St Francis College, Rochestown 5-18 Blackwater CS 1-13

The destination of the second qualifying spot in Group 2 of the Dr Harty Cup will not be decided until the playing of the final game in the group, St Francis College, Rochestown and BlackwaterCommunity School, Lismore.

Midleton CBS 2-17 Blackwater CS 0-15

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

The victorious Waterford minor hurlers will arrive home in Waterford city at 6pm tonight, travelling into Plunkett Station before embarking on an open-top bus journey to City Hall.

ALL-IRELAND COLLEGES SAHC FINAL:

The next school year is likely to see the finalisation of the amalgamation of colleges and vocational schools GAA competitions at post-primary level.

Dr Harty Cup final

Dual All-Ireland minor medallists are rare, making it an even smaller club those to have achieved that as well as winning a Dr Harty Cup.

Holders Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne must win against North Clare Schools in Rathkeale this afternoon to be assured a place in the last eight of Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges SAFC).

It may have been his 18th birthday on Saturday but any plans to celebrate that milestone were put on hold by Cathal Curran.

It started out over a decade ago as a plan to expose youngsters in West Waterford to an elite standard of colleges hurling.

NEXT year’s Dr Harty Cup will have one new entrant following the decision at the Munster Colleges AGM to allow a number of schools in Limerick city to amalgamate.