Road bowling: Martin Coppinger defeats Daly with powerful finish

Martin Coppinger set the early pace, raising 70m odds with his first two past Brickley’s - then finished with authority 

Bantry's Martin Coppinger in full flight.

Martin Coppinger finished strongly to beat Gary Daly by a bowl of odds at Whitechurch.

He set the early pace, raising 70m odds with his first two past Brickley’s. Daly levelled in the next three to the top of the hill. Coppinger stayed just in front in the next exchange to the middle of the wall.