BANDON will feel they owe UCC one for last season’s Munster Senior Cup final defeat as the students visit west Cork for a potential banana skin league fixture tomorrow (12pm, Bandon Grammar School).

IRELAND hockey coach David Passmore has slammed the organisers of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland after a controversial goal helped the host nation to a 3-1 win over Ireland yesterday.

IT was a busy, yet memorable weekend for the Magee family from Raphoe, Co Donegal.

CONTACT DANCER has been the subject of an ante-post gamble to give the Irish a rare victory in the totesport Chester Cup today.

BADMINTON aficionados have the Irish senior and U15 championships to look forward to this weekend in Baldoyle, Dublin, with many fans focusing on the likely clash of Scott Evans and Michael Watt in the men’s senior decider.

ACCORDION ETOILE has emerged from his chasing debut in top form and is on course to make an appearance in the Independent Newspaper Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham on November 13.

IRELAND’S U-18 boys got their European Championships in Poland off to an excellent start yesterday with a 1-1 draw with England.

Contact Dancer had to call on all his extensive reserves of stamina to grind out victory in an exciting renewal of the totesport Cesarewitch at Newmarket today.