St Colman’s ready to seize the day

Flannan Cleary can still picture the sliotar flying past the Castletroy post. The umpire raised his arms to signal wide, the hurlers of St Colman’s, Fermoy dropping to their knees in despair.

December 3, 2014 at Ballyagran; the afternoon when St Colman’s involvement in last season’s Harty Cup ended in heartbreaking fashion. Having fallen on their sword in the second of their opening three fixtures, that to Gaelcoláiste Mhuire, victory was required against Castletroy College on the final week of group games to keep alive ambitions of progressing to the knockout stages.

In a closely run contest in Ballyagran, Castletroy College scored a 2-9 to 0-13 win - St Colmans’ late search for a green flag proving fruitless.