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

After a luckless run a week ago, when he was denied by the minimum margin, Droopys Oddysey came from last to first to set the standard in Saturday’s second round of the Barry’s Tea Open Tea, for trainer Fraser Black and the Diamonds Are Forever Syndicate.

Two finals and the first round of the Barry’s Tea Open 750 dominated proceedings on Saturday’s card at Curraheen, and the Brendan Maunsell-trained Fire Height Amy signalled her classic intentions with a best-of-the-round performance in the last of the six-bend heats. 

The fastest time of the night on Saturday’s card at Curraheen Park came in the opener but, more significantly and a little surprisingly, it came from a newcomer, Barnagrane Glen, owned by Paudie O’Keeffe.

Martin Coppinger is officially the 2013 All-Ireland senior champion as Eddie Carr has withdrawn from next weekend’s rescheduled final because his injury has not cleared up.

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

He’s been nicknamed the flying piano man.

Martin Coppinger beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot of a brilliant three-way Munster championship play-off at Skibbereen on Sunday — with James O’Donovan third.

All-Ireland champion Conor McGuigan and Martin Toal gave Ulster a last shot win over brothers David and Aidan Murphy in the feature score at Port Mór on St. Patrick’s Day.

A MIXTURE of terrible weather conditions and a tenacious Ballydesmond team were unable to prevent Glanmire from being crowned Division 4 Football League champions at Mallow yesterday.

ÉAMON BOWEN earned a place in the Mick Barry Cup semi-final after a comfortable last shot win over Edmund Sexton at Ballincurrig.

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

DAVID HUBBARD secured a place in the Cork semi-final of the Jim O’Driscoll Cup when he beat Wayne Callanan in the last shot at Ballincurrig.

A COMMUNITY has rallied itself in a massive voluntary effort aimed at finding Anne Corcoran.

CARBERY reversed last year’s result at the same stage of the championship with a comfortable victory over Imokilly in the opening round of the Evening Echo SFC at Ballygarvan last night.

Glanmire 0-17 Ballinora 0-7