Finals fever grips as bowlers try to book tickets to All-Ireland Series in July

West Cork Girls U-18 Final at Drinagh

South West U-18 Final at Lyre Rory Twohig bt Cathal O'Donovan

South West Nov-Vet Sec B Final at Grange Donal O'Donovan bt Donal O'Sullivan

Shane Collins North Cork Junior B Winner with Olan Noonan

Senior Ladies at Bauravilla Meghan collins R-up, Dermot Herlihy reff and Hannah Cronin Winner.

Pool C Junior Veteran Finalists at Sams Cross John Cahalane Winner and Denis O'Driscoll R-up

Pool B Junior A Final at Templemartin Sean Murphy Winner Finbarr Coughlan Ref and Brendan O'Neill R-

Pool A Jun-Vet Final at Carrignavar Mickey Hurley R-up, Pat Scanlon Reff, Trevor O'Meara Winner.

Pool A Junior Veteran presentation to winner Trevor O'Meara

North East Junior Ladies Final at Carrignavar

North East Junior B Final Davey Fitzgerald bt Alan O'Leary

North Cork U-16 R-up Chloe Hubbard with Abby Lehane

North Cork U-16 Finalists Chloe Hubbard R-up, Abbey Lehane Reff and Jena Healy Winner

North Cork Junior B Runner-up Conor Lucey with Olan Noonan

Lyre Novice D Finalists Sean O'Neill beat Paudie Lucey

Mid Cork Overall Nov-Vet final at Ballinacurra Joe Madden R-up, Tim Walsh Reff and Martin O'Donovan

John Cahalane Pool C Junior Veteran Winner at Sams Cross

Jena Healy North Cork U-16 Winner with Abby Lehane

Ger O'Driscoll accepts the Peter Farrell Mem Junior B Cup from Martin Foley

East Cork U18 Final a Conna Sian O'Sullivan Winner, Julieann O'Sullivan R-up and Anna Power R-up

Denis O'Driscoll Pool C Junior Veteran R-up at Sams Cross

E-Cork Jun Ladie Final Winner Aisling O'Callaghan r-up Julieann O'Sullivan with ref Donie O'Sullivan

Aidan Murphy bt Tommy O'Sullivan Christy Teegan Cup at Castletown with ref Jimmy Hennessy

At Lyre Pool C Junior A Final Johnny O'Driscoll Winner, Ted Hegarty reff and Gavin Twohig R-up

Alan Butler bt Paul Welsh Nov-A C-ship SF @ Ballinacurra with reff John Murphy

Carbery Mother & Son - Eileen won the Junior Ladies and Tom won the U-18

Get ready for a bonanza of finals in the weeks ahead as movers and shakers line up before first series of All-Irelands at Ballinagree on July 11th & 12th.

On Wednesday evening May 27th at Sam’s Cross a pool C Junior Veteran Final was played between John Cahalane, Skibbereen and Denis O’Driscoll Drimoleague, playing for a stake of €2,200 a-side. Cahalane opened with a huge first shot that went full sight at Santry’s, after two more he had almost a bowl of odds and raised it fully at Shortan’s Wall. He held this bowl of odds after two more to the New House. O’Driscoll got a good bowl to the hedging and followed up with a huge ninth shot to Collins Farm, Cahalane missed this tip and his next was too tight left and now his odds was back to thirty meters. O’Driscoll went full sight to the Blue School and Cahalane went sight also and very lucky to come off the right ditch to beat the tip by one meter. O’Driscoll unleashed another huge bowl past the novice line to Brennan’s that gave him his first lead, Cahalane’s twelfth shot fell left to the end of the layby where he had no sight and O’Driscoll went sight. Cahalane made past Cullinane’s cottage with his next and O’Driscoll was right of play and missed Cahalane’s tip by five meters. O’Driscoll buried his fourteenth into a right hand bend and Cahalane punished him with a huge bowl that O’Driscoll missed to give Cahalane a bowl of odds win. Trevor O’Meara will join John Cahalane in the Junior Veteran final when he beat Mickey Hurley by the last shot at Carrignavar. We await the winner of pool B.

