Cork PIHC final

Newcestown 1-18 Mallow 1-16: Intense and exciting throughout, this memorable Cork Premier IHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night ended with fans on both sides having palpitations as Mallow threw everything at last year’s beaten finalists in a bid to grab a final place.

Newcestown 1-13 Tracton 0-12 (Cork PIHC quarter-final): A repeat result of their first-round meeting returned the Newcestown hurlers to the premier intermediate semi-final juncture, but no statement of intent did they issue yesterday afternoon.

Premier IHC: Newcestown 1-17 Blarney 1-13

Tracton 0-18 Kilworth 1-10: Tracton outscored Kilworth by 10 points to two in the second half of this Cork Premier IHC tie to secure victory at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

Newcestown 0-16

Cork Premier IHC: Kanturk 0-21 Kilworth 1-16

Cork SFC fourth-round replay: Clyda Rovers 1-11 Newcestown 1-9

Cork SFC

Kilworth 2-13 Inniscarra 1-12

Cork Premier IHC: Newcestown 2-14 Kilbrittain 1-8

Newcestown 0-13 St Vincent’s 1-8 (aet)

Kilshannig1-14Ballyhea 2-10

It was slated as the game of the championship between two of the campaigns pre-tournament heavyweights but in the end you’d have to wonder was the hype misplaced.

Two straight wins has earned St Michael’s a Cork Premier IFC quarter-final meeting with Kinsale or Clyda Rovers.

A sparkling performance from Newcestown last evening in Cloughduv put them back in the Cork Premier IHC after they made the most of their third and final chance.

Mallow 3-20 Newcestown 3-19 (AET)

All the positive spin in the world cannot hide the desperation that has engulfed the once mighty St Nicholas.

TO say Newcestown are dogged would be an understatement.

TO say Newcestown are dogged would be an understatement. They simply don’t know how to lose.

WE could have done without the excesses of physical challenges on and off the ball which prevailed for much of the game in Clonakilty’s state-of-the-art complex on Saturday afternoon.

NEWCESTOWN will continue to fulfil a dual mandate in the Cork county championships after success in a gripping Premier IHC quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday afternoon.

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.

DESPITE playing his third big game in seven days, Aidan Walsh inspired Kanturk to a quarter-final slot in the IHC at Milford on Saturday.

NEWCESTOWN had star player and dead ball specialist Eoin Kelly to thank for their one point victory over Ballincollig in last night’s PIHC fourth round meeting at Cloughduv.

FOURTEEN-man Gneeveguilla booked their spot in the Munster Club IFC final when they edged out Newcestown in a pulsating semi-final at their club grounds yesterday.

NEWCESTOWN’S title aspirations ground to a shuddering halt in dramatic circumstances at Ballinspittle on Saturday when a late flurry of Ballymartle points put them out of the Cork Premier IHC.

NEWCESTOWN’S title aspirations ground to a shuddering halt in dramatic circumstances at Ballinspittle on Saturday when a late flurry of Ballymartle points put them out of the Cork Premier IHC.

London 2-12 Derry 0-15

London 3-16 Monaghan 1-15

ST FINBARR’S are back in a senior final for the first time since 1993 following a deserved victory over favourites Carbery in an entertaining Evening Echo Cork county SFC semi-final at a Pairc Ui Rinn last night.

NEMO Rangers five-in-a-row title dream ended when they crashed out of the Cork SFC at the quarter-final stage at the hands of West Cork divisional outfit Carbery in Bandon last night.

Meath 2-18 London 1-15

Derry 4-10 London 3-12

London 1-23 Fermanagh 0-7

MISSION accomplished. Kilworth are the new Evening Echo Cork junior hurling champions, but not without a mighty battle from never-say-die Dungourney.

Cork 2-10 Armagh 1-19

Cork 1-7 Armagh 1-8

Munster champions Cork take on Armagh today for a place in the All-Ireland U21 football final.

Cork have given the team that defeated Kerry in the Munster final a vote of confidence and remain unchanged for Sunday's Erin U-21 All-Ireland football semi-final against Armagh at Pearse Stadium, Galway.

Cork have made one change to their side to take on Kerry in tomorrow night's Munster U21 football final in Tralee.