Green is gold! O’Hara’s luck o’ the Irish triumph

                                    Brendan O’Hara

Published: 29 January, 2015
by STEVE BARNETT

THE Golden Lion needed “the luck of the Irish” to book their place in the quarter-finals of
 the Liam Tarrant Cup on Monday.

In a closely-fought contest, they won a nine-frame thriller against the Boston Rimmers. 

With just 11 points separating the two sides in division one of the Chalk Farm Pool
League, this was always going to be a close encounter. 

So it proved and with the score poised at 4-4, it was showdown time – and time for a
touch of ice cool Irish as Brendan O’Hara took to the table in Royal College Street. 

The potter, who grew up in Lurgan in Northern Ireland, misjudged the pace of a tricky plant
but yet managed to pot both red balls and finish perfectly on the black – which he sunk
with ease to secure a pulsating 5-4 win for the Lion. 

Delighted team captain Shaun Pollard joked: “He couldn’t play a shot like that again if
he tried. Next time we’re involved in nail-biting game we’re sending in Brendan so that
we can take advantage of some more of that Irish luck!”