Murphy to bid for golden four in a row in Germany

David Murphy’s dream of winning four successive European gold road-bowling medals is still alive as he is named on the Irish team to contest next May’s European Championships in Garding, Germany.

His brother Aidan, who finished second to him in Holland in 2016 and won the Dutch Moors gold in Italy in 2012, is also in the squad. James O’Donovan, silver medallist in the Dutch Moors in 2016, adds considerable depth to the team.