WATERVILLE Sea Angling Club members faced some harsh elements in their club winter series of shore angling competitions.

Old Belvedere maintained their lead at the top of the AIB League Division Two, thanks to a 20-8 success at Ballynahinch this afternoon.

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THE battle for the one promotion spot from Division Two of the AIB League really hots up this afternoon with leaders Dolphin involved in a typical banana-skin style encounter against Bective Rangers at Musgrave Park while their closest pursuers, Old Crescent and Thomond, clash in a crucial tie at Rosbrien.

SHANNON took full advantage of the quiet weekend in the AIB League when they trounced UCD at Thomond Park and moved into third place in the first division.

EIGHT years ago, Aidan O'Halloran, Ger Earls and Niall McNamara played crucial roles when Young Munster captured the All-Ireland League for the only time, after a famous victory over St Mary’s College at Lansdowne Road.

SATURDAY was a day of many surprises in Division Two of the AIL, when many of the top teams were surprisingly turned over by supposed ‘lesser’ opposition.

Thomond were in early festive mood and scored five tries in this demolition of struggling UCC.