Martin Coppinger won the Joe O’Sullivan Cup at Castletownbere and collected €57,200 when he beat Ulster champion Thomas Mackle by over a bowl on Sunday.

Martin Coppinger smashed the road record at Ballincurrig in the second round of the Mick Barry Cup in one of the most compelling performances ever seen at the venue.

The Munster senior championship will dominate bowling for the next few weeks, starting with both semi-finals at the weekend.

Martin Coppinger is back on track to regain the Munster senior title after securing the top spot in Pool D with an emphatic win over Christy Mullins on the Creamery Road in Bantry.

Martin Coppinger opened the 2015 Munster senior championship with a bowl of odds win over Séamus Sexton at Clondrohid.