Bowling Report - Week ending 10th August

Junior C QF @ Firmount Cathal Creedon (Gael) bt Daniel Murphy (NE)

Moss Twomey Shield Final Davey Fitzgerald bt Paddy O'Donoghue.

Junior C QF @ Caheragh Eoin O'donovan (Mid) bt Kieran O'Driscoll (SW)

Mick Barry Cup @ Ballincurrig Gary Daly bt Martin Coppinger.

Mick Barry Cup @ Ballincurrig James O'Donovan bt Michael Bohane bt Seamus Sexton.

Mid Cork Girl's U-12 with Family & Supporters

Katherine Murphy North Cork U-14 R-up with David Hubbard

Junior C QF @ Jagoes Michael Ahern (East) bt Diarmuid Hurley (West)

Novice D Tournament score @ Castletown Ritchie Lawton bt James O'Sullivan.

Novice B QF @ Lyre David Minihane (Car) bt Anthony Broderick (Mid)

Novice D QF @ Lyre Barry Coughlan (Mid) bt James Murphy (Car)

Fitz & O'Donoghue with Supporters

Mick Barry Cup @ Ballincurrig Aidan Murphy bt Patrick Flood

Mid Cork U-12 Final @ Ballinacurra Rebecca O'Mahony bt Orla O'Sullivan

Mia Hubbard North Cork U-14 R-up with David Hubbard

Katherine Murphy North Cork U-14 R-up with David Hubbard

The third and final series of county finals are almost down to semi-final stage. At Jagoes Mills, Timmy Desmond travelled up from Wexford representing the East Cork region in the novice c quarter final to play Eoin Hurley from the Clubhouse. Hurley started impressively and raised almost three bowls of odds at the kerbing. Desmond finished strongly to reduce the winning margin to two bowls. In a novice a quarter final at the same venue David O’Brien, Dunmanway beat Paul O’Brien, Leamlara in East Cork, both opened with two great bowls, but the Dunmanway man upped the ante and raised a bowl at the dump, try as he might Paul could not reduce the odds and David won out in the end by two bowls and played for a stake of €1,320 a-side.

At Firmount in a Novice a quarter final, Padraig Scanlon from Blarney had a convincing win over Daniel Twomey Kilmichael playing for a stake of €2,400 a-side. Nothing between them for the first six to eight shots, both men having their moments of dominance, in the last quarter Scanlon lined some good bowls and raised a bowl that Twomey could not reel in and Scanlon progresses on to the semi-final. At the same venue in a junior C quarter final Cathal Creedon Ballyvourney was in control from the off against Daniel Murphy, Ballyclough playing for a substantial stake of €6,200 a-side. Creedon had a bowl of odds after his first three shots, after two more to the cottage he extended his odds with the bowl. At the bridge in nine and eleven shots Creedon had almost two bowl. Murphy knocked the two bowls briefly at the cross but Creedon went full sight at the last bend and raised the two again.

At Lyre a double header between Carbery and Mid Cork took place, up first we had the novice C quarter final between Barry Coughlan, Templemartin and James Murphy, Schull, Coughlan led from start to finish, three poor opening bowls from Murphy and he was down an early bowl of odds before the Mason’s bend. Coughlan had luck on his side he buried his fourth on top of the hill but it came out and made the bottom of the Mason’s hill where he had a bowl and thirty meters. At the double gates the odds remained the same, Murphy got a huge bowl to the School but Coughlan followed and beat it. There was no let up for Coughlan and he won out in the end by almost two bowls, they played for €2,050 a-side.

In the return score David Minihane from Leap beat Anthony Broderick from Kinsale playing for a stake of €3,150 a-side. After three to the Creamery Broderick had almost a bowl of odds, but a bad blunder to the right with his fourth gave Minihane a lifeline. Minihane lined a huge fifth to the Schoool cross and was right back in the score again. Two more bowls each to O’Donovan’s pillars where Minihane took his first lead. From here Broderick’s form took a very bad turn, it took him five bowls to sight for the home straight where he was a bowl of odds down. Broderick got a good bowl to the hedging but Minihane had too much odds and won out in the end by a bowl.

Caheragh was the venue for a Junior C quarter final between Eoin O’Donovan, Belgooly and Kieran O’Driscoll, Clonakilty playing for €1,550 a-side. This was a trap to line performance for O’Donovan. After four huge opening bowls to the bridge he had a bowl of odds, he doubled this in two more back of Madore cross and held it to Shellie’s Farm, he now goes on to play Michael Ahern from Conna in the semi-final.

