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On the News front this weekend (4th-5th March 2006) sees a busy time for the Tullysaran Lads. We have the first and second grade finals on Saturday and the beginning of the Top Twelve tournement between ourselves, and the clubs of Port Mor and Eglish.
Grade Finals
First grade - The first grade final pits Fr Brian White against Martin (Sam) Rooney. Fr Brian will be looking to make it second time lucky as he was beat in the Final of First Grade last time round. On Sunday morning, he beat the ever speedy Conor O'Neill with an outstanding start which seen him taking 6 shots to leave him a look at the straight from the top of Mullintor. 3 more into the cap seen him hold a shot of a lead round the bends to Tobys lane. But then a couple of loose shots up the hill towards the line seen him surrender his lead very tamely to leave him 2 yards hind in the last corner. But a great last shot to just short of the lane, scoring the line in the process, and doing enough to win will have done his confidance the world of good. Sam Rooney is another thrower who's confidance will be sky high after defeating Senior thrower Conor McGuigan on the last shot back down in the second semi-final on Sunday morning. Despite not making the best of his shot advantage, Sam battled right to the end managing to hold on to McGuigans shirt tails to Mary Anns, where a poor throw from the Senior man, gave him the the chance he needed to take him into Saturdays Final. With both throwers seemly hitting form at the right time, it looks like were in for a cracking score to get the weekend under way.
Second grade - The Second grade final will see Adain Conlon take on Stephen O'Neill. Conlon will be making his 4 appearance in the final without having won it yet. He will be hoping for lady luck to finally shine on him come Saturday afternoon, having done enough to beat Shane O'Neill (snr) back down on Sunday afternoon. He was a touch unfortunate with his last throw, as it caught the dead curb just short of the line at the Chapel gates. Shane then threw a great last shot from the point road, catching at the top of the hill leaving Conlon a short but tricky shot to win the score. Stephen O'Neill will be out to topple Conlon on Saturday after watching him beat his Uncle Shane. Stephen peformed well on Sunday afternoon in the first score after dinner beating an unlucky Eddie Mallon by 2 shots. It was a disappointing performance by Mallon, but O'Neill must take credit for throwing all the big shots when needed.
Top Twelve
This Sunday sees the start of the Top Twelve competition between Eglish, Port Mor and ourselves, beginning with the first 4 scores on the Port Mor course from the village out. The days throwing kicks off at 11am. Port Mor will be out to retain their crown for the third successive year, although their challange it seems his taken a blow before a bowl has being thrown with the withdrawl of Gareth Corr. The blow was softened a slight bit with the news that Rossi Powell will be taking his place. Eglish will be hoping to steal back the title of Top Twelve Champions following a couple of lack luster performance in the last couple of years. Tullysaran will hope to get their hands on the Trophy for the first time in many years. Having won the inagural comprtition, they have managed to disappoint each year since, with all their top guns seeming unable to perform on the day. They will have being boosted though by their near white wash over Tieve Tara back at christmas, winning the Wolly Toms Cup for the second time in 3 years with an 8-1 score line.
Fixtures for all the weekends bowling will follow shortly.
