CARBERY’S junior B championship is, similar to junior A, a three-pronged shoot-out, with a round-robin series between the contenders delivering the overall finalists.
Previous winners, John Cahalane and Micheál O’Sullivan, had an engaging opening score battle at Bauravilla on Thursday, and it is the Skibb man who is in pole position for a place in the decider after eking out a narrow last-shot win over his Ross rival. O’Sullivan made a fine start, his six to the bend above ‘Dekker’s’ gave him commanding odds but taking three more to the point known as ‘the rock’ left Cahalane back in the frame. A tight shot-for-shot duel to the line saw O’Sullivan line a huge second last but his luck deserted him again when he narrowly missed Cahalane’s last tip. Both have scores with Donie Harnedy to come.
