MAGICAL MAEBH SCORES COUNTY DOUBLE
Maebh Cuinnea capped off a wonderful year of bowling when she captured the under-14 title at Beal Na Blath on Saturday from mid Cork girl Anna Deane. Adding to her under-16 title that she won earlier in the year. Maebh has improved immensely since taking the under-12 title in 2022. Anna opened with a massive first shot that gave her one and only lead in the score. Maebh took the lead in the second shot and relinquished it no more, four bowls past the novice line for Maebh where she had a bowl of odds, a super bowl from here out sight for Anna but Maebh followed and beat it. Anna playing bowls beautifully but got no justice for them, she kept it to the bowl down past the Bulls Gate. But a poor tenth bowl to the left and suddenly there was almost two bowls in it. Anna finished well but Maebh had too much in hand and won by a bowl in the end.
AN ALL-IRELAND FOR THE JUNIOR LADIES IN 2025.
Good news coming from the Ard-Comhairle meeting between Bol Chumann Ard Mhaca and Bol Chumann Cork is that there will be an All-Ireland for the Junior Ladies in 2025 and an All-Ireland for the girl’s u-12 and u-14 in 2026 but it will be held away from the mainstream All-Irelands along with the boy’s u-12 and u-14. This will keep the ladies on par with the boys and the men, an All-Ireland for all grades.
JUNIOR ACTION A PLENTY AT WEEKEND.
Plenty of junior tournament action on this past weekend. Whitechurch held a Josie Crean Cup score between David Hegarty, Lyre and Michael John O’Brien for a total stake of €12400, this was a trap to line win for O’Brien, three powerful opening shots saw him a bowl of odds up. He carried this on past Boula Lane, and on down to the Farmyard Corner. Two poor bowls here from O’Brien but Hegarty didn’t take full advantage, played his bowl too tight left. Hegarty finished with two great shots to the finish line to save the bowl of odds.
AGONISING DEFEAT FOR O'DONOVAN.
At Rosscarbery Noel O’Donovan got pipped at the post by Denis Wilmot, O’Donovan dominated this score all the way, he had a bowl of odds at the Priests House up there in four great bowls. Wilmot reeled him in from here to the B & B where they were level, with O’Donovan still fore bowl marginally. Out to the no-play lines at Cahermore Cross dead level. Still nothing between them at Quakers Cross, O’Donovan raised nice odds with his next two shots and looked comfortable with two shots to go. But made a very bad blunder going sight for the last bend and gave Wilmot a breeder, O’Donovan beat the line but it was not enough as Wilmot lined his perfect and beat the tip to take the score with his one and only fore bowl. They played for a total stake of €7,800.
KELLEHER COMPLETES FINAL LINE-UP AT TEMPLEMARTIN
Templemartin held the last of their 3-way 9-man tournament sf’s here local man John A.Murphy took on David Hubbard from Beal Na Marbh and Cillian Kelleher from Kilnamartyra total stake in this one was €4,710. Five each out Slynes Corner for Murphy and Kelleher and seven for Hubbard two bowls of odds on him. Kelleher put down a smashing sixth shot well up past the New House and took his first lead of the score, leading Murphy by forty meters and Hubbard well back. After two more past O’Riordan’s and on to Collins, Kelleher held a thirty meter lead on Murphy and Hubbard conceded. A huge ninth from Kelleher extended his lead to eighty meters and he had just short of the bowl at the School Cross. A very poor effort from Kelleher with his twelfth buried it in left and now the odds was down to forty meters again. Two more down to the stone field bend, Kelleher eighty meters up again, held this odds to the finish. He now plays David Hegarty and Kenneth Murphy in the final.
O'DRISCOLL SECURES HIS SPOT IN PADDY MURRAY CUP FINAL AT BALLYGURTEEN
In Ballygurteen in another tournament sf score, Jimmy O’Driscoll, Skibbereen took on Cian Boyle, Farranree for a total stake of €4,000. O’Driscoll had a poor start in this score but recovered well with a great third to sight at the first bend. A smashing fourth bowl down the left track won O’Driscoll his first lead. Two more well tracked bowls to the Women’s Lane where O’Driscoll had odds of twelve meters. Boyle was back in front at O’Mahoney’s Avenue. O’Driscoll took the next and Boyle the next three up and around O’Donovan’s bend holding a thirty meters lead here. O’Driscoll played an absolute beauty from here just back of Burke’s entrance. Boyle only beat this by fifty meters in two shots and the advantage was back with O’Driscoll again. He lined another miler just back of the finish line, two incredible bowls that raised the bowl of odds as Boyle got caught right. Denis Wilmot is O’Driscoll’s opponent in this final pencilled in for Saturday November 30th.
O'SULLIVAN FINISHES IN STYLE.
Ballinacurra had a junior a score on Saturday between James O’Sullivan, Fairhill and John Young, Drinagh. Both to Brinny Cross in three great bowls with Young fore by forty meters, two more past the church and onto the waterworks where O’Sullivan took his first lead by a meter. From the Crush O’Sullivan made past Innishannon Cross and up to the Silvery Gate in two incredible bowls where his odds was now two bowls. After two more back of the Junior C line Young had enough.
VINTAGE C DOWN TO FINAL.
At Timoleague a Vin-C Group a SF was held between D.D Carroll Skibbereen and Tom O’Donovan, Crossbarry for a total stake of €2,200, this score was nip and tuck for the first five or six shots where O’Donovan had sixty meters of odds at Hollands, O’Donovan played some great bowls from here to the Monument where he had a big bowl of odds and rose a further bowl from there to the finish line. In the other Vin-C Group a SF at Ballinacarriga, Jim O’Neill Togher had a convincing win over Donal O’Sullivan, The Pike, no lead for O’Sullivan in this one played for a total stake of €300. At the other side of the county in the Vin C group b SF’s Benny Hoare got the better of Pat Scanlon at Ballincurrig and at the same venue John Twohig, Waterfall beat Joe Welsh, Grenagh for a €500 stake.