Newtown do enough to keep Cloyne at bay

A COMPREHENSIVE win for champions Newtownshandrum in this fourth-round Cork county senior hurling clash in front of a good crowd in Fermoy on Saturday evening.

An injury-time 20m free goaled by Diarmuid O’Sullivan putting a gloss on the final scoreline, and yet, had Cloyne availed of the several goal-scoring opportunities created in both halves, this might have been a lot closer. Twice in the first half Cloyne came close, through Paudie O’Sullivan and Kevin O’Lomasney, and those misses were very costly.

Newtownshandrum changed ends leading by two points, 0-7 to 0-5, with the wind and sun now at their backs, team captain Jerry O’Connor having opted to play into the elements in the opening period.