Tie hole drama was the order of the day when the finals of three Munster inter-club competitions were decided over the weekend.

St Munchin’s 23 Ardscoil Rís 21

Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) 1-15 Castletown-Geoghegan (Westmeath) 1-13

Castletown-Geoghegan 1-12 St Oliver Plunkett’s 0-11

Celbridge 0-23 Éire Óg/Corracchoill 2-11

Castlehaven 2-14 St Vincent’s 1-10

DIT 1-15 Wexford 1-11

Dolphin 7 Nenagh Ormond 29

RED hot favourites Toomevara overcame a determined Kildangan challenge to capture their 33rd North Tipperary senior hurling championship in Nenagh yesterday.

THE FIRST job Donal O’Grady had to complete when appointed Limerick hurling manager was to dim the public’s horizon and minimise the expectation within the squad, and anyone who attended Saturday’s Allianz National league Division Two encounter with Westmeath won’t need much more convincing that O’Grady’s ‘Limerick project’ is very much in its foetal stages.

Limerick 1-20 Westmeath 0-15

LAOIS easily defeated a very poor and lethargic Westmeath side in this Hurling League Division 2 opening round game at Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

Carlow 2-13 Westmeath 0-16

SMEARLAVIEW A Storm Vixan is a multiple national champion after winning last weekend’s Bailey’s Irish Champion Cow.

Westmeath 2-16 Kerry 1-18

VISITORS returning to the scene of last year’s World Holstein Friesian Conference Show at Millstreet will again see the best of Irish cows.

Westmeath manager Seamus Qualter has kept faith with the team that beat Carlow ten days ago and named an unchanged side for Sunday's Christy Ring Cup final against Kildare (Croke Park, throw-in 12.15pm).

SLIGO, who take on the Cork senior footballers in the All-Ireland quarter final at Croke Park on Saturday, received an enormous boost last night when it was revealed that star midfielder Eamon O’Hara has been passed fit.

A 13-MAN squad has been named for Ireland’s Friends Provident Trophy games against Middlesex and Glamorgan.

Westmeath 1-23 Down 2-18

Laois 3-13 Westmeath 4-5

Laois 3-13 Westmeath 4-5

Dublin 2-14 Westmeath 0-11

Westmeath 3-7 Down 5-15

Westmeath 2-01 Down 2-07,