TAYLOR VARD has spurned a bid by the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) to have him withdraw his resignation as chairman of the senior selectors.

CORK clubs Ashton and Harlequins had to endure the agony of penalty stroke shoots out on Saturday before advancing to the next round of the Odlums sponsored Women’s Irish Junior Hockey Cup.

HEARTBREAK for Cobh as they bowed out of the Odlums Ladies Irish Junior Hockey Cup after a penalty shoot out with Belfast Harlequins on Saturday.