Galway 1-27 Cork 1-21: A fine spring day in Salthill yesterday, the home side making the most of the sunshine, romping to a comfortable win over visiting Cork.

Cloughduv 1-19 Clonakilty 0-10: Cloughduv had little difficulty in seeing off Clonakilty in the Cork JHC quarter-final tie at Brinny yesterday.

Sarsfields 0-20, Imokilly 0-16

Cloyne 4-11 Carrigaline 0-12: Two late Cloyne goals distorted the scoreline of this Cork PIHC game with Carrigaline at Páirc Uí Rinn. 

Cork 2-22 Wexford 0-20

Erin’s Own 2-22 Carrigtwohill 0-16: Erin’s Own looked comfortable winners throughout this Cork SHC first-round tie in Lisgoold on Saturday night.

O’Donovan Rossa 2-15 Clonakilty 0-10: A West Cork senior football championship game usually produces plenty of fireworks, but this one at Rosscarbery yesterday fizzled out and faded quickly as O’Donovan Rossa crushed a hugely disappointing Clonakilty.

Cork 4-21 Tipperary 2-28

A crisp game on a chilly St Valentine’s evening at Pairc Ui Rinn kindled towards the end, with Cork scrambling two goals to put visitors Kilkenny under pressure.

Cork 3-22 LIT 0-7

Clare 0-11 Waterford 1-09

Cork 4-16 Waterford Institute of Technology 1-08

Attendances at county championship games in Kerry can only be ‘maximised’ if they are played on Sundays, treasurer John Joe Carroll said at last night’s convention.

Cloughduv 0-10 Sarsfields 1-06

Cork have made two changes for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final with Galway at Croke Park, Conor Lehane and Lorcan McLoughlin replacing Niall McCarthy and Daniel Kearney, respectively.

THEIR winning performance was almost dwarfed by the massive achievement in ending a 74 year wait for a place in the Cork SHC final, but it took an outstanding team display from Carrigtwohill, highlighted by inspirational play from Niall McCarthy and superb defending, to thwart Midleton in Páirc Uí Chaoimhy esterday.

MUSKERRY entered this Cork SHC tie with three championship wins under their belt, but apart from the opening five minutes, during which the sides were level twice, it was Carrigtwohill who looked the more menacing.

MAKE sense of that.

THIS opening round of the Garveys Kerry senior football championship at Caherciveen yesterday proved to be much closer than generally anticipated, despite the underdogs being limited by the loss of eight players.

PÁIRC Uí Chaoimh had a little something for everyone yesterday, with Cork edging out Galway by three points in an Allianz Division 1 Hurling League game which only came to life in the closing stages.

A CRACKING Evening Echo Cork Junior A Hurling semi-final in Páirc Uí Rinn, with Cloughduv having two points to spare over Castlemartyr.

Inniscarra 1-14 Valley Rovers 1-12

DOUGLAS dual player Eoin Cadogan faces a busy weekend as both the Cork senior hurlers and footballers continue their pursuit of Allianz National League honours.

ROCKWELL eased their way into the semi-final of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup with a deserved if hard-fought victory over gritty Ard Scoil Rís at Clanwilliam yesterday.

ROCKWELL’S demolition of St Munchin’s in the last round of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup will be of serious concern to Ard Scoil Rís when the sides meet in a quarter-final clash at Clanwilliam this afternoon (3pm)

TWO late points by Tony Dineen and Stephen Down gave DLS Macroom victory in this entertaining Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final at Rathmore yesterday.

THREE points in the second period of extra time by Conor Lehane gave Midleton a thrilling victory over neighbours Carrigtwohill in a gripping Evening Echo SHC relegation semi-final replay at Castlemartyr last night.

SARSFIELDS winning the county SHC title in 2008 has certainly had a knock on effect at local schools level where the boys of Riverstown produced a fine display to win the Allianz Sciath na Scol DH1 final at Páirc Ui Rinn yesterday.

TALK about a deceptive scoreline.

2008 team colleagues Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Jerry O’Connor return to the Cork colours for Sunday’s Allianz NHL clash with Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

CORN UÍ MHUIRÍ specialists Coláiste Chríost Rí and former winners St Fachtna’s of Skibbereen lived to fight another day following a dramatic drawn quarter-final encounter at the CIT grounds in Cork yesterday.

ALL that is good about Gaelic football was served up by these two schools in a thrilling Corn Uí Mhuirí first round at the Legion Ground, Killarney yesterday.

Laune Rangers 0-10 East Kerry 1-6

Carrigtwohill 1-12 St Catherine’s 1-10

LOCAL jockey Gavin Sheehan led from pillar to post on the local owned and trained That Fellow in the Irish Examiner sponsored Ballabuidhe Derby before a huge crowd on the opening day of the sun-soaked Ballabuidhe Festival in Dunmanway yesterday.

Clare 1-20 Cork 1-11

BALLINHASSIG maintained their senior hurling status as they had four points to spare over Carrigtwohill at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

MALLOW put in a storming second half to win this third round of the Premier Cork IHC at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

A GOAL by Kieran O’Callaghan a minute into injury time earned Glen Rovers a draw in this Evening Echo Cork SHC first round tie at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

NA PIARSAIGH had no problems reaching round three of the Evening Echo Cork SHC with a 12-point win over Carrigtwohill at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

NO PROBLEM for three-in-a-row chasing Cork senior hurling champions Erin’s Own at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday as they romped to a 1-16 to 0-7 opening-round victory over former kingpins Blackrock, who now face a dangerous backdoor test against Bishopstown to stay in the championship.

DLS Macroom 8-13 Hospital Herbertstown 1-4