Monkstown’s wait for a men’s Irish Senior Cup title will stretch into a 98th year after they were beaten 4-3 by Cookstown in a stunning final at Belfield yesterday. Pegasus won the battle of the heavyweights with Hermes 3-1 to take a third women’s title in five years.
Domestic matters in Munster are once again focused on a meeting between Cork Church of Ireland and Cork Harlequins, who lock horns for the final time this season on Saturday.
Student players will form the majority of both the men’s and women’s Munster junior interprovincial squads when the sides compete at next month’s tournament in Dublin. Both squads were confirmed this week, with UCC claiming the joint highest representation on the men’s panel along with Catholic Institute of five players, while six of the women’s 18 play their club hockey with either UCC or UL.
Ashton School ended an eight-year Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup drought in defeating Bandon Grammar 1-0 in a scrappy final at Garryduff earlier today.
The Garryduff trophy cabinet is bulging under some strain today after Cork Church of Ireland amazingly claimed victory in four men’s cup finals in less than 48 hours.
Cork Church of Ireland and Cork Harlequins will, amazingly, contest four cup finals in men’s hockey this weekend – part of a bumper few days of deciders that also sees the women’s Div 3, 4 and 6 cups up for grabs.