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.

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.

BOWLING is a sport rarely accused of snobbery, but David Murphy may generate a coterie of purists if he continues to bowl at the level he displayed in Sunday’s King of the Roads final.