The Vintage championship, ran on the same format as the junior a. The Carbery-South West- West Vintage A final was played at The Clubhouse between Chris O’Donovan, Ballineen and Humphrey O’Leary, Drinagh. O’Leary was well fancied in this one having beaten O’Donovan earlier in the season in the veteran championship. But unfortunately the bowling did not reflect this. It took them five each to go out the chip cross, O’Donovan went through Clon cross in five more where he raised a bowl of odds he held this odds to Murray’s pillars and on past O’Riordan’s, O’Leary knocked the two bowls briefly back of the school but after another the two bowls were up again.

At Rosscarbery in a Tim White memorial cup score, Timmy Murphy from Ballyclough beat David Hegarty for a stake of €1,400 a-side. Four each back of the Priests house Murphy had twenty meters of odds, very lucky with two of his shots. Two good bowls up Barry’s straight from Hegarty that Murphy beat by a valuable fifteen meters. An incredible eight shot from Hegarty past Barry’s Boreen won him his first lead, but after two more to the farm entrance Murphy was back in front again, Hegarty missed the no-play line in two more and Murphy took a bowl out to Cahermore Cross and up past Froe Cross. Hegarty was back in the score after a super fourteenth that Murphy only beat by forty meters in two. But Hegarty undid all his good work with two bowls in succession in right that gave Murphy a bowl advantage again with only two shots to go.

Another Tim White memorial cup score was played on Sunday between Andrew O’Callaghan from Mallow playing Darragh Dempsey from Skibbereen. Playing for a stake of €1,200 a-side. Dempsey had a bowl after three shots to the new estate entrance. O’Callaghan knocked the bowl briefly up past the priest’s house but Dempsey restored it again with a massive drive up Barry’s hill and on to the B & B. Three more to the novice line Dempsey, still a bowl up that he took out to Cahermore cross. O’Callaghan got a great bowl to Froe cross that Dempsey only beat by forty meters in two. Two more above the rectory pillars for O’Callaghan and he was right back in this score as Dempsey’s lead was down to fifteen meters. Unfortunately O’Callaghan missed full sight at the last bend and Dempsey had a valuable thirty meters for the last shots, O’Callaghan beat the line but not enough as Dempsey beat it independently.

King & Queen qualifying scores continue at Ballincurrig. In a Mick Barry Cup score James O’Donovan had a last shot win over Michael Bohane and Seamus Sexton with a stake of €3,650 a-side between Bohane/Sexton. Up to Heaphy’s in five great bowls for Bohane and O’Donovan with Sexton almost a bowl out of it here. Three more up the long straight to Leahy’s where Sexton was reeling in Bohane with O’Donovan throwing his odds on both. At the top of the short straight O’Donovan was just fore of Bohane with Sexton trailing. Sexton got a massive fourteenth shot out the last bend that O’Donovan followed and Bohane only beat Sextons tip by forty meters in two. O’Donovan missed the line, Sexton beat it but not by much and Bohane beat Sexton tip, Bohane takes the stake but O’Donovan takes the score.

In another Mick Barry Cup score Gary Daly beat Martin Coppinger by one bowl. Five each just short of the no-play line. After three more up the long straight Daly extended his lead and made out the big corner in two more where he was throwing his odds. Daly up the short straight in eleven and Coppinger missed up to fall a bowl behind. Daly got an extraordinary thirteenth shot out full sight at the last bend and beat the line in a very respectable fourteen shots to win by a bowl.

In the final score of the weekend another Mick Barry Cup score Aidan Murphy had a trap to line win over Patrick Flood, no stake in this one. After three to Geary’s Murphy had an early bowl of odds. With the road now a newly tarmacadam surface all players should be going through the no-play line in five, however Murphy just fell short with his fifth but extended his lead with three more onto the long straight. Flood covered the long straight with a huge tenth that knocked the bowl, Flood kept it under the bowl if only by a meter at the big corner. Murphy missed up the short straight pulled his bowl in right and Flood went full sight. Flood had the odds down to forty five meters at the Muddy gap. And after another big one from Flood to din toughs Murphy’s odds was only two meters. Flood went out the last bend in sixteen but Murphy got a beautiful bowl around the last bend just back of the finish line, it may have beaten the line but was accidently blocked. Flood into the green and Murphy beat this.

In a Jim O’Driscoll cup score also at Ballincurrig Timmy McDonagh continues his dominance in the Intermediate grade when he beat Michael Murphy and Tim Young, Murphy and McDonagh playing for €4,000 a-side. Three each to the green with McDonagh fore bowl of both. All missed the no-plane line in two more with Murphy taking the lead. After another past Riordans, Murphy took his first lead that he held out to the short straight in four more, they were all level at Din Toughs. McDonagh got back in front with a huge fourteenth that Young and Murphy both missed and where Murphy was now back in third position. All three missed the finish line but Young and McDonagh were throwing big odds over Murphy, Young lined a good last into the green but not enough to deny McDonagh.

In a Queen qualifiers score at Grenagh Denise Murphy Ballinagree beat Triona Kidney Carrigtwohill by last shot with no stake.