Road bowling: Gary Daly beats James O’Donovan in Skibbereen thriller

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Road bowling: Gary Daly in action. Pic: Gretta Cormican

Gary Daly beat James O’Donovan in the last shot of the Doucha Boy feature at Skibbereen, with Aidan Murphy a bowl back in third. It was almost a mirror-image of last year’s finale, in which O’Donovan beat Daly.

Daly raised a bowl on O’Donovan with a super opening shot to the West Cork Distillery and had 25m on Murphy. Murphy led after a big third shot. O’Donovan got back into it with a huge fifth bowl past the veterinary clinic. Daly regained the overall lead with his fifth to the quarry gate.