IN tournament action the third hosting of the Fearghal Beamish Cup was concluded when Brendan O’Neill and Johnny O’Driscoll took issue in the decider.
For a combined €4,500 this was a cracking contest from the outset as no more than a few metres separated them at any point. Level in six to the no-play lines at White’s cross it continued in similar vein to ‘Draper’s, a point they both reached in eleven.
O’Driscoll led by a small margin in the shots to the ‘novice line’ but allowed O’Neill to regain the ascendancy when he misplayed his 14th. In an exciting finale the Enniskeane man beat a big last tip to take the coveted cup and winner’s prize. John Beamish was at hand to present the trophy commemorating his fondly remembered son who died tragically in a work accident in July 2015.
