Bishopstown 3-17 Carrigtwohill 4-12 (aet)

Bishopstown 5-10 Carbery Rangers 0-14

Ilen Rovers 0-09 Bishopstown 0-08

Carbery Rangers 1-11 Bishopstown 1-10

ONLY 29 days have elapsed in the first month of the 2012 season and the Cork senior footballers got their hands on silverware at the Clonmel Sportsfield yesterday.

BARRY HORGAN provided the inspiration as Newcestown saw off the challenge of Bishopstown in a keenly contested county senior football championship fourth round tie in Ovens last night.

IT TOOK more than 80 minutes of spellbinding action before Limerick grasped the provincial U21 hurling trophy for the sixth time after a sensational Bord Gáis Energy Munster decider before 8,536 supporters in the Gaelic Grounds last night.

DAMIEN CAHALANE has been drafted into the Cork team at full-back for tomorrow night’s Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21HC final against Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds at 7.30pm.

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.

Bishopstown 2-7 Dohenys 1-7

THE Munster U21FC trophy is destined to return to a traditional force this season after Cork ensured a final meeting with Kerry for the first time since 2004 by dismantling defending champions Tipperary at the semi-final stage last night in Páirc Uí Rinn.

KERRY boss John Kennedy has named five senior panellists in his side for tomorrow night’s Munster U21FC semi-final against Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds.

KERRY star Paul Galvin was looking on as his new DIT team-mates displayed their Sigerson Cup credentials in stunning fashion with a clinical dismantling of UCC in the Ryan Cup final at Ballykelly last night.

UCC will have home advantage in the quarter-finals of the Ulster Bank Higher Education Football League Division 1 after they held out to record a one-point win at CIT in their final group game last night.

AUSTRALIA got their trip to Ireland off to a successful start in Páirc Uí Rinn last night, but it’s a moot point as to whether they gleaned much information before the decisive clashes that lie ahead.

MICHAEL SHIELDS has been ruled out of Ireland’s plans for Saturday’s International Rules first test against Australia at the Gaelic Grounds due to his involvement in Sunday’s Cork SFC final.

DCU 1-11 UCC 0-10

ON the day when one Kerry midfielder departed the inter-county scene, another commanded the headlines after yesterday’s Sigerson Cup quarter-final at the Mardyke.

UCC maintained their habit of eking out tight wins in uncompromising games in yesterday’s Sigerson Cup second round clash at the Mardyke.

THE scoreline points to an emphatic win for UCC, but it was a tough struggle before they progressed past Dublin IT in yesterday’s Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup first round clash at the Mardyke.

UCC 1-12 Cork IT 1-10

UCC 1-12 CIT 1-10, Cork IT

Cork 1-10 Dublin 1-9

DESPITE a comprehensive nine points triumph over Laois last weekend, the Cork senior football selectors have made a number of changes for Sunday’s NFL Division 2 clash with Wexford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The focus of the latest Cork-Kerry clash will undoubtedly be on David Moran and Tommy Walsh, the senior stars who already have U21 All-Ireland medals in their collection.

FOR Shane McCarthy the 2009 football season has already brought its glory. Two weeks ago he belted in a cracking second-half goal that propelled Cork IT to their first ever Sigerson Cup crown. Today he turns his attentions to the Cork U-21’s as they face Kerry in a Munster showdown, with the Sigerson memories still vibrant.

Just five of last year’s U21 team will be in action when Cork face Kerry at Páirc Ui Rinn in Cork at 2.30pm this Saturday.

NICHOLAS MURPHY is likely to be fit to play with Cork in Saturday’s Allianz NFL clash with Laois at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise. The All Star damaged a tendon against Fermanagh last week and was replaced by John Hayes.

ANYONE in the crowd of more than 3,000 in Fermoy yesterday expecting fireworks was sorely disappointed.

SO VERY much was expected of this Munster minor hurling championship semi-final at Walsh Park last night, but after a close and hard fought opening half, Cork decisively grabbed the initiative throughout the field and cruised to the provincial decider at a canter.

CARBERY RANGERS handed out a drubbing to Bishopstown in the first round of the Evening Echo Cork SFC in Bandon last night.

REPUBLIC of Ireland U-16 boss Vincent Butler has announced an 18-man squad for next week’s International Tournament in Val de Marne, France.

Coláiste An Spioraid Naoimh 1-7 St Brendan’s 0-10

Coláiste An Spioraid Naoimh 2-7 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-8