Calculators at the ready for Cork football groups climax

Eoghan Cormican goes through the permutations as the group stages of the Cork football championships comes to an end this weekend.

ALL TO PLAY FOR: The curtain falls this weekend on the group stages of the Cork football championships. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

THE curtain falls this weekend on the group stages of the Cork football championships. The curtain has already fallen for many. Thirteen of the 30 spots for progress are already occupied.

Take, as a first example, the second-tier Senior A championship. Five of the six qualifying spots were claimed three weeks ago. Dohenys and O’Donovan Rossa meet to decide the last remaining spot on Sunday.