Road bowling: Stokes powers past McDonagh to claim Munster intermediate title

Stokes led all the way and was full value for his two bowls of odds winning margin.

Paddy Stokes will play Ulster’s Pete Carr in next month’s All-Ireland final. Pic: Chani Anderson

Paddy Stokes is Munster intermediate bowling champion following a show of sheer power against Timmy McDonagh at Ballinagree.

He led all the way and was full value for his two bowls of odds winning margin. It puts him in a very elite club of bowlers who have won the Munster intermediate and junior A titles in successive years. It was a double disappointment for McDonagh though and he also lost out in the 2025 Munster intermediate final.