In his third game he came up against the current national junior champion Terence Crawfrod and this proved to be a tit for tat encounter as Curran entered the last end with a one shot advantage. He ran at the jack with his first bowl and ditched it however as is the norm in these situations the jack and bowl went their separate ways so it was now a matter of drawing closest to the ditch. With one bowl each remaining Crawford lay shot but the champion responded to the pressure using the full width of the mat to draw shot but now the outcome was out of his hands. A chop and lie shot would mean defeat however his bowl remained for shot and a relieved Curran progressed to the semi final.
Eddie trailed the whole way in this game as his opponent from Western, Alan Browne peppered the jack with precision drawing bowls. The defending champion showed character by producing some terrific bowls under extreme pressure just to stay with his impressive opponent. They entered the last end with the western player leading by two shots. Again Curran had to produce an excellent bowl rolling out his opponent's closest bowl to claim the two shots for a tie end. The usual trend of this game continued with Eddie taking out the close drawn bowl of his opponent to claim the game on a measure.
Things did not get any easier for Curran in the final as he found himself under the cosh losing five shots over the first two ends as his opponent John Quinn played confident accurate bowls. The defending champion was not going down without a fight so as soon as the opportunity arose he changed his tactics and became more attacking. On the third end it paid dividends as Quinn narrowly missed pushing his own toucher into the ditch for shot enabling Eddie to draw to the line to pick up a very welcome three. The fourth end was another close run end, Curran lay three shots but Quinn showed his quality by drawing shot. with his final bowl Eddie rested out the lying shot for four with a bowl to come. quinn clipped the outside of a bowl and fell out to lose a count of four but had his bowl fallen in he would have gained shot. In such a quality game the narrowest of margins can be the deciding factor.
The two shot advantage was maintained going into the eighth end but curran had a dilema, the head was against him and even a precision draw would allow John the opportunity of a chop and lie for a minimum of three shots. Eddie decided to stick with the attcking formula and ditched the jack for two with Quinn producing another top class draw to reduce the count to a single and go into the last two ends three shots adrift. The ninth end was a reversal of the tactics as eddie drew with his four bowls with Quinn attacking the head, the result was the defending champion became only the second competitior to win back to back champion of champions singles titles. a magnificent achievement.
It takes skill and character to make a champion and Eddie has both in abundance. Two title wins won in two completely different manners. | 
