Edmund Sexton had an exceptional weekend. On Saturday at Ballinagree he won the feature score of the Donagh Murphy-Kingston Fund and on Sunday he won the Dutch Moors European championship trials at Castletownkenneigh.

Éamon Bowen eliminated hot favourite Gary Daly from the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig and ended his interest in the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads.

Declan O’Donovan beat John Young by almost a bowl in the Tim White Cup final at Rosscarbery.

Michael Bohane will carry Munster’s hopes into Sunday’s All-Ireland intermediate final against Ulster champion Paul O’Reilly at Lyre near Clonakilty.

Michael Bohane will play Raymond Ryan in next Sunday’s Munster Intermediate final at Lyre.

James O’Donovan scored the line at Bauravilla in 16 great throws to beat Aidan Murphy by a bowl in a Mick Crowley Cup tie.

Michael Bohane bounced back from his Flor Crowley Cup defeat with an impressive win over Gavin Twohig in the Jim O’Driscoll Cup at Ballincurrig.

David Murphy continued his march to the Munster senior championship quarter-final with a bowl-of-odds win over Nicholas Carey at Templemichael on Sunday.

Kelly Mallon’s dream of winning three successive Mallow Contacts Queen of the Roads titles is still alive after her impressive win over Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney and Anke Klöpper at Ballincurrig yesterday.

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

Five individual gold medals from a possible 12, and two individual silvers as well as a bronze.

Ireland’s Aidan Murphy, who won the Dutch Moors gold medal and broke the European record at the European Bowling Championships in Italy on Saturday.

The Ireland squads for this month’s European Bowling championships in Pesaro, Italy were announced last night at a ceremony in which four new European team cups were also unveiled.

RALF ROCKER made history at Ballincurrig yesterday when he beat Gary Daly and Christy Mullins to become the first German bowler to qualify for the final of the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads.

CHRISTY MULLINS won the opening round of the Con Kelleher-Dan Hurley Cup with a convincing win over James O’Donovan at Drimoleague.

WILLIAM O’Donnell leads the Munster contingent in next month’s All-Ireland final series at Westport following a comprehensive win over Tony O’Sullivan in the Junior C final at Jagoes Mills.

ÉAMON Bowen Jnr moved into the quarter-finals of the Munster senior championship when he beat Gavin Twohig by over a bowl at Templemartin.

CHRISTY Mullins and James Buckley got valuable wins in the Munster Senior Championship at the weekend. Mullins beat Bill Daly in the last throw at Shannonvale and Buckley edged Nicholas Carey at Carraig na bhFear.

ANTHONY GOULD finished with two exceptional bowls to take the first big championship of 2011 when he beat David Hubbard in the last shot of their Munster Premier Intermediate tie at Ballinacurra, Upton on Sunday.

JAMES O’DONOVAN made a spectacular return from injury to beat Edmund Sexton by over twobowls of odds at Whitechurch on Saturday.