Kanturk proud to lead way for Duhallow hurling

In a division where football is the religion of choice, Kanturk’s victory in the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling final last Saturday evening was a watershed result.

There are 20 clubs in the north-west Cork division of Duhallow and Kanturk will be the first of these to compete in the county senior hurling championship when they take their seat at the top table next summer.

Of the remaining 19, no one else operates at premier intermediate level and only one of them, Meelin, ply their trade in the intermediate grade. Of the two teams who advanced from the division to the knockout stages of the Cork JAHC in recent weeks, Banteer and Kilbrin, neither made it past the quarter-final stage.