Garvey obstacle to all-Cork Cup final

IRISH Senior Cup specialists, Lisnagarvey, are viewed as the biggest obstacle to the accomplishment of a little history today when two Cork teams attempt to negotiate the semi-finals and set-up hockey’s first ever all-Cork men’s cup final.

Lisnagarvey have an extraordinary record in the Cup and it is somewhat misleading to reflect on their absence from the winning enclosure since 1994. Such a long barren spell is unusual for a club who won the Cup 17 times overall and seven times in-a-row from 1988 to 1994.

Those were heady days for Lisnagarvey as they rampaged through the country with a team enriched by such wonderful players as Jimmy Kirkwood, Robbie Taylor, Alan Dowd and Raymond Geddis, among others.