Causing all sorts of problems, he was.

Carnew’s hurlers unbeaten SHC run was shattered as they crashed to an eight-point defeat (1-14 to 0-9) to Avondale at Aughrim.

The annual Inch point-to-point took place at its traditional Ballyanthony venue yesterday and, on a wind-swept afternoon that witnessed nine races, the Colin Bowe-trained Clondaw Knight (4/6) impressed by winning the first division of the four-year-old geldings’ maiden.