Ethan Rafferty eliminated by brother in Ulster Road Bowling semi-final

Colm Rafferty beats brother Ethan to reach the Ulster senior men’s Road Bowling final. Pic: Denis Boyle

Next Sunday’s Munster and Ulster senior men’s Road Bowling finalists were confirmed in the past week. Aidan Murphy plays Arthur McDonagh in Munster and cousins Thomas Mackle and Colm Rafferty meet in Ulster.

The major casualty was reigning champion, Ethan Rafferty, who was eliminated by his brother, Colm, in the Ulster semi-final at Keady-Tassagh. Mackle beat Tyrone’s Eugene McVeigh in the other semi-final. Aidan Murphy beat James O’Donovan in a cracking Munster semi-final at the Marsh Road. McDonagh had already qualified.