John O’Rourke and David Hubbard will meet in the North Cork Junior A final, following O’Rourke’s impressive semi-final win over Derry Cooney at Peake.

Arthur McDonagh bowled impressively at Newcestown to beat Gavin Twohig by a bowl of odds in the Munster Senior Championship.

Bandon 29 Newcastle West/Estuary 17: Bandon began a dream day for the club with a 29-17 victory over Newcastle West/Estuary in the Munster U16 Plate final at Thomond Park.

Nicholas Carey secured the first win of the 2017 Munster Intermediate championship after a strong finish against PJ Cooney at Ballincurrig.

Donncha O’Brien finished strongly to advance at the expense of Denis O’Driscoll in the John-Joe Murphy Cup at Bauravilla.

James O’Donovan finished with five brilliant bowls at Templemartin to dethrone All-Ireland senior champion Aidan Murphy in the Munster quarter-final on Sunday.

Billy McAuliffe and Paul Buckley will contest a classic Munster Junior A final at Templemichael on Friday week, June 26.

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.

The first barometer of the 2015 bowling season will be played out at the three-day Ból-Fada festival at Keady-Tassagh in Armagh over the weekend.

Nicholas Carey gave a record breaking performance at Clashmore where he beat Willie O’Donovan by almost three bowls of odds in the Munster Intermediate championship.

Road Bowling

Jimmy Nyhan is Munster Vintage (over-60) champion following a battling performance against Mikie O’Driscoll (B) and DD Carroll at Timoleague on Saturday.

Seamus Sexton beat Pat Butler by a bowl in a brilliant Munster intermediate championship quarter-final at Timoleague.

Bowling fans throughout the country are mourning the loss of Willie Carroll, the doyen of Connacht bowling, who died at the weekend.

Martin Coppinger had a comfortable two bowls of odds win over James Buckley at Waterfall in the final pool score of the Munster senior championship on Sunday.

Martin Coppinger and Eddie Carr will face each other in the rescheduled All-Ireland senior final at Béal na mBláth on Saturday, August 24.

A public house which had been in the possession of bank-appointed receivers has been reoccupied and reopened by its former owners.

John Creedon led all the way to a two bowls of odds win over Éamon Bowen Jnr in the first roundof the O’Flynn Cup at Timoleague.

John Shorten’s name is the first on the Johnny Holland Cup after a line-to-line win over Wayne Callanan and Killian Kingston at Bauravilla on Sunday.

Liam O’Sullivan is Munster Junior A champion following a comprehensive win over Patrick O’Donoghue at Templemartin on Sunday.

Liam O’Sullivan was an impressive winner over John O’Rourke in the Munster junior A semi-final on the Bantry road at Togher Cross.

Derrinasafa’s two-year stint as an All-Ireland final venue ended on a high note on Sunday with an enthralling All-Ireland senior final in which Martin Coppinger regained the title he won in 2010.

Martin Coppinger kept his Munster senior championship hopes alive when he beat James O’Donovan by five metres at Bauravilla on Sunday.

Donal Riordan gave a five-star performance on the new Castletownkeneigh road where he beat Gavin Twohig by close to a bowl of odds.

Gary Daly’s top form continued with a bowl-of-odds win over Aidan Murphy in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre.

MARTIN COPPINGER beat Aidan Murphy by almost a bowl in the Con Kelleher — Dan Hurley Cup at Drimoleague.

DENIS HICKEY is Munster Vintage A (over-60) champion following a brilliant contest with Mick Murphy (Innishannon) at Waterfall on Saturday.

FERMOY bowling had a bumper weekend with wins for Gary Daly in the Mick Barry Cup semi-final at Ballincurrig and Andrew O’Leary in the O’Connell-Dullea Cup final at Ballygurteen.

EDMUND SEXTON reached the Mick Barry Cup quarter- final when he beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot at Ballincurrig on Saturday.

THE race for the Munster Junior A title intensified at the weekend with wins in the preliminary rounds by John O’Rourke and PJ Cooney.

JAMES O’DONOVAN led from the start in his bowl of odds win over Eamon Bowen Snr in the Munster senior championship at Carrigaline on Sunday.

DAVID HUBBARD beat Thomas Mackle in the last shot in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre.

DAVID O’MAHONY beat David Hubbard by a bowl of odds in the Champy Deasy Cup final at Grange on Sunday.

GAVIN TWOHIG and James O’Donovan put in a tremendous second half at Grange where they beat Éamon Bowen and Gary Daly by almost two bowls of odds in the annual St Stephen’s Day challenge.

JOHN O’ROURKE won the John Cronin Cup at Cloyne on Sunday where he beat Gary Daly and Ger Fitzpatrick.