Ballinhassig 3-23 Tracton 0-18: Ballinhassig served notice of their championship credentials with a polished second half performance against South-east neighbours, Tracton, in round one of the Cork Premier IHC in Carrigaline on Saturday.

Valley Rovers 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-15: The graph remains on an upward curve for Valley Rovers. Despite looking vulnerable earlier in the season, they delivered yet again in the Cork Premier IHC semi-final.

Cork 3-7 Galway 3-4 (All-Ireland U14): The 34th edition of the Tony Forristal tournament opened at 10am on Saturday, and 10 hours later, Cork and Galway still didn’t want to go home.

Ballinhassig 4-17 Castlelyons 1-12: A polished second-half performance powered Ballinhassig to a comprehensive win over Castlelyons in the Cork Premier IHC quarter-final on Saturday evening.

Galway 0-23 Cork 0-14: After capturing their first All-Ireland Intermediate hurling title in 13 years, Saturday night was all about rest and recovery for the Galway hurlers ahead of a Sunday morning training session.

Galway clinched the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship tonight, piling more misery on Cork in the process.

Cork have made two changes to their starting team for Saturday’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling decider against Galway.

Cork 0-20 Limerick 0-18: The Cork intermediate team last night ensured at least one Munster hurling crown would reside on Leeside this summer – Ronan Dwane’s charges scoring a deserved two-point win over favourites Limerick.

Cork 0-27 Waterford 1-16: Ronan Dwane’s Cork were impressive eight-point winners over Waterford in yesterday’s Munster intermediate hurling championship semi-final.

The returning Brian Murphy is one of three changes to the Cork side for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final with Waterford in Thurles.

Sarsfields 0-14 Carrigdhoun 0-11

Cork Premier IFC

Carrigdhoun 0-18 Carbery 1-12

Carrigdhoun 1-19 Duhallow 1-12

Cork C of I 3 UCC 3 (C of I win 5-4 on penalties after aet)

St Finbarr’s 1-13 Ballinhassig 0-15

Killeagh 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-14

Cork 1-22 Limerick 2-15

Cork 4-16 Cork IT 1-17

Ballybrown (Limerick)3-10 Ballinhassig (Cork) 2-7

Ballinhassig (Cork) 1-17 Ballybrown (Limerick) 0-20 (AET)

Ballinhassig 1-19 Bandon 1-15

Duhallow 1-12 Bandon 0-11

Kilmurry 0-09 Ballinhassig 1-03

Bandon 1-10 Newcestown 0-06

Ballinhassig 1-10 Tracton 0-12 (AET)

Tracton 2-7 Ballinhassig 1-10

Ballinhassig stormed into the last four of the Premier IHC on Saturday night after a terrific four-point victory over Ballyhea in Mallow.

It was slated as the game of the championship between two of the campaigns pre-tournament heavyweights but in the end you’d have to wonder was the hype misplaced.

This is a big year for Ballinhassig. Not alone will they endeavour to regain their senior hurling status but they will also play their first games in their new development at Ballinaboy.

MEMORIES of the 1996 Cork SFC final meeting between Clonakilty and UCC will be revived after the students last night set up a quarter-final clash in this year’s championship with the West Cork side.

DOUGLAS got their Cork SHC campaign back on track last night in Páirc Uí Chaoimh when they unleashed a powerful display in the closing stages to stave off the challenge of Ballinhassig in this second round clash.

LAST year’s Kerry IFC champions Gneeveguilla face the prospect of an immediate return to that grade after they came up agonisingly short in a winner-take-all SFC round two clash at home to Dingle yesterday.

WATERFORD IT atoned for their league final defeat to IT Tralee by knocking the champions out of the Trench Cup in Belfield yesterday.

DESPITE horrendous weather conditions at floodlit Mourneabbey on Saturday, Cork and Clare still served up a decent game in this senior hurling challenge ahead of the commencement of the league next weekend.

LIMERICK IT nailed down a Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final berth at Moylish yesterday and left this year’s hosts on the brink of missing the finals weekend.

A POINTED free with the penultimate puck of the game gave Waterford victory over a depleted Cork side in a high scoring and entertaining senior hurling challenge at Ballyduff Upper last evening.

University of Limerick 0-14 Waterford IT 1-15

Limerick 1-14 Cork 2-21

A SECOND-HALF scoring burstput Cork in an unassailable position in this Division 1 NHL clash with Offaly in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

Waterford IT 0-18 UCC 1-10

AN exhibition of point scoring by John Gardiner, plus two goals from local hero Michael Cussen, edged Cork to an exciting victory over Waterford in an entertaining challenge game to mark the official opening of the Sarsfields club’s new sand based pitch and flood-lighting system at Riverstown on Saturday night.

LIMERICK IT atoned for last year’s quarter-final exit against Waterford IT by accomplishing a victory yesterday afternoon that secures a safe passage through to the last eight of this year’s campaign.

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.