Gavin Twohig bowled well at the Marsh Road to secure his place in the 2016 Munster intermediate final at the expense of Donal Riordan.

Killian Kingston finished strongly to turn what looked certain defeat into a bowl of odds win over Aidan Murphy at Ballincurrig.

Gary Daly and Séamus Sexton secured places in the Munster senior championship quarter-final draw at the weekend and Éamon Bowen Jnr revived his hopes with a brilliant show against James Buckley, writes Séamus Ó Tuama.

Gavin Twohig closed with 10 brilliant bowls to beat David Hubbard in the last shot of the Rosscarbery final. 

Martin Coppinger opened the defence of his Munster senior championship title with a comfortable win over Brian Wilmot at Durrus on Sunday.

Denis Wilmot had the first big championship win of 2014 when he beat Brendan O’Neill in the last shot at Newcestown in the Mid-Cork Junior A championship on Sunday.

Brian Wilmot beat Liam O’Sullivan by over a bowl in the Marsh Road final on Sunday.

Sunday’s King and Queen of the Roads at Ballincurrig was one of sustained excellence and excitement.

Martin Coppinger is the new Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads after a battle of passion, drama and exceptional bowling with David Murphy at Ballincurrig yesterday.

David Murphy is bidding to reach his sixth consecutive final and join Bill Daly at the top of the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads roll of honour this weekend at Ballincurrig.

Chris Murray bowled with great dash and confidence in his win over Eoin O’Riordan in the Munster Junior C final at Newcestown on Saturday.

Trevor O’Meara led from line to line in his bowl-of-odds win over Raymond Ryan in the Munster Intermediate final at Donoughmore on Sunday.

Aidan Murphy completed the lineup for the Munster senior championship semi-finals when he beat Gary Daly by close to two bowls of odds in torrential rain at Carrigaline on Saturday.

The Munster senior championship quarter-final draws and next Sunday’s Pool A play-off at Skibbereen between Aidan Murphy, Martin Coppinger and James O’Donovan are dominating bowling discourse this week.

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

WILLIAM O’Driscoll beat James Cooney by two bowls of odds in the Ballincurrig 27 final on Saturday.

BRIAN WILMOT beat Paul Rafferty in a thrilling All-Ireland intermediate bowling final at Derrinasafa, Dunmanway yesterday. His win gave Munster four wins in the first All-Ireland series of 2011 against two for Ulster.

BRIAN WILMOT will be the standard bearer for Munster bowling in next weekend’s All-Ireland series on the Derrinasafa Road in Dunmanway.

ARTHUR McDONAGH will be a strong contender for next month’s All-Ireland Junior A title following an impressive two bowls-of-odds win over Michael Gould in the Munster final at Kilcorney.

DONAL RIORDAN turned the Munster Intermediate semi-final on its head with two astonishing bowls against Michael Bohane at Grange.

GARY DALY had two important wins in three days when he beat Christy Mullins in the feature score of the West and Mid Festival at Ballinacurra on Sunday, hot on the heels of his last-shot win over Eamon Bowen Snr in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Thursday.

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.

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.

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.

THE Department of the Marine is taking a man to the High Court for ignoring its ultimatum to remove unauthorised marine structures from a West Cork bay.

Dervla Toal will play Catriona O’Farrell in the final of the Pat O’Brien Developments Queen of the Roads at Ballincurrig on Sunday, following an impressive win over Gretta Cormican and Rena Ahlrichs yesterday.