Golden Master B Doubles   Stephen Murphy/Brendan Murphy (CAB) v Billy Rossiter/Eugene English (BAH)

County GMBD winners Stephen and Brendan Murphy, Castlebridge with runners up Eugene English and Billy Rossiter, Ballyhogue and County Chairperson,Tom Rossiter
County GMBD winners Stephen and Brendan Murphy, Castlebridge with runners up Eugene English and Billy Rossiter, Ballyhogue and County Chairperson,Tom Rossiter

Castlebridge Club held the Golden Master B Doubles final and it was the home pairing of the Murphy brothers who got off to the better start making it 11-6 in the early exchanges.  However the experienced English / Rossiter from Ballyhogue soon settled into their stride and made a number of aces bringing the score to 11-10. The Castlebridge men then retook serve and Stephen Murphy kill some nice balls to extend their lead to 14-11. Once again the Ballyhogue pairing dug deep and loss their toss at 15-14 up. This handout proved to be the turning point in the first as the Murphy brothers took control and secured the game on a scoreline of 21-14.  So to the second and Castlebridge started with serve making two aces before Rossiter played a lovely passing shot to take serve. The next few aces were exchanged between both sets of players. Castlebridge then took serve at 4-5 down and both players displayed some excellent serving. Ballyhogue eventually managed to retake the serve at 5-16 down leaving them with a mountain to climb in the second game. To the credit of English / Rossiter they dug deep but once Castlebridge retook serve at 16-8 they stamped their authority on this match. They won the second game on a scoreline of 21-9.