Martin Coppinger surge sees off Gary Daly in Castletownbere

Martin Coppinger beat Gary Daly by almost a bowl at Glanworth in preparation for his meeting with David Murphy in the RNLI benefit at Castletownbere.

They were level after five to Clontinty boreen. Daly took over from there and had almost a bowl at Ahern’s. He held that lead till losing ground by missing sight at O’Brien’s. Coppinger levelled with five to go and increased his lead to 50m in the following shot. He then got a massive second last to push his lead to 100m. That cushion edged him towards a bowl of odds win.

David Hubbard finished strongly to beat Pa Butler in the Moss Twomey Shield final at Ballincurrig.