Martin Coppinger defeats Patrick Flood in Munster quarter-final

WIN: Martin Coppinger quelled the ambitions of Patrick Flood in a show of power bowling in their Munster senior quarter-final tie at Templemartin. Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan

Martin Coppinger quelled the ambitions of Patrick Flood in a show of power bowling in their Munster senior quarter-final tie at Templemartin.

He opened with a big bowl, which Flood missed by 45m. He consolidated his lead in his next two, but a smashing fourth from Flood opened Slyne’s corner and cut the lead to 40m. That snap of brilliance was undone in three poor shots from there, which left Flood a bowl adrift. Flood made O’Riordan with his eighth. Coppinger got a monster bowl to Collins’ wall, which put him over two bowls clear.