Hayes blasts Courceys to victory

SEAMUS HAYES played a true captain’s part as he inspired Courcey Rovers to a sensational second-half comeback and helped provide them with a passage to the Evening Echo Cork County Premier IHC semi final at the Jack Barrett Memorial Park, Kinsale last night.

A well-taken, if fortuitous goal, five minutes after the break gave his side the perfect tonic to mount a successful challenge to the three-point advantage enjoyed by arch rivals Valley Rovers; a second in the dying moments was the icing on the cake as Courcey moved confidently to a confrontation with Ballymartyle in the penultimate stage.

Hayes’s speculative goalbound shot from out wide fooled both substitute Cian Lordan and Valley Rovers goalkeeper Willie Burke to bounce high into the net and level matters after the winners had trailed by three points at the break.