Cork Harlequins froze when it mattered most as their Irish Junior Cup odyssy came to an end with a 4-1 quarter-final defeat to Three Rock Rovers at Harlequin Park on Saturday. Meanwhile, two wins and 13 goals saw C of I go top of the table and advance to a Peard Cup final against Quins.
The Munster women’s title is Catholic Institute’s to lose, after they again prevailed against UCC by a one-goal margin, this time via a 2-1 success at Rosbrien.
Limerick hockey has gone from strength to strength in recent years, and Crescent College Comprehensive provided further proof of the Treaty city’s new prominence with a deserved 3-1 Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup final win over Mount Mercy yesterday.
Cork Harlequins were left cursing themselves for going to sleep at the start of extra-time, allowing Cork Church of Ireland to plunder a golden-goal victory in Saturday’s Munster Senior Cup semi-final at Farmer’s Cross.
Cork Harlequins and Catholic Institute will reprise their 2010 Munster Senior Cup final meeting (above) again this term, after seeing off C of I and UCC respectively to advance to the deicder.
There were contrasting fortunes for Munster women’s sides in the capital this weekend, with Ashton successfully raiding Clontarf in the IHT while a golden goal did for Quins against UCD in the ISC’s last eight. Domestically, Institute took another step towards the title while Belvedere nabbed a crucial win at UL.