Dobsons propel C of I in ‘Money raid

Family ties are hardly unusual in hockey but rarely is it a generational thing — unless you’re Joan and Emma Dobson. Mother and daughter were both on the scoresheet for Cork Church of Ireland as they notched the result of a busy Irish Junior Cup second round weekend, a 4-0 demolition of Ballymoney at the north Antrim venue. The Joey Dunlop Centre is famously a graveyard for southern teams but Sinead James got C of I motoring with a penalty stroke before the Dobson connection put them out of sight with a goal each, Emma Rumley adding gloss to the scoreline late on.

Bandon were the day’s other big winners as Ciara McCarthy made it six goals in two games with a brace in a 3-1 defeat of Trinity, Liz Buttimer notching the insurance goal. Catholic Institute were undone by a golden goal as they lost 2-1 at 2010 winners Randalstown, while Loreto put themselves in the favourites seat with a 5-0 win over Cork Harlequins on Leeside, adding to an 8-1 demolition of Portadown in round one. David Herbert’s double completed a brilliant weekend on the road for C of I, with Simon Wolfe also on the scoresheet as they won 3-0 at Suttonians – all the goals coming in the first half –  to advance to round three of the men’s competition. There was no such luck for Bandon, who found Lisnagarvey’s Phil Stirling too hot to handle — he cracked in all five of his side’s goals in a 5-0 victory for the defending champions Domestically, Catholic Institute and UCC were warming up for their Irish Trophy quarter-finals next weekend but both have plenty to work on. Institute’s goal-scoring has improved in recent weeks and Simon Brickenden