Cork U21A HC final: A less-than-charitable assessment heard regarding the recent Carrigaline-Shandrum U21AHC semi-final was the sides were battling for the right to be beaten in the final by Blackrock.

Following the six Cork county championship games at the weekend, the fourth-round ties and relegation play-offs are now decided in all but the SHC and IFC grades.

Carrigtwohill 1-13 Glen Rovers 0-14

They provided one of the most uplifting stories of 2011.

Fermoy will be playing Premier Division football next season after defeating Carrigaline United 1-0 in the Munster Senior League First Division play-off decider at Carrig Park yesterday.

Courcey Rovers maintained their good start in the Cork senior hurling league as they lead the RedFM SHL after two games.

THE easy cliche about Sunday’s county final win by Carrigtwohill — so easy we’ve thrown it out a few times already — is that it offers a template to other clubs in Cork looking to achieve the same level of success.

O’DONOVAN ROSSA made no mistake at the second time of asking at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday to claim their third Cork Co U21 FC title in impressive style.

DLS Waterford 3-13 Carrigaline CS 0-15

BLARNEY Woollen Mills has denied its decision to take the company private has anything to do with paying tax to the Irish exchequer.

Cloyne 5-8 Carbery 1-8

WHEN two experts take polar opposite viewpoints on the same simple subject, what chance the rest of us?

Carrigaline 1-12 Milford 1-6

Ilen Rovers 0-15 Carrigaline 0-7