Bowling Report - Week ending 18 October ¦ Dennehy beat favourite O’Leary by a bowl of odds in the William Wolf Memorial final. Other winners: O’Meara, Bowen, David Hegarty, Lisa Hegarty and Cellie Spillane, and Jack O’Leary. Sean Murphy will meet Noel O’Donovan in the Dan Joe Holland Cup final; Coppinger advanced in the Teegan Cup and McDonagh won the Jerry Desmond Cup opener. Mallow and Glanmire–Watergrasshill will host 2028 European events, and Helfried Goetz is the new IBA

@ BAILE BHUIRNE Aaron Hoare bt Ronan O’Callaghan Nov-E. Murish O’Donoghue bt Chris Faul Nov-E QF. Megan O’Leary bt Margaret O’Callaghan Nov-Ladies. @ BALLINACURRA Noel O’Donovan bt Tom O’Donovan (Dan Joe Holland Cup SF) 1bl €1000 as. Leon Waugh bt Finbarr Lucey Nov-E. Sean Murphy bt Kieran Murphy (Dan Joe Holland Cup SF) 2bls ns. @ BEAL NA BLATH Trevor Hurley bt Gus Kelleher ls €500 as. Trevor Hurley/Tim Allen bt Gus Kelleher/John Madden €700 as. @ CASTLETOWN Martin Coppinger

Bowling Report - Week ending 11 October ¦ Aidan Murphy ended a 16-year wait to win the Joe O’Sullivan/Acorn Life Cup for the third time, beating Gary Daly in an €8,500-a-side thriller. Other Castletownbere winners were David Hegarty, Gearóid Lucy, Wayne Parkes, Cian Young and Thomas Maloney. Mick Murphy reached the Vintage C final, with the Vintage A and B finals also set for this weekend. Attention now turns to Waterloo for the William Wolf Memorial.

@ BALLINACURRA Mick Murphy bt Tom O’Donovan ls Pool B Vin-C FINAL €480 as. Jerome Cahalane bt Denis Mangan 1bl €650 as Nov-E. @ BALLINAGREE Abi Mai Sexton bt Siun O’rourke U-10 SF. Fiadh O’Rourke bt Hannah Sexton U-10 SF. @ CARRIGNAVAR David Stokes bt Aaron Sprigs 1bl ns Nov-E Final. @ CASTLETOWNBERE David Hegarty bt Cathal Creedon 1bl €9,000 as. Gearoid Lucey bt Alan Brickley 1bl €6,000 as. Wayne Parkes bt Tim Young 1bl €6,500 as. Cian Young bt Dylan O’Brien ls €6,000 as. Ai