Blackrock 1-22 Ballyhea 1-13: Twelve months after losing heavily to Ballyhea, Blackrock were this time standing on the winner’s rostrum after a low-key Cork SHC first round clash at sun-splashed Mallow yesterday.

Aidan Desmond is All-Ireland Junior C champion after completing a unique sporting triple, in two sports, over two days, culminating in an emphatic win over Conor O’Neill in Sunday’s final at Drogheda.

Ballymartle 5-12 Blackrock 2-17

Raymond Ryan beat John Shorten by a bowl in the Flor Crowley Cup final at Ballinacurra on Saturday.

Sarsfields 4-13 Blackrock 0-6

WILLIAM O’DONNELL kept Fermoy at the top of the bowling world for a second week in succession with a great win over Kevin Riordan (North America) in the All-Ireland Junior C final at Westport on Sunday.

BRIDE ROVERS’ remarkable resilience in championship hurling surfaced again in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

CLOYNE are guaranteed senior hurling next season, while Blackrock are only 60 minutes away from the ghastly vista of dropping to the intermediate ranks.

CLOYNE are guaranteed senior hurling next season, while Blackrock are only 60 minutes away from the ghastly vista of dropping to the intermediate ranks.

IN what was truly an incredible finale to an amazing match, Imokilly plucked victory from the jaws of defeat against Muskerry in the first round of the permanent tsb Cork SFC at Páirc Uí Rinn last night, winning on a 3-9 to 0-17 scoreline.