Road bowling: Martin Coppinger caps year with Bottlehill win

The other big winners of the weekend were James McNulty in the Charlie O’Donovan Cup final Kilcrohane and Cillian Kelleher in the Lyre final.

KING OF THE BOTTLEHILL: Martin Coppinger bowling at Bottlehill in the Eamonn Bowen Senior Memorial Cup final on Sunday. Pic: Paul Stack.

Martin Coppinger put a much nicer sheen on his 2026 campaign by winning the Éamon Bowen Cup at Bottlehill, beating both Aidan Murphy and Gary Daly.

In Saturday’s semi-final he dismissed Thomas Mackle, in his comeback score, by two bowls of odds. Murphy was equally emphatic in his two bowls of odds win over Arthur McDonagh. Daly advanced to the final from his early morning win over Eugene McVeigh and Brian Wilmot.