Well done to Gavan McGirr & Pete Murray whose Jimmy Bruen team took on Arklow this afternoon in the first round. Arkow always put out strong teams and today was no different. We had three matches at home, and in the end needed them all to get a 3 – 2 victory and a move to the next round.
In Arklow, wins on nine, ten and eleven got Keith Lewis & Craig Hazelton to 1 up but the home side also won three on the bounce from the fourteenth and won the match 2&1. Also in Arklow, Paul Keane & John Egan came up just short loosing on the eighteenth after winning the sixteenth to get to all square.
Our home pairs were always just about in control but it’s difficult to get over the line as we all know. In the end both the Marc Hamilton & Gerry Kenny and the Eugene Strong & Toby Murphy pairings closed out their respective matches on the seventeenth 2&1 and Walter Gilbert & Craig McCormack won on the fifteenth 4&3.
Well done to all involved.
