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DOUGLAS GAA WINS THE MIDLETON FOURS 23
DOUGLAS GAA WINS THE MIDLETON FOURS

IN A SUDDEN DEATH FINISH
IN A SUDDEN DEATH FINISH
Midleton Bowls Club staged their annual fours competition over a 4 day period as this highly suc-
cessful event attracted an entry of 88 teams comprising of 332 players in total. The Midleton B.C.
Perpetual Trophy event was staged in the local GAA Pavilion and competition was fierce. At the
Quarter final stage Douglas GAA (skip Tony Kenneally) beat Douglas Community School’s S. O’-
Driscoll, M. O’Leary, M. Boland & J. O’Driscoll; Grange/Frankfield (skip John Long) beat
Crosshaven’s R. Gregan, A. Farrell, G. Murphy & K. Middleton; St. Mary’s on the Hill (skip Michael
Foley) beat the I.C.I.C.Y.M.A. team of B. Shellard, K. Shellard, C. McCarthy & M. Bracken. Com-
pleting the round Midleton (skip Joe Kirby) beat Watergrasshill’s M. Conlon, M. O’Connell, D. West
& L. Conlon.
In the semi-finals Douglas GAA (Tony Kenneally) beat Grange/Frankfield’s Phyllis Long, John
Swanick, Brian S. Hamilton & John Long. Also making it to the final, Midleton (Joe Kirby) beat the
St. Mary’s on the Hill team of Margaret O’Neill, Noreen Foley, Tony Elliott & Michael Foley.
In the final Midleton opened with a single and followed this up with a three to lead 4-0. A
single to Douglas GAA’s Clive Jay, Tim O’Neill, Paddy Barry & Tony Kenneally was answered by
a two from Midleton’s Con O’Sullivan, John Paul Hennessy, Callie O’Sullivan & Joe Kirby and it
seemed a 5-1 lead may give them the victory they sought but back came Douglas GAA with a
three and two singles to level the scores and force a sudden death extra end. This was played in
mounting tension and it was Douglas GAA who managed a single to win 7-6.
The Umpires on duty for the final session were Hazel Foley, Eddie Mills, Marie O’Leary, Hazel
Payne and Albert Ruxton. The individual prizes were presented by Tadgh Barry and Terry Kelly
and the Perpetual Trophy was presented by Chairperson Joe Kirby to Tony Kenneally the winning
skip.
Michael O’Shaugnessy Cork Zone Publicity Officer

READERS REPLY

In the last issue I put an “answer” or at least one possible one to the
following. The problem happened with the jack fully in the ditch and
marked as to its position. The shot bowl was a non-toucher just short
of the ditch line but there was a toucher further up the mat. A forcing
shot pushed the toucher into the ditch and the forcing wood wicked
off the toucher and pushed the non-toucher into the ditch and it was
therefore dead but it did move the jack.
The problem that arose was when the toucher, still moving, had ended up in the ditch
right on the mark where the jack had been. As a non-toucher moved the jack it would normally
be replaced in its marked position but the dilemma was that to replace the jack the toucher
going into the ditch ended up on the jacks mark quite legitimately. So what would you do next
when you are not supposed to move either the jack or the toucher?
Hi Bob, reading the article re a toucher landing on the Jack spot, personally I think a)
the jack should be behind the fender and nominate the bowl on its spot as the jack, that
way you could measure for second shot. OR b) another way when game is finished you
could remove the bowl on jack spot as shot bowl then replace the jack to its spot and carry
on measuring. Should there be another toucher on the mat and it is played in and moves
the toucher off the jack spot you could then replace the jack and carry on.
Wyn Jones

Welsh Secretary
Leaving the toucher as it ended up and removing the jack from the mat for the time
being and then replacing it at the end where the jack had originally been was a brilliant so-
lution and the best one I’ve had by far and certainly not one I thought of - well done Wyn.