipped the bank with his reply, but beat the tip by five metres. Collins then played a super bowl to light at Shorten’s to win a lead they held to the finish.