O’Sullivan point wins it for Castletownbere

THERE were three opening round Cork Co IFC games played over the weekend with last year’s All Ireland junior champions Canovee suffering defeat at the hands of Castletownbere, 2-6 to 0-11, in their opening test in the new grade at Ballingeary.

The game appeared to be up for the Beara boys with 10 minutes to go. Canovee were dominant after Castletownbere failed to score in the second-half and trailed by three points. However, a clinically finished goal from captain and midfielder Andrew O’Sullivan with two minutes remaining inched them one in front.

The mid-Cork side levelled soon afterwards, but centre-back Donagh O’Sullivan kicked the winning score three minutes into injury time.