Road bowling: Thrilling last-shot win for James O’Donovan to book final spot

Meanwhile Wayne Parkes defeated Patrick Flood in the last shot in the Willie Whelton Cup at Grange.

BIG WIN: It took a Herculean last shot from James O’Donovan to edge past Martin Coppinger for a place in the Bould Thady Quill final at Ballinagree. Picture: Paul Stack.

It took a Herculean last shot from James O’Donovan to edge past Martin Coppinger for a place in the Bould Thady Quill final at Ballinagree.

Coppinger had closed with a sensational bowl that cannoned off the kerb and reached the pub. With just a metre between them, O’Donovan had to more than equal it.