St Kieran’s (Limerick) 1-11 Kenmare (Kerry) 1-07

Castletownbere 1-13 Glanworth 1-10

Having spent over 40 years in a lower grade Kanturk, last year’s JFC winners made a winning return to IFC ranks with a deserved win over Castletownbere at Ballingeary.

CHARLEVILLE cruised to an emphatic 11-point win in this Munster Club JHC quarter-final in front of one of the biggest crowds seen at Kenmare’s Fr Breen Park in a number of years.

Adrigole 1-9 Killavullen 0-8

CORK is regarded by many as the spiritual home of Irish basketball and fans are in for another treat this weekend when all the National Cup semi-finals will be decided over two action-packed days at Neptune Stadium and the Parochial Hall.

11890 KILLESTER will leave their NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague opponents with plenty of food for thought over the Festive season after a perfect campaign up to now in defence of the title.

THIS Evening Echo Cork IFC game at Fermoy yesterday might have started slowly, but the excitement built up to fever pitch in the closing stages before Killavullen finally advanced to the next round after a close call.

NEH NEPTUNE coach, Pat Price, has appealed to referees to “sit up and take notice” of the physicality being directed at their American player, Juwann James.

A six-year jail sentence was imposed today on the man whose assault left one of Cork’s most famous sports stars – Miah Dennehy – unable to lead an independent life.

A MIDDLE-AGED man yesterday denied a charge of assault causing serious harm to former Republic of Ireland soccer international Miah Dennehy last summer.

A middle-aged man was charged today with assault causing serious harm to former Republic of Ireland soccer international, Miah Dennehy, last summer.

A MAN who died in a car crash after a Garda pursuit through Cork’s rush-hour traffic had a cocktail of alcohol and valium in his system, an inquest was told yesterday.

THE Women’s SuperLeague final on Sunday afternoon (1.30pm) at the Mardyke Arena will feature two first-timers as Vienna Woods Glanmire and Carna Transport Mercy bid to win the title for a first time.

WHILE there is a full list of Harty Cup games this afternoon, the clash of Carrigaline Community School and Our Lady’s (Templemore) is the only tie of real significance.

FOR three seasons UL Aughinish have ruled Irish women’s basketball with an iron fist. For that reason they remain hot favourites tonight as their defence of the National Cup gets underway against Vienna Woods Glanmire at the ESB Arena.

AFTER the excitement of the senior men’s cup last weekend some clubs will be searching through the debris over the coming days to see if they can salvage anything.

LIMERICK basketball fans were buzzing with anticipation this week following the arrival of Cleotis Brown to boost BurgerKing’s hopes of making the ESB SuperLeague play-offs.

DEFENDING champions, University of Limerick, go into the ESB Women’s Cup as raging hot favourites to retain the title.

Table toppers, Horan’s Health Stores Tigers, face a tough assignment in their opening game in the ESB National Cup when they host the SuperLeague champions, Neptune, at the Tralee Sports Centre on the weekend of December 5-7.

TOM HEHIR, the Burger King Limerick Coach, faces a race against time in a bid to sign an American before tomorrow night’s ESB SuperLeague clash with Waterford Crystal at the University Arena.

UNIVERSITY of Limerick, last season’s team of the season, will launch a defence of their ESB women’s Superleague title tomorrow night with a home game against Scruffy’s St Paul’s.

FORMER world kick-boxing champion, Sean O’Regan will coach Vienna Woods-Glanmire basketball team this season in an all-out bid to make a big impression in the ESB Women’s Superleague.

THE big fleet had a slow passage in the annual race from Cobh to Blackrock as light winds and frequent rain showers arrived instead of the expected very fresh south easterlies. Indeed the race even had to be shortened to a finish-line a little east of Blackrock Castle; a wise decision with the trip across the two-and-a-half mile stretch of Lough Mahon’s open waters very slow.

DESPITE light and variable winds and early tides, 85 boats raced in the Cove SC John McCarthy Motorpoint annual race from Cobh to Blackrock village on the outskirts of Cork City.