Karen Bateman’s (above) hat-trick and a favour from Railway Union helped Quins into the IHL semi-finals for the second successive season, while university sides are top and bottom of Division One following the weekend’s two league games.
One of the most dramatic encounters of the season saw C of I relinquish their hold on the Irish Junior Cup as Cookstown came away from Garryduff with a penalty strokes win, while Quins all but ended UCC’s hopes of an IHL wildcard place
It was a case of so near yet so far for Munster’s junior interprovincial teams, with stumbles at various stages of the competition denying them a chance of winning titles on home turf in Cork.