St Catherine’s end on a high note

THEIR Premier IHC ambitions may have ground to a halt at the semi-final stage this year but St Catherine’s concluded their 2011 hurling season on a positive note when they claimed the Cork U21BHC title in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday afternoon.

For the fourth successive season Ballygarvan saw a county title elude them yet they made a bright opening that suggested they were on course to claim honours.

With dangerman Mark Kennefick stationed at the edge of the square and Luke O’Sullivan alongside him, Ballygarvan had major attacking threats close to goal. Ballygarvan coped better with the foul weather and went 1-2 to 0-2 ahead at the end of the opening quarter. The decisive score came courtesy of O’Sullivan in the 15th minute when James Walsh delivered a cross from the wing and the corner-forward displayed his opportunism to flick to the net.