Top Twelve - Day Three, Tullysaran

Frank Donnelly v Aidan Conlon v Donal Daly:

Eglish’s Donal Daly was a shade strong for his opponents. Bowling well within himself, Daly forged ahead of Frank Donnelly. Aidan Conlon started poorly and never threatened. Daly ran out an easy winner with Frank Donnelly in second.

Patrick Garvey v Seamus Conlon v Eamonn O’Neill:

Conlon started somewhat erratically and brought up the rear from Patrick Garvey and Eamonn O’Neill in second. O’Neill pressed Garvey from Allen’s farm, but was unlucky at Mary Ann’s Corner when his bowl hit “the post” and stopped dead when normally he would have had a full corner. O’Neill still pressured Garvey up the final straight, but Garvey just managed to hold on to win by a yard.

Stephen O’Neill v Joseph Donnelly v Mark Gallagher:

Punters made O’Neill the strong favourite for this score at the start. Stephen O’Neill, bowling unpredictably, was soon in trouble from the steadier Mark Gallagher. O’Neill never really recovered enough to be a threat. Gallagher finished a bit shakily, but held on for a last shot win over Joseph Donnelly, and Stephen O’Neill finished in third.

Danny Trainor v John Lennon v Joe Donnelly:

John Lennon’s steady bowling had his opponents struggling from the start and looked in control all the way. A bad mistake hitting the dead kerb after Mary Ann’s left it anyone’s score. In fact, the leader changed three times between Mary Ann’s corner and the finish. In the end, Donnelly proved to be the stronger, winning on the last shot by mere yards in front of John Lennon and Danny Trainor in third.

This brought an end to an enthralling three weeks of bowling. Tullysaran finally got their hands on the Cup. The trend of home sides doing poorly continued with Tullysaran only winning one score. Eglish can consider themselves as unlucky losers finishing very strongly to take three of the four scores of the weekend. In the end, road bowls was the winner with good sporting competition between all three clubs.