Derry 2-19 Down 1-15

Captain and chief marksman Ruairi Convery led by example with a 1-11 haul as Derry qualified for their second Ulster Senior Hurling Championship final in three years.

Derry 2-16 Down 3-12

Kildare 3-17 Derry 4-14

Derry 3-11 Westmeath 0-08

Aidan Walsh has been handed his first start for the Cork senior hurlers as they face Limerick in tomorrow night’s Division 1B league opener at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-21 Birr 1-14

Birr 0-16 St Rynagh’s 1-07

Derry 1-16 Down 0-25

Down 0-25 Derry 1-16, Athletic Grounds

Down 1-16 Derry 0-19

Offaly 1-14 Waterford 0-21

Kerry 0-14 Derry 0-08

Derry 1-11 Wicklow 1-10

Antrim 0-19 Offaly 0-21

Antrim 0-19 Offaly 0-21

Offaly 3-8 Limerick 0-21

Derry 2-19 Wicklow 0-10

Wexford 1-24 Offaly 1-15

Two goals in each half saw Derry coast to an easy Ulster SHC quarter-final win over Armagh.

Armagh 1-17 Derry 4-14

Brian Cody welcomed John Tennyson back for his first game in a Kilkenny jersey since the 2010 All-Ireland final as they annihilated Offaly in a challenge last evening to mark the official opening of Clara’s impressive new facilities.

“A good competitive workout,” was how opposing managers John Allen and Ollie Baker described last night’s senior hurling challenge to commemorate the Pallasgreen club’s 125th anniversary where Limerick built up enough of an advantage by the three-quarter mark to withstand Offaly’s late challenge.

A splendidly taken try by full-back Brendan Deady made all the difference for Bruff at Thomond Park last night.

WHAT was meant to be another milestone in the Bruff rugby odyssey came unstuck last evening when Peter Malone’s out-of-sorts side slumped to a third defeat in a row.

GARRYOWEN gained vengeance for last year’s final defeat as they beat Bruff 19-9 in a keenly contested ODM Financial Munster Senior Cup decider at Thomond Park last night.

COOLDERRY manager Ken Hogan has urged everyone in Offaly to get behind new hurling supremo Ollie Baker after his side retained their title for the first time since 1962/’63 following a tension filled final in O’Connor Park, Tullamore yesterday.

ARMAGH ran rampant against Derry at a rain-lashed Casement Park last night to claim a first-ever place in the Ulster U21 hurling final.

All-Ireland SHC Round 3 Qualifier

Offaly 1-19 Limerick 1-13

Galway 3-17 Offaly 2-18, O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16

Derek Morkan has been rewarded for an impressive National League campaign by being named in the Offaly team for Sunday's Leinster SHC quarter-final against Antrim.

TOM KENNY and Eoin Cadogan have shaken off injury worries to make the Cork starting side for Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as manager Denis Walsh makes three personnel and three positional changes for the clash against Tipperary.

AN Taoiseach Brian Cowen performed the official opening of Lusmagh’s & new clubhouse yesterday evening.

TOP-GUNS John Gardiner and Jerry O’Connor have been given starting places on the Cork team for next Sunday’s crunch Allianz Division One NHL clash with Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Offaly 2-17 Limerick 3-13

LIMERICK chairman, Liam Lenihan, has described confirmation that the Gaelic Grounds will host the first test of the International Rules series on October 23 as ‘great news’.

Wexford 2-17 Offaly 0-16

FORMER U21 All-Ireland winning captain Kevin Hynes makes his championship debut for Galway on Sunday when they take on Laois in the Leinster SHC at Portlaoise.

OFFALY struck a huge psychological blow against Wexford as they secured Division One hurling for 2010 with victory in yesterday’s NHL Division Two decider at Semple Stadium.

HENRY SHEFFLIN returns to the Kilkenny side for his first appearance of the year in tomorrow’s NHL showdown against Tipperary. Shefflin comes in at centre-forward in place of Willie O’Dwyer, while Ballyhale Shamrocks clubmates TJ Reid and Michael Fennelly are also drafted into the team.

Offaly 4-22 Laois 2-12

PBC 12 St Munchin’s 6