Aidan Murphy beat Ulster’s Thomas Mackle in the last shot of the Mother Hegarty Cup final at Lyre on Sunday.

Gary Daly beat Christy Mullins by over a bowl in the Kelleher-Hurley Cup at Drimoleague.

Thomas Mackle had an easier thanexpected win over Aidan Murphy in the Dunmanway Hospital Day Care Tournament semi-final at Derrinasafa on Sunday.

James O’Donovan and Martin Coppinger made it a fruitless trip south for Armagh brothers Peadar and Cathal Toal when they handed them a double defeat at Whitechurch on Saturday.

Wayne Callanan is the Hughie Desmond Cup champion following an impressive two bowls of odds win over Seamus Sexton at Curraheen on Saturday.

The world of road bowling was rocked by the sudden death of James Caverley, one the most prominent figures in the sport from the 1980s to the early part of this century.

Sunday’s Mallow Contracts Queen of the Roads final at Ballincurrig elevated women’s bowling to a whole new plane.

John Donnellan beat Tom Browne by almost a bowl of odds in the William Wolfe Memorial trophy at the Waterloo revival festival on Sunday.

Edmund Sexton will feature in the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads for the first time since 2003 following his sensational last shot win over David Murphy in the semi-final of the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig.

Aidan Murphy beat Thomas Mackle by close to a bowl in the Mick Barry Cup semi-final at Ballincurrig to secure his place in next month’s King of the Roads.