Bride Rovers 3-18 Bishopstown 0-25 (after extra- time)

BALLYHEA

Bishopstown 1-09 Clyda Rovers 0-11

Bishopstown 0-11 St Finbarr’s 0-9

In each of the previous two seasons since their promotion to the senior hurling grade in Cork, Courcey Rovers have lost the first round before winning their second match.

Bishopstown 2-15 Ilen Rovers 0-8

Midleton 2-18 Bishopstown 0-08

Bishopstown 5-10 Carbery Rangers 0-14

Carbery Rangers 1-11 Bishopstown 1-10

Bishopstown 4-07 Clonakilty 1-07

Paul Honohan has become the latest Cork footballer to suffer a knee injury.

Dessie Fitzgerald has found a willing Cork GAA ally during his time in the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dun Laoghaire.

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.

CORK attacker Colm O’Neill is poised to make his inter-county comeback during next month’s McGrath Cup competition after being sidelined since March with a torn cruciate ligament.

NICHOLAS MURPHY could be brought into the Cork attack when they take on Mayo this weekend.

Bishopstown 2-7 Dohenys 1-7

THE strange and unpredictable nature of U-21 football was manifestly evident again in Ennis on Saturday night.

LAST night’s Munster U21FC final in Páirc Uí Rinn was a clash that promised much but ultimately only Cork could savour the action that unfolded.

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.

OVER 100 UCC students were presented with scholarships at the University last night for achievements in their chosen sport.

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.

Australia made a winning start to their 2010 International Rules tour of Ireland, with a comprehensive 105-12 victory over a Cork Colleges selection under the Pairc Ui Rinn floodlights in Cork tonight.

TWELVE months on and Tomás Mac an tSaoir still shakes his head at the memories of the devastation.

FOR the third year in a row, Cork and Kerry clash at the opening stage of the U21 grade and each of the previous meetings has produced the All-Ireland champions.

DEFENDER Conor Dervan makes his first appearance for Galway since the 2008 championship when he starts against Tipperary in the Allianz NHL at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork have been dealt a massive blow ahead of Saturday’s Munster U21 FC quarter-final against Kerry with senior defender Aidan Walsh a doubt due to a hamstring injury.

UCC 1-12 Cork IT 1-10

UCC 1-12 CIT 1-10, Cork IT

HE’S SPENT 19 seasons pounding the club football treadmill, yet when county final day dawns next Sunday, Brendan Walsh will be observing from the sidelines.

A GOAL by Colm O’Driscoll two minutes into injury time gave Cork a dramatic victory over Down in a tumultuous Cadbury All-Ireland U-21 football final at Portlaoise yesterday.

CORK GAA chiefs will wait until next week’s county board meeting before deciding whether to seek a deferment of their All-Ireland U-21 FC semi-final.

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.

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.

TWO points in the closing minutes earned Cork a thrilling victory over arch-rivals Tipperary in a superb Munster MHC final at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick yesterday.

THE Cork senior hurling selectors have wielded the axe, making five changes from the side that lost to Tipperary in the Munster championship semi-final for Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier against Dublin at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (5pm).

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.

BRENDAN WALSH came back out of retirement to turn in a man-of-the-match performance that helped Clonakilty get their Evening Echo Cork SFC campaign back on track with a well-deserved victory over Bishopstown at Brinny yesterday.

WELL beaten by Douglas in the opening round, Clonakilty got their Evening Echo Cork SFC campaign back on track with a 1-10 to 0-6 win over Bishopstown at Brinny yesterday, leaving the dual senior club now facing a battle against relegation.