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Quins leave it late to deny battling Bandon
Dan Hobbs broke brave Bandon’s resistance two minutes from time to help Cork Harlequins retain the Peard Cup with a 1-0 win in an intriguing final at Harlequin Park yesterday. The hosts’ profligacy had looked set to condemn this tie to golden-goal extra time, as they spurned a series of chances from play in a [...]
Injury-hit Bandon seek Christmas bonus
Bandon will be looking to give defending champions Cork Harlequins a Christmas hangover as they travel to Farmer’s Cross in hope of causing a Peard Cup final upset on St Stephen’s Day (2pm). The west Cork men are practically unbackable on paper, given they needed an Alastair Smith golden goal to see off Quins’ seconds [...]
Bandon leave it late in Peard Cup thriller
Bandon shrugged off Saturday’s heavy defeat at Garryduff to propel themselves into the Peard Cup final at the expense of Cork Harlequins B in dramatic fashion at Bandon Grammar School earlier today. The hosts had infiltrated the Quins circle on a number of occasions with little reward, until Clinton Sweetnam’s 50th minute drag hit the [...]
Burns and Gray edge C of I into second round
Cork Church of Ireland marched into the second round of the men’s Irish Junior Cup, but only after they were given a stern examination by perennial rivals Cork Harlequins in an entertaining derby encounter at a freezing Garryduff this afternoon. Goals in the dying minutes of each half from Nick Burns and Andrew Gray secured [...]
Ashton left with mixed feelings
It was a day of mixed fortunes for Ashton today as they progressed to the second round of the Irish Junior Cup but threw away a valuable league point at home to UL in Division One. The Ballinlough side’s second team put in a blistering second-half performance against Clontarf to seal a comfortable 3-0 win. [...]
Three’s a crowd as College stun Quins
UCC blew the title race wide open in the Munster women’s senior league Division One with a stunning 3-0 win over champions Cork Harlequins at the Mardyke earlier tonight. Early goals from Audrey O’Flynn and Áine Connery helped College — who handed Quins their first league defeat in eight seasons last term — on their [...]
Quins launch novel fundraising venture
Hockey players and fans are being asked to write their name into Cork Harlequins’ history as part of a novel fundraising venture by the club. As part of a campaign encouraging contributors to “put your name in the picture”, the site plan of Quins’ grounds at Farmers Cross has been divided into 3,200 blocks, and [...]
Ruthless Egner gives Quins bragging rights
Cork Harlequins staged a smash-and-grab raid to record a 4-2 victory over derby rivals Cork Church of Ireland in an enthralling Peard Cup quarter-final at Garryduff earlier today. Quins were full value for their win, their first over C of I since routing them 5-2 at the semi-final stage of this competition last December, with [...]
Quins skipper Cregan ruled out of ‘Money encounter
Cork Harlequins have been dealt a significant blow ahead of tomorrow’s Irish Hockey League clash with Ballymoney at the Joey Dunlop Centre after captain Eimear Cregan was ruled out with a foot problem. Irish skipper Cregan has suffered a reoccurrence of an injury picked up over the summer, having made her comeback for Quins in [...]
Honours even in derby day double-header
Leeside’s big two shared the spoils on the first big Saturday of the season at Harlequin Park, with Cork Harlequins winning the women’s game 2-0, while Cork Church of Ireland reversed that result in the men’s clash. Clinical finishing from Rachel McSharry and Hilary Chapple saw Cork Harlequins strike an early blow in a the [...]
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