Dual hopefuls Newcestown showing how to get balancing act right 

The club are the first non-city outfit in two decades to field in the top grade in both codes.

HIGH AND MIGHTY: Sean O'Donovan of Newcestown and Mallow's Shane Merritt contest a ball at Macroom. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Prior to Ben O’Connor’s appointment this week, the last Newtownshandrum man to take charge of the Cork senior hurling team was Fr Bertie Troy.

During his spell, which included the famous three-in-a-row of 1976-78, Fr Troy was assisted by the team’s trainer, Newcestown native Kevin Kehily, who combined that role with playing for the county football team.