Rampant Kildare gun down Allen in KWWIBA encounter

Kildare The Masters

Allen bowling team undertook the short journey to Kildare Town to take on the local club in this division 1 fourth round match. This was never going to be an easy task for the visitors against a Kildare team especially with home advantage. At the end of the night it was the home side that were the masters taking all five points.

Rampant

Mat 1: This mat turned out to be a very one-sided affair as the Kildare side completely and comprehensively outplayed their opponents to run out easy winners in a very lopsided game.

Unusually and surprisingly the Allen side were completely off form and only offered token resistance to a rampant Kildare team. I have never seen an Allen team put in such a poor performance at any time in the past, and I suspect it was just one of those glitches that happens in sport on those very rare occasions. There is no doubt that these are very good players as they have proved time and time again, but collectively they just hit a very bad night.

Final score: Kildare 29 Allen 3.

Kildare: Margaret Gorry, Eddie Heffernan, Frank Connolly and Mark Caldwell.

Allen: Mary Brennan, Concepta Mullally, Ann McCormack and Denis Lyons.

Bagnall’s Display Not Enough

Mat 2: Now if mat 1 didn’t produce the goods as expected then this one certainly compensated for it. This was a fantastic and entertaining game as one would wish to see.

In the early stages it was the visitors that kept the pressure on a very formidable home side. With Allen in superb form their opponents were always playing ‘second fiddle’ at least for the first third of the game. As with all good sides it is very difficult to keep them pinned down continually as proved by the half way stage when the sides were level.

Allen on the next end regained the lead but only by the minimum of margins. On the next couple of ends the Kildare side pushed themselves clear by two scores. Seamus Bagnall the Allen skip giving a vintage display and encouraging his team had the game all square on the twelfth end for the second time. It was only on the last few ends that Kildare closed out the game to win on a margin of 15/11. This was a great battle between two very good teams.

Best for Kildare: Anne Gleeson and Jim Condron, while best for Allen was the aforementioned Seamus Bagnall and ably assisted by Esther Mullally.

Kildare: Anne Gleeson, Jim Condron, Richie Baker and John Gleeson.