Bishopstown 1-20 Killeagh 1-11: Bishopstown retained their Cork senior hurling status in style at Riverstown on Saturday. One wondered how they were ever in this relegation decider such was their assertive and forceful play.

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 SHC: Carrigtwohill 2-27 Killeagh 0-18

Tracton 0-18 Kilworth 1-10: Tracton outscored Kilworth by 10 points to two in the second half of this Cork Premier IHC tie to secure victory at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

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

Blarney 2-13 Kilworth 0-15: Two heavyweights every year in the Cork Premier IHC went head to head in the second of the double headers in the Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

University of Limerick 1-24 GMIT 1-11: Brian Lohan’s UL are now in pole position to top Fitzgibbon Cup Group B after an unanswered 1-9 in the last 11 minutes finally saw them pull clear of GMIT in Limerick yesterday.

UCC 3-19 GMIT 0-8: The sight of Conor Lehane, Alan Cadogan and Shane O’Donnell being clapped off the field midway through the second-half painted a most accurate picture of this stroll in the park for UCC.

Cork Premier IHC: Kanturk 0-21 Kilworth 1-16

Killeagh 1-18 Courcey Rovers 0-16

Kilworth 2-13 Inniscarra 1-12

Midleton 3-18 Killeagh 1-13

Mitchelstown 0-11 Glenbower Rovers 0-08

Glenbower Rovers 1-06 Lisgoold 1-06 (aet)

Inniscarra 0-20 Kilworth 0-16

Killeagh 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-14

UCC 2-20 Imokilly 3-10

Cork 5-14 Limerick 2-17

Cork 3-20 UCC 1-16

Kilworth have been knocking on the Cork IHC door for a few years now and yesterday in Páirc Uí Rinn they finally knocked it down.

Kilworth 2-14 Argideen Rangers 0-16

A man-of-the-match display by Eoghan Murphy helped Erin’s Own to a comfortable eight-point victory over fellow East Cork side Killeagh in a lacklustre county SHC fourth round tie at Midleton on Saturday night.

Kilworth are the first team into the Cork IHC semi-finals after easily beating Fermoy in Ballygiblin last evening.

After that opening round Newtownshandrum heartbreaker a few short weeks ago, Killeagh were in no mood to squander a second Cork SHC chance in Castlemartyr on Saturday.

Huge relief for Newtownshandrum at Kilworth on Saturday, heartache though for Killeagh, their Trojan effort to cause a huge Cork SHC upset thwarted in extra-time by two cracking Cathal Naughton goals, leaving them with a tricky backdoor clash with Cloyne.

Huge relief for Newtownshandrum at Kilworth on Saturday, heartache though for Killeagh, their Trojan effort to cause a huge Cork SHC upset thwarted in extra-time by two cracking Cathal Naughton goals, leaving them with a tricky backdoor clash with Cloyne.

KANTURK cruised into the Cork JAFC semi-final after an impressive win over Glenbower Rovers at Mallow last night. In a dour affair Kanturk dominated proceedings from the start to book their place in the last four with 14 points to spare.

DESPITE playing his third big game in seven days, Aidan Walsh inspired Kanturk to a quarter-final slot in the IHC at Milford on Saturday.

AFTER crashing to a 16-point defeat in the opening round, Killeagh’s season has undergone a remarkable transformation after they fashioned an impressive success over Bishopstown in the second round of the Cork SHC in Caherlag last night.

HE has formed a reputation as a football defender of note during his career but it was on the hurling stage where Owen Sexton was the hero in yesterday’s Evening Echo Cork IHC semi-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

CORK’s qualification for next month’s All-Ireland final has led to county board chiefs postponing club matches fixed for next week involving members of the starting 15 that defeated Dublin in last Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

RELIEF on the Sarsfields side that they somehow managed to win a game they appeared set to leave slip through their hands contrasted with a deep sense of frustration among Killeagh players and supporters that they missed out on a quarter-final place in the Evening Echo Cork SHC in Midleton on Sunday evening.

RELIEF on the Sarsfields side that they somehow managed to win a game they appeared set to leave slip through their hands contrasted with a deep sense of frustration among Killeagh players and supporters that they missed out on a quarter-final place in the Evening Echo Cork SHC in Midleton last evening.

CORK are chasing their 13th Munster intermediate hurling crown when they take on Waterford in tonight’s decider at Fraher Field, Dungarvan at 7.30pm, a repeat of last year’s final encounter in Páirc Uí Chaoimh when Cork enjoyed a 5-24 to 3-9 triumph.

EOIN CONWAY was the scoring hero as Cork narrowly prevailed against Limerick after extra-time in the Munster IHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

MICHAEL CAHILL and Brian O’Meara will make their championship debuts for Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

ST COLMAN’S assured themselves of a place in the knockout stages of the Dr Harty Cup following this compre- hensive victory over arch rivals St Flannan’s at Buttevant yesterday.