MURPHY SNATCHES VICTORY AT TEMPLEMARTIN

Templemartin was the venue for the pool B Junior A Final between Brendan O’Neill and Sean Murphy, they played for a stake of €2,000 a-side. As they say a score is never over, as was the case in this score when O’Neill was in control going for two bowls of odds almost at one stage. O’Neill went out Slyne’s bend in five average bowls where he had almost a bowl of odds all to two meters. Murphy playing with plenty speed but his accuracy was wayward, Murphy’s ninth shot caught right and missed O’Neill’s tip to fall a bowl down. Up past O’Riordan’s and on for Collins Wall O’Neill held a bowl and sixty meters of an advantage. O’Neill got a huge bowl just back of the school cross and Murphy made the upper side of the cross. O’Neill missed full sight at the stone-field bend from the cross and Murphy went well around it. O’Neill was still throwing over fifty meters with the bowl and got another huge bowl to Buttimer’s. Murphy’s seventeenth shot was a bullet and he was looking down at the monument straight road. A bad blunder here from O’Neill when his bowl turned in left and now he was only throwing his odds and beat Murphy’s tip by fifty meters back of the monument. Murphy’s next was an extraordinary shot, down the left track, it turned out nicely for him and he made just back of the pub cross, a huge huge bowl. O’Neill made back of the pump house, missed the tip well and gave Murphy his first lead. O’Neill had no big bowl to make the far side of the pub cross but he was too tight left and caught up, now Murphy was in control and made the upper side of the cross sixty meters fore bowl. O’Neill made the end of the wall and luck was on Murphy’s side as his twentieth shot looked buried in left but speed got it out of trouble and now he had seventy meters for the last shot, O’Neill missed the line and Murphy beat it.

CONSISTANT O'DRISCOLL BOOKS HIS PLACE IN COUNTY JUNIOR A SEMI-FINAL

Lyre held the pool C Junior A final between Johnny O’Driscoll and Gavin Twohig playing for €2,200 a-side. One lead for Twohig that being his first shot in this score. Up past the forest entrance in three O’Driscoll had forty meters of odds. A huge fifth shot from O’Driscoll over the tunnel that raised a bowl of odds for him, O’Driscoll got another phenomenal shot his eight up and around Crowley bend. Twohig missed this well. After two more to McCarthy’s bend it was under the bowl of odds by twenty five meters as Twohig went up and around and O’Driscoll was too tight left, but he recovered well with a huge bowl to the rose bed and Twohig got caught at McCarthy’s wall to fall a bowl behind again. O’Driscoll powered over the line in three more to win by big odds.

Martin O’Donovan, Belgooly defied the odds when he beat Joe Madden in the Mid Cork overall novice veteran final at Ballinacurra. After three shots each O’Donovan took his first lead. After two more through Brinny cross and on for the church Madden was back in front by twenty five meters. Both caught the wall at the waterworks with their seventh where O’Donovan was a meter fore bowl. At the end of the sheds O’Donovan just keeping his nose in front. Madden went peeping sight for the bridge in two more and O’Donovan was full sight. The width of the road separated them at Innishannon Cross, O’Donovan fore bowl. Maddens thirteenth shot broke right to the silvery gates on him but was enough to win back the lead as O’Donovan was too tight left. O’Donovan recovered his lead with a good fourteenth as Madden played his bowl too far right. Madden got a good bowl out sight but not enough on this occasion as O’Donovan went on top of the finish line.

TEEGAN CUP AT CASTLETOWN

Castletown held a first round score in the Christy Teegan Cup where Aidan Murphy beat Tommy O’Sullivan by one bowl playing for a stake of €3,250 a-side, which makes it two from two for Murphy over O’Sullivan having recently defeated him in the Mother Hegarty Cup tournament at Lyre. O’Sullivan got off to a winning start in this score when he was up past Hennessy’s house in three shots leading by thirty meters. Murphy lined a big fourth that O’Sullivan missed when his bowl broke right off the play. They both got incredible shots past round tower cross with Murphy marginally fore bowl. Murphy got two big bowls to peeping sight at Pynes corner, O’Sullivan up and around in three shots. Murphy’s next was “called” but his second attempt was much better and led by fifty meters past O’Leary’s bungalow. O’Sullivan was crazy left with his next and missed Murphy’s tip to fall a bowl behind. At the netting in two more each Murphy held his bowl of odds lead. A bad blunder from O’Sullivan with his twelfth in right and Murphy made the junior line to extend his odds with the bowl. O’Sullivan made a good effort for the line at Forshins Cross but fell short by forty meters so a bowl between them there. O’Sullivan finished poorly off the line and Murphy won by a bowl.

MCDONAGH FAULTERS AT LAST FENCE

Ballygurteen held the last score in the first round of the Paddy Murray Cup where David Shannon beat Sean Paul McDonagh by the last shot for a stake of €1,750 a-side. Shannon missed full sight at the first bend in three and McDonagh when he got a second effort at his third shot went full sight. Shannon’s fourth went right and McDonagh big bowl past Dulleas new house, Shannon kept it under the bowl with a super fifth shot down tight left and McDonagh beat this by thirty five meters. McDonagh a big bowl past the women’s lane that raised the bowl for him as Shannon’s bowl went left. Shannon got a super eight shot back of O’Mahony’s avenue that McDonagh beat by five meters in two shots, all square there. McDonagh’s tenth a massive bowl back of the coffee dock that raised the bowl of odds again for him as Shannon was left with both his shots. Both had luck with their next past the coffee dock, Shannon was left of play it caught the kerb and went half way up the hill. McDonagh was seriously right with his shot it ricochet off the coffee dock gate and up past the road to the left, a very lucky bowl. Throwing his odds McDonagh went up and around O’Donovan’s bend and Shannon missed this tip to fall a bowl down again as his bowl was weak. Shannon’s fourteenth was an average bowl back of John Burke’s entrance, McDonagh only beat this tip by ten meters in two shots both very right. Shannon fifteenth was unlucky to get caught above Granure cross but it was enough to give him his first lead by three meters, McDonagh’s bowl turned in left and caught a pole. McDonagh got two attempts at his last shot, as the first shot was “called” and was left and the second was also left and Shannon beat the tip by ten meters.

CRONIN BOOKS HER SPOT IN SENIOR LADIES SEMI-FINAL

Hannah Cronin booked her place in the Senior Ladies semi-final when she beat Meghan Collins at Bauravilla, playing for €700 a-side. Cronin was up to Decker’s in seven good bowls and was a bowl up, Collins had it back to thirty meters at the rock, between here and the bridge Cronin raised the bowl again and after two more past the Grotto Cronin had a big bowl of odds and Collins conceded. Both senior ladies semi-finals have been organised for Newcestown on Saturday June 13th at 7.00pm Hannah Sexton v Veronica O’Mahony and on Sunday June 14th at 11.00am Hannah Cronin v Denise Murphy.

EILEEN AND SON TOM ENJOY WINS IN CARBERY FINALS

Regions continue to get their veteran’s, Junior Ladies and under-age finals played, at Carrignavar Jennifer McCarthy beat Elaine Connolly in the junior ladies. At Conna Aisling O’Callaghan beat Julieanne O’Sullivan in the junior ladies. The McCarthy family from Skibbereen had a double win when Tom beat Conor Crowley in the U-18 final and his mam Eileen won the junior ladies final from Triona Murphy. At Bweeng in a girls U-18 county quarter-final score Darcy O’Brien from Clondrohid beat Abbie McDonnell from Bottlehill. At Conna Sian O’Sullivan beat Anna Power and Julieanne O’Sullivan in the U-18 final. Jenna Healy won the North Cork U-16 from Chloe Hubbard at Kilcorney. Rory Twohig beat Cathal O’Donovan in the U-18 at Lyre.