Watch: Road bowler's spectacular loft over the Dripsey river

"You have to back yourself to do it, no matter what people say"

Road Bowling star Martin Coppinger has become a social media sensation thanks to a moment of wizardry in Cork last weekend. He made aspectacular loft over the Dripsey river on Sunday, February 13.

Road Bowling star Martin Coppinger has become a social media sensation thanks to a moment of wizardry in Cork last weekend.

He teamed up with Éamon Bowen to beat first-cousins Aidan Murphy and John O’Rourke in the last shot at Peake but the day's - and now the year's - biggest talking point was a spectacular loft by Coppinger over the Dripsey river at the halfway point on Sunday.