Hayes won’t be a family favourite in Carrigtwohill

NOTHING like a tasty appetiser before the main course and the clash of great pretenders Carrigtwohill and new kids on the block Bishopstown at Páirc Uí Chaoímh on Sunday in the Evening Echo Cork Co Premier IHC final looks the ideal starter before the all East Cork senior decider between Cloyne and Erin’s Own.

And for Bishopstown stalwart Martin Hayes it will not only be another chance to garner a coveted medal, but the opportunity to emulate the feat of his maternal grandfather Ned ‘Sailor’ Hayes, a goalkeeper who won a Cork senior championship medal back in 1918.

Nothing unusual about that, except that his grandfather won his medal with Sunday’s opponents Carrigtwohill. So there’s a direct link between the finalists tomorrow.