Road bowling: Bohane holds back Flood with last-shot victory

The pair met for the Denis McGarry Cup at Whitechurch.

Michael Bohane reeled in Patrick Flood, who started superbly. Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan

Michael Bohane wiped out Patrick Flood’s early advantage to score a last shot win in the Denis McGarry Cup at Whitechurch.

Flood made an exhilarating start. He scorched to Quirke’s wall in four sensational bowls to raise a bowl of odds. Bohane brought things to an even keel by making Boula lane in two big throws and gained more traction. He followed with a brilliant bowl to the Guard’s house to clip the odds to just 30m. Another big one to Downey’s had all but 10m of Flood’s lead wiped out. He followed with another big shot to the middle of the straight, but Flood beat this well to hold his lead.