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Nemo ready to go
for All-Ireland with victory over Kingdom rivals
THE intense rivalry enjoyed between Cork
and Kerry when it comes to all things football was once again to the fore
in Limerick yesterday, when Cork side Nemo Rangers accounted for Glenflesk
in the Munster club senior football championship final.
Clinical Corkery clinches
it for Nemo
IT doesn’t matter the sport, every team needs
one. The finisher, the assassin, the guy who, given a whiff of a chance,
kills off the opposition.
Nifty Nemo take 10th
title at expense of gallant Glenflesk
Nemo Rangers 0-11
Glenflesk 0-7
THIS was no one man show from Colin Corkery, who wasn’t given medical
clearance to play until the eleventh hour.
Nemo steal title
with ruthless defiance
IT doesn’t matter the sport, every team needs
one. The finisher, the assassin, the guy who, given the chance, kills
off the opposition. Yesterday, in Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds, a number
paraded their particular wares.
Nemo Rangers' Alan Cronin gets his pass away despite the efforts of Glenflesk's
Timmy O'Sullivan and Eric O'Donoghue in the AIB Munster Club SFC final
at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, yesterday. Photo: Kieran Clancy.
All too easy for
hot champions Athenry
Athenry 2-16
Four Roads 1-7
ALL IRELAND Club Hurling Champions, Athenry pulled away easy winners
of the Connacht title at wind and rain swept Athleague yesterday, although
the Provincial decider was far from the one sided contest which was predicted.
Croom prove far too
sharp for ailing ‘Well
Croom 3-6
Patrickswell 0-4
RAZOR SHARP Croom set themselves up for a meeting with Adare in the
Limerick Under 21 hurling final as a result of their 11 points victory
over out of sorts Patrickswell at a wet and windy Kilmallock yesterday.
Scores
aplenty as Blackrock get the better of St Finbarr’s
Blackrock 6-23
St. Finbarr’s 8-13
NO, THE above score is not a misprint! Blackrock won the senior hurling
league title in Carrigtohill on Saturday despite conceding eight goals
and a further thirteen points.
Glen attack comes
up trumps in thriller
Glen Rovers 1-8
Newcestown 1-7
GLEN ROVERS set up a semi final clash with Erins Own when they recorded
a narrow victory over Newcestown after an enthralling Cork county U 21
hurling championship quarter final at Pairc Uí Rinn on Saturday.
Hartnett swings
it for Killavullen
AN AUDACIOUS goal by David Hartnett 12 minutes
from time proved the turning point for Killavullen in this magnificent
TSB Cork County JFC final at rain lashed Charleville yesterday.
Crafty Newtownshandrum
remain on course for three-in-a-row
Newtownshandrum 4-8
Inniscarra 1-4
CHAMPIONS Newtownshandrum and Inniscarra went all the way to Knocknagree
on Saturday to settle this Cork county U 21 championship quarter final
clash and must have been pleasantly surprised to see a pitch in almost
perfect playing order and conditions which at least made it conducive
for good hurling.
Hunger earns Carlow
side historic win
QUITE understandably O’Hanrahans’ manager
Mick Dempsey waxed lyrical about his side’s stupendous accomplishment
after a supercharged team from Carlow town ruthlessly and skilfully torpedoed
reigning champions Na Fianna of Dublin, in what was a truly exhilarating
Leinster decider.
Emmetts
always in control
Colligan Emmetts 1-13
Ballinacourty 0-5
THE scoreline fairly reflects the unexpectedly decisive dominance
Colligan Emmetts enjoyed in this often tempestuous West Waterford junior
football championship final at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday.
Birr and Seir Kieran
make final
Birr 3-13
St. Rynagh’s 0-11
GARRY HANNIFFY turned in a scintillating performance when assisting
the holders Birr to route St. Rynagh’s by an 11 point margin in Lusmagh
yesterday morning.
O’Grady fires up
spirited St.Mary’s outfit
St. Mary’s 2-12
Eastern Harps 1-11
CONOR O’GRADY inspired St. Mary’s as the Sligo town side deservedly
secured the Sligo U 21 ‘A’ title against a disappointing Eastern Harps
on Saturday at St. Mary’s Kent Park.
Pearses triumph over
brave Swatragh
Pearses, Galway 2-10
Swatragh, Derry 1-3
GALWAY Club champions, Pearses, captured their third All Ireland
Senior Camogie Club title when they overcame a gallant Swatragh side in
Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.
Gilligan’s class
proves too much for Fr Murphy’s
Fr. Murphy’s 0-6
Sixmilebridge 2-11
VISITING provincial champions have rarely been troubled on their
club championship trip to Britain in recent years.
Confey prove no
match for sharp Rockchapel
Rockchapel, Cork 5-11
Confey, Kildare 0-11
ROCKCHAPEL of Cork added the AIB All Ireland intermediate club ladies
football title to that of their All Ireland Junior title won last year,
with an emphatic five goals win over Kildare and Leinster champions Confey,
at Semple Stadium on Saturday.
County matches
London prove no match
for Bannermen
London 0-4
Clare 0-11
RARELY does a team emerge from such a poor run of results with the
resilience London displayed against Clare in the McGrath Cup Final.
Mayo hammer weak
Derry
Mayo 1-17
Derry 1-7
YESTERDAY was a sad day for Derry football. The current holders of
the National League title showed scant regard for what was once a proud
competition on the GAA calendar by fielding a shadow team to be truly
trounced by Mayo at Charlestown.
Kilkenny banish gloom
with goal blitz
Kilkenny 4-6
Galway 0-12
A THREE GOAL spree in twelve minutes of the second half ensured victory
for Kilkenny in the Oireachtas final at Nenagh yesterday.
Monaghan
do the damage in opening quarter
Monaghan 0-16
Tipperary 0-10
A POWERFUL opening quarter in which they scored eight points without
reply paved the way for Monaghan’s comfortable win over Tipperary in the
Hastings Cup U 21 Football Competition at Thurles on Saturday.
Things are looking
up for Down, says secretary
IN A wide ranging report to the County Hurling
Convention in the Donard Hotel, Newcastle, yesterday, outgoing secretary
James Keenan struck an optimistic note for Down hurling.
Rugby
Harlequins
torn apart by ruthless Cork Con
Cork Constitution 43
Belfast Harlequins 5
THE name in the programme may be slightly different from previous
seasons but there was no mistaking the roar at Templehill on Saturday
afternoon when Cork Constitution Tigers emphatically laid down a marker
with the decimation of Belfast Harlequins.
Shannon’s young turks
find victory
Shannon 21
Garryowen 3
SHANNON didn’t just play well at Thomond Park on Saturday — they
went about their task with a pragmatism absolutely essential for success
in these difficult and constantly changing times for Irish club rugby.
Alan Conboy of St. Mary's is tackled by Young Munster's Matt Te Pau and
Peter Clohessy during the AIL match on Saturday. Photo: INPHO/Patrick
Bolger
Young Munster come
of age at Templeville Road
St. Mary’s College 12
Young Munster 23
THIS may in some circles, be described as great escape. But it wasn’t
really. In fact, Young Munster deserved to win by more at Templeville
Road on Saturday.
Good game, great
score, pity about the officiating
Old Crescent 23
Blackrock College 34
FROM the moment Gareth Doyle began to call players back for taking
quick tap penalties other than precisely over the spot where he deemed
the mark to have been, it was obvious that this was one of those referees
from the school of ‘show them who’s boss’.
Coleman earns ’Nure
draw in thriller
Lansdowne 17
Terenure College 17
MAYBE the absence of the contracted big guns won’t detract from the
entertainment value of the AIB League, after all.
Ballymena go joint
top with win over DLSP
BALLYMENA started off their AIL Division
One campaign at Eaton Park on Saturday with a comprehensive 30-12 win
over DLSP to give them joint leadership of the league.
Carlow
rocket to the top after thrashing students
COUNTY Carlow won their third successive
AIL Division 2 tie at the Oak Park Grounds in Carlow on Saturday as they
scored six tries to rout high flying UCD.
Midleton make their
mark and leave Dolphin drifting
Dolphin 17
Midleton 25
WHAT is it about men in red shirts playing rugby? Last year provincial
Munster starred in a Euro fairytale to remember.
Highfield’s
tale of woe continues
HIGHFIELD’S Division Three campaign stuttered
once more at Woodleigh Park on Saturday when they were beaten 15-25 by
Banbridge and remain rooted to the bottom of the table as a result.
Ulster
provide no comfort for boys from the south
Ulster Schools 28
Munster Schools 12
ULSTER took second spot in the Schools’ inter-provincial campaign
with a well-merited victory over Munster at a windswept Ravenhill on Saturday.
Basketball
Neptune snatch thrilling
victory
IT PROMISED to be a classic and it was all
of that, but Saturday evening’s Cork derby between Neptune and Esat Business
Demons was just what the ESB Men’s League needed at the halfway point
as fans thronged Neptune Stadium to see the home side snatch victory from
their neighbours by two points — 91-89 in overtime.
Motorsport
Nutt beats the elements
to notch fourth win on the trot
IN difficult and wet conditions, Derry driver
Dessie Nutt (Porsche 911) swept to his fourth consecutive victory on the
Gleneagle Hotel/KoS Construction Killarney Historic Rally.
Quality
strike seals Harlequins win
A STUNNING goal in the 11th minute of extra
time saw Cork Harlequins edge out Cork Church of Ireland 3-2 in a thrilling
men’s Irish Senior Cup third round match at Harlequin Park, Cork on Saturday.
Berkeley king of
the road in Tullamore
NOEL BERKELEY (DSD) has shown a great liking
for the senior men race at the annual festival of road races promoted
by Tullamore Harriers, and in yesterday’s 42nd staging, he again hit the
jackpot when picking up the £250 first prize by winning the individual
title for the sixth time in nine years.
Horse racing
Limestone Lad’s unbeaten
record over fences ends tamely
YOULNEVERWALKALONE earned himself a probable
crack at the Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham next Saturday with an impressive
win in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.
© Irish Examiner, 2000