Cork Harlequins rolled back the years to record a fairytale men’s Irish Senior Cup victory at Belfield yesterday.

Cork Harlequins’ clinical finishing helped them retain the Munster Senior League crown with a 2-0 win over Cork Church of Ireland last night.

CORK HARLEQUINS raided the Mardyke twice in 24 hours to end the cup dreams of UCC’s men and women on a memorable weekend for the Farmer’s Cross club.

ULSTER will begin their bid to continue their domination of the girls’ underage interprovincials at Alexandra College tomorrow, as the U16 and U18 showpieces get underway.

CATHOLIC INSTITUTE’S women laid down an early marker by thrashing Cork Church of Ireland 5-0 at Garryduff on Saturday, the opening day of the season in Munster.

IRELAND senior men’s hockey coach Paul Revington has shaken up his approach to player development as he looks to strengthen the depth of his squad ahead of November’s World Cup qualification campaign in Argentina.

BANDON will be glad to see the back of Cork Harlequins after the Farmers’ Cross outfit handed them final heartbreak for the second time this season at Garryduff yesterday.

AFTER a week in which they created a huge number of chances, though failing to take most of them, Cork Harlequins finally hit top gear in Prague yesterday when they put on their best scoring display of the week to secure promotion for Ireland in the European Clubs Championships.

Cork Harlequins ‘A’ 6 Cork C of Ireland ‘B’ 0

CORK Harlequins’ European odyssey came to a controversial end yesterday when they lost to Belgian side Royal Dragons in their play-off game in Vienna.

CORK Harlequins had mixed fortunes at the European Cup Winners Trophy tournament in Vienna over the weekend, winning two pool games and losing their last outing.

CORK HARLEQUINS made a winning start to the European Cup Winners’ Trophy tournament in Vienna yesterday, beating Swiss club Olten 2-0 in their opening game.

RESPONSIBILITY is a word that has figured prominently in the preparations of Cork Harlequins for their Irish Senior Cup semi-final tie against NICS of Belfast in Stormont today (2.45pm).

HEAVYWEIGHTS on the bill again in Cork, but a week after the Multi-Nations boxing event, the knockout blow was delivered by an Irish hockey international.