First-half scoring blitz sees Ballinacourty through

REIGNING Waterford senior football champions Ballinacourty advanced impressively into the quarter-finals when they overwhelmed Kilrossanty 3-14 to 0-7 at Bohadoon in one of six games played over the weekend.

Ballinacourty, who lost out to Nemo Rangers in last season’s Munster Club final, laid their victory foundations in an opening half when they all but ran riot against an outclassed opposition. Goals by Mark Fives, Mark Ferncombe, and James O’Mahony in a seven minute spell gave them an unassailable 3-7 to 0-2 interval lead, and they remained in cruise control right to the finish.

Tougher tests will undoubtedly come, but the defending champions look the team to beat.