After a successful week of inter-club All Ireland golf for the men at Carton House the action heads north this week to Malone GC for the 2017 AIG Ladies Cups and Shields National Finals.

Mark Bernsen can’t say if Kieran Donaghy will or won’t play football for Kerry in 2017 but the Tralee Warriors coach is confident the cross-code star will be a regular presence for the new club as it begins life in Basketball Ireland’s rebranded Super League.

HOLDERS Crumlin United disposed of FAI Intermediate Cup specialists Avondale United for the second time in two seasons after coming away from Avondale Park with a hard fought 2-1 victory after extra-time on Saturday.

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MSL: A Peter Mooreland strike was enough to put College Corinthians three points clear at the top of the Beamish Stout Munster Senior League Premier Division after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over UCC at Corinthians Park on Saturday-

Monkstown Golf Club will be a hive of activity this week as it plays host to the national finals of the Private Home Care inter-club women’s championships from tomorrowthrough to Saturday.

As the Avondale players danced around the cup at full-time, the pointedness of their celebration chant was clear as day. “Are you watching Gerry Smith?”

The third annual Munster Ladies Gaelic Football sevens tournament took place in Clonakilty on Saturday where 18 teams battled it out in both the senior and junior categories.

Leinster senior league side Cherry Orchard caused the shock of the FAI Ford Cup second round with a 2-0 win over Longford Town.

Munster Senior League duo Douglas Hall and Everton will be seeking to upset Airtricity League opposition in their FAI Ford Cup second round ties tomorrow.

Munster Senior League champions Avondale United are favourites to lift a fifth FAI Umbro Intermediate Cup when they meet Cherry Orchard in a repeat of last year’s final at Tallaght Stadium tomorrow (3pm).

Runaway Munster Senior League leaders Avondale United got the home draw they wanted in the FAI Ford Cup, first round — but they’ll still be up against it when they meet Dublin side Sheriff YC, who have an added incentive to do well in the Blue Riband this year.

AVONDALE UNITED and Blarney United warmed up for Friday’s FAI Umbro Intermediate Cup fourth round clash at O’Shea Park with cup wins over the weekend.

AFTER going out of the FAI Intermediate Cup last week, Beamish Stout Munster Senior League champions Rockmount got their season back on track with an emphatic 5-1 victory over College Corinthians on Saturday.

THE hiding-to-nothing prospect of facing non-league opposition on the back of four straight defeats is scarcely ideal for UCD in tonight’s FA Ford Cup clash.

Avondale United1 Cherry Orchard 0 (after extra-time)

IF Avondale are to take back the FAI Intermediate Cup they last won in 2007, they will probably never have surmounted a greater set of obstacles.

THERE was delight for Douglas, Castletroy and Edenmore at the AA Insurance Ladies Golf Championships in Royal Tara on Saturday.

AVONDALE United manager, John Caulfield, reckons his team possess the hunger to repeat the glory of 2006 and retain the FAI Carlsberg Intermediate Cup against first-time finalists, Bangor Celtic, at Turner’s Cross tomorrow (kick-off 3pm).

Carlow captured the first national title of the week The National Finals of the AA Insurance take place at Headfort Golf Club with a 2-1 win against Limerick.

The cream of Irish ladies’ golfing talent from across the Northern and Eastern districts will this week battle it out in the last regional finals of the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championships.

Golfers will this weekend battle for a place in the national final of the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championships at Mallow Golf Club.

Competition in the AA Insurance Ladies Championship is set to intensify as the Western District approaches the final stages with County Sligo hoping to sweep the board, playing in an impressive five out of six competitions.

Courtown will look to build on their success in the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championship, as the club looks to sweep the board in the all-important quarter-final stage of all four singles competitions.

HOLDERS Rockmount and Wayside Celtic will be in search of their third Pat O'Brien Cup when they meet in the FAI Carlsberg Intermediate Cup Final at Turners Cross on Sunday (ko 2.30pm).

Newly-crowned League Cup winners Longford Town will find out their next opponents in the FAI Carlsberg Cup tonight when the quarter-final draw is made live on RTE One.

FAI Carlsberg Cup holders Longford Town, will leave last season’s decider hero, Shane Barrett, on the bench for their match against the Cork MSL team, Leeds, at Turner’s Cross tomorrow (Kick off 2.30 pm).

THE 2004 FAI Carlsberg Cup kicks off this weekend with the 20 junior and intermediate sides all dreaming of cup glory next October.

THE best feature of the FAI Carlsberg Cup final on Sunday was the fact that the two finalists, Rockmount of Cork and Bluebell United of Dublin, are clubs in the real sense of the word.

THE vastly experienced Mick Scully will provide Cup specialists Bluebell United with strong leadership when they play Rockmount in the Carlsberg FAI Intermediate Cup final at Richmond Park on Sunday (3pm).

UCD 2 Belgrove 0