Courceys teamwork wins the day

COURCEY ROVERS retained their intermediate status following a workmanlike victory over Delanys in the Evening Echo Cork Co IFC relegation play-off (first round) at Belgooly on Saturday.

Though both clubs’ interest in the championship is well over, they still served up a competitive encounter, garnished with fluent football and fine scores. Courceys’ greater teamwork and more incisive threat up front paved the way for victory.

The south-east side laid their foundations for victory in the first-half, their cause helped by the backing of a strong breeze. They led by seven points at the break with Shane and Gavin Maloney, Simon Holland and John Duggan their main scoring threats, though their star player, Cork junior Vincent Hurley, was shadowed impressively by James Mulcahy.