Armagh's Ethan Rafferty claims Ulster Road Bowling Championship

The Armagh goalkeeper has an All-Ireland football quarter-final coming up this Sunday and is on for a remarkable All-Ireland double after winning the Ulster intermediate championship

Armagh goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty after winning the Ulster intermediate Road Bowling championship. Credit: Dominic Morgan

Sport is a love affair bounding unpredictably between romantic highs and potential heartbreaks The stakes could not be higher just now on both sides of the border. Armagh pair Ethan Rafferty and Kelly Mallon have an eye on a dream double of All-Ireland success at football and bowling, while in Fermoy they harbour hopes of an unprecedented haul of the top three titles in men’s bowling.

Hearts will be broken before July is out. But just now the dream is alive. Ethan Rafferty could have a double date on the second weekend of July. He will be hoping to be in goals for Armagh in an All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park on the Saturday and winning the All-Ireland intermediate bowling final on the Sunday.