Leeside again proved a happy hunting ground for Banbridge as they dismantled Cork Church of Ireland 4-1 at Garryduff on Saturday.
The Ulster side controlled this tie from start to finish with Irish international duo Eugene Magee and Stephen Dowds shining.
Colin Dowds steered home a cross after 15 minutes with Stephen Dowds doubling the lead with a mis-struck shot that wriggled past an unsighted Billy Lynch – who was otherwise superb – in the C of I goal.
Bann’s third had a big element of luck, Josh Moffett pouncing after a harmless through ball left by the C of I defence came back into play off the post, before Simon Magowan and Bruce McCandless marauded down the right for the latter to finish.
Andy Gray pulled one back for C of I off a neat short corner move but the Rochestown side’s wait for a first Irish Senior Cup since 1999 continues.
Elsewhere, Lisnagarvey saw off UCD 2-1 while Pembroke won a cracker 7-3 at Cookstown; other big hitters Monkstown and Three Rock Rovers had heavy wins over Ulster opposition. It means six of the last eight sides – Bann and Garvey the exceptions – are from Leinster.
Mark Deane’s silver goal helped Bandon edge out Catholic Institute 4-3 in an all-Munster Irish Hockey Trophy clash.
David Kavanagh put Institute ahead in the first 10 minutes but Ali Smith levelled it for the Division One side with a typically skilful solo goal.
Mark Kingston’s short corner bash turned the tabled fully to put Bandon in front at the break, but Colum O’Byrne was sharp enough to pick up a second phase corner rebound to tie it up again.
A slick David Smith strike seemed to have won it for Bandon until Simon Brickenden’s last-minute penalty stroke for Institute forced extra time. The hosts’ goalkeeper Tristan Murphy subsequently denied Bandon from the spot before Deane struck the winner.
Domestically, Fionn O’Leary’s last-minute goal denied Cork Harlequins a valuable Munster league victory at UCC, the former Bandon man salvaging a 2-2 draw for the students after Paul Lombard and Dan Hobbs had Quins leading.
Rachel Gray’s (pictured, above) first-half short corner strike broke Cork Harlequins hearts as Old Alex steered themselves to a 1-0 win over the Munster pace-setters in round two of the women’s Irish Senior Cup.
UCD edged out Ards 2-1 with a late goal and Loreto saw off Queens 2-1 while Kate Dillon’s strike late in the day helped holders Railway Union win the all-Leinster battle with Hermes 1-0.
UL suffered double cup heartbreak this weekend; Carla Kennedy notched the only goal of the game as Our Lady’s knocked the Limerick students out of the Irish Hockey Trophy on Saturday, while Bandon struck a silver goal winner through Ciara McCarthy to take yesterday’s Munster Senior Cup clash on a 1-0 scoreline.
In the Munster league, Miriam Crowley scored a goal of the season contender in UCC’s 5-0 win over Limerick, utilising her camogie skills to get the ball airborne and beat a few defenders before smashing a volley to the roof of the net.
More goalkeeping heroics from Ondine Roche couldn’t stop Fermoy falling 3-0 to Cork C of I, for whom stand-out players Lisa Buttimer and Kate Humphreys, along with Munster U18’s Sinead James, got on the scoresheet, all in the first half.
Men
Irish Senior Cup, second round: Glenanne 5 (G Shaw 3, E O’Malley 2) Kilkeel 2 (W Annett 2); Portadown 1 (N Gilmore) Monkstown 6 (R Watkins 2, N Dee, J Henry, D Carson, own goal); Belfast Harlequins 0 Three Rock Rovers 7 (J Bruton 2, P Blakeney, M Maguire, S Madeley, L Madeley, A Haughton); Cookstown 3 (M Rooney, G Allen, A Smyth) Pembroke Wanderers 7 (M Elliott 2, M Loughrey, K Crawford, K Lynch, C Harte, T Hill); Fingal 5 (C Wheeler 2, A Sweeney 2, P Gahan) NICS 3; Mossley 0 Corinthian 5 (M Fairweather, J Eustice, J Sutton, A Sutton, own goal); Lisnagarvey 2 (T Cockram, J Quigley) UCD 1 (J Duncan); Cork Church of Ireland 1 (A Gray) Banbridge 4 (C Dowds, S Dowds, J Moffett, B McCandless)
Third round draw (February 1): Corinthian v Pembroke Wanderers; Lisnagarvey v Glenanne; Monkstown v Banbridge; Fingal v Three Rock Rovers
Irish Hockey Trophy: Campbellians 1 (J Clark) Clontarf 2 (K Mullins, G Borland) (aet); Catholic Institute 3 (D Kavanagh, C O’Byrne, S Brickenden) Bandon 4 (A Smith, D Smith, M Kingston, M Deane) (aet); Suttonians 1 Kilkenny 7.
Munster Div 1: UCC 2 (own goal, F O’Leary) Cork Harlequins 2 (P Lombard, D Hobbs).
Women
Electric Ireland Irish Senior Cup, second round: UCD 2 (D Duke, B Flannery) Ards 1 (J Vaughan); Ulster Elks 4 (L Wright, L McAlpine, D Axon, K Lammey) Lisnagarvey 1 (S Brown); Loreto 2 (N Keegan, C Vincent) Queens University 1 (J Orr); Pembroke Wanderers 1 (H O’Donnell) Greenfields 0; Armagh 2 (H Irwin, S Knipe) Lurgan 3 (Z Hawthorne 3); Railway Union 1 (K Dillon) Hermes 0; Glenanne 2 (C Shillington 2) Ballymoney 2 (aet, Ballymoney win 4-3 on strokes); Old Alex 1 (R Gray) Cork Harlequins 0
Third round draw (February 1): Ulster Elks v Lurgan; Pembroke Wanderers v Loreto; Ballymoney v Railway Union; UCD v Old Alex
Women’s Irish Hockey Trophy: UL 0 Our Lady’s 1 (C Kennedy)
Munster Div 1: Fermoy 0 Cork C of I 3 (L Buttimer, S James, K Humphreys); UCC 5 (M Crowley 2, A Freyne, S Browner, A McGrath) Limerick 0.
Munster Senior Cup Rd 1: UL 0 Bandon 1 (C McCarthy) (aet).
Andy Gray pulled one back for C of I off a neat short corner move but the Rochestown side’s wait for a first Irish Senior Cup since 1999 continues.
Elsewhere, Lisnagarvey saw off UCD 2-1 while Pembroke won a cracker 7-3 at Cookstown; other big hitters Monkstown and Three Rock Rovers had heavy wins over Ulster opposition. It means six of the last eight sides – Bann and Garvey the exceptions – are from Leinster.
Mark Deane’s silver goal helped Bandon edge out Catholic Institute 4-3 in an all-Munster Irish Hockey Trophy clash.
David Kavanagh put Institute ahead in the first 10 minutes but Ali Smith levelled it for the Division One side with a typically skilful solo goal.
Mark Kingston’s short corner bash turned the tabled fully to put Bandon in front at the break, but Colum O’Byrne was sharp enough to pick up a second phase corner rebound to tie it up again.
A slick David Smith strike seemed to have won it for Bandon until Simon Brickenden’s last-minute penalty stroke for Institute forced extra time. The hosts’ goalkeeper Tristan Murphy subsequently denied Bandon from the spot before Deane struck the winner.
Domestically, Fionn O’Leary’s last-minute goal denied Cork Harlequins a valuable Munster league victory at UCC, the former Bandon man salvaging a 2-2 draw for the students after Paul Lombard and Dan Hobbs had Quins leading.
Rachel Gray’s (pictured, above) first-half short corner strike broke Cork Harlequins hearts as Old Alex steered themselves to a 1-0 win over the Munster pace-setters in round two of the women’s Irish Senior Cup.
UCD edged out Ards 2-1 with a late goal and Loreto saw off Queens 2-1 while Kate Dillon’s strike late in the day helped holders Railway Union win the all-Leinster battle with Hermes 1-0.
UL suffered double cup heartbreak this weekend; Carla Kennedy notched the only goal of the game as Our Lady’s knocked the Limerick students out of the Irish Hockey Trophy on Saturday, while Bandon struck a silver goal winner through Ciara McCarthy to take yesterday’s Munster Senior Cup clash on a 1-0 scoreline.
In the Munster league, Miriam Crowley scored a goal of the season contender in UCC’s 5-0 win over Limerick, utilising her camogie skills to get the ball airborne and beat a few defenders before smashing a volley to the roof of the net.
More goalkeeping heroics from Ondine Roche couldn’t stop Fermoy falling 3-0 to Cork C of I, for whom stand-out players Lisa Buttimer and Kate Humphreys, along with Munster U18’s Sinead James, got on the scoresheet, all in the first half.
Men
Irish Senior Cup, second round: Glenanne 5 (G Shaw 3, E O’Malley 2) Kilkeel 2 (W Annett 2); Portadown 1 (N Gilmore) Monkstown 6 (R Watkins 2, N Dee, J Henry, D Carson, own goal); Belfast Harlequins 0 Three Rock Rovers 7 (J Bruton 2, P Blakeney, M Maguire, S Madeley, L Madeley, A Haughton); Cookstown 3 (M Rooney, G Allen, A Smyth) Pembroke Wanderers 7 (M Elliott 2, M Loughrey, K Crawford, K Lynch, C Harte, T Hill); Fingal 5 (C Wheeler 2, A Sweeney 2, P Gahan) NICS 3; Mossley 0 Corinthian 5 (M Fairweather, J Eustice, J Sutton, A Sutton, own goal); Lisnagarvey 2 (T Cockram, J Quigley) UCD 1 (J Duncan); Cork Church of Ireland 1 (A Gray) Banbridge 4 (C Dowds, S Dowds, J Moffett, B McCandless)
Third round draw (February 1): Corinthian v Pembroke Wanderers; Lisnagarvey v Glenanne; Monkstown v Banbridge; Fingal v Three Rock Rovers
Irish Hockey Trophy: Campbellians 1 (J Clark) Clontarf 2 (K Mullins, G Borland) (aet); Catholic Institute 3 (D Kavanagh, C O’Byrne, S Brickenden) Bandon 4 (A Smith, D Smith, M Kingston, M Deane) (aet); Suttonians 1 Kilkenny 7.
Munster Div 1: UCC 2 (own goal, F O’Leary) Cork Harlequins 2 (P Lombard, D Hobbs).
Women
Electric Ireland Irish Senior Cup, second round: UCD 2 (D Duke, B Flannery) Ards 1 (J Vaughan); Ulster Elks 4 (L Wright, L McAlpine, D Axon, K Lammey) Lisnagarvey 1 (S Brown); Loreto 2 (N Keegan, C Vincent) Queens University 1 (J Orr); Pembroke Wanderers 1 (H O’Donnell) Greenfields 0; Armagh 2 (H Irwin, S Knipe) Lurgan 3 (Z Hawthorne 3); Railway Union 1 (K Dillon) Hermes 0; Glenanne 2 (C Shillington 2) Ballymoney 2 (aet, Ballymoney win 4-3 on strokes); Old Alex 1 (R Gray) Cork Harlequins 0
Third round draw (February 1): Ulster Elks v Lurgan; Pembroke Wanderers v Loreto; Ballymoney v Railway Union; UCD v Old Alex
Women’s Irish Hockey Trophy: UL 0 Our Lady’s 1 (C Kennedy)
Munster Div 1: Fermoy 0 Cork C of I 3 (L Buttimer, S James, K Humphreys); UCC 5 (M Crowley 2, A Freyne, S Browner, A McGrath) Limerick 0.
Munster Senior Cup Rd 1: UL 0 Bandon 1 (C McCarthy) (aet).