When renowned fitness guru, Mark McManus, got the call from Bol Chumann (Ireland’s Road Bowling governing body) board member, James O’Driscoll, to act as Ireland strength and conditioning coach in 2005, the union proved to be a very fruitful one.

Mick Murphy is the 2015 Munster vintage (over-60) champion following a start-to-finish win over Kevin Ruby and Teddy Murphy at Carraig na bhFear on Saturday.