Buckley: Vincent’s focus on final step

Attempting to scratch their senior itch has become an annual challenge for St Vincent’s.

The city side claimed the title six years ago to progress to the top grade, but found their sojourn a short one. Defeats against Bishopstown and Bantry condemned them to a four-way relegation play-off, however, and three defeats in the round-robin format saw them relegated, along with St Finbarr’s.

The flipside of that year, though, is that they won their Kelleher Shield section, so it was not merely a case of them lacking the quality for senior.