Coppinger powers to All-Ireland title win
Carr edged the first two shots to the Magpie House, but Coppinger won the third and controlled the score to the finish. After his good fourth shot he had the odds close to a bowl and he held that lead with his fifth to the show field. His sixth bowl was very tight on the left but it rubbed to Gardiner’s pool to keep his lead just under a bowl.
They both played exceptional bowls on the straight, with Coppinger finally raising the bowl with his eighth to the Cooleen. Carr got a good 10th shot to Sally’s Cross, but Coppinger beat it well with his bowl to the green door. He went out the cornfield bend in two more to push his lead to almost two bowls He made the Creaghleen in 12 to take his lead well over two bowls at which point Carr conceded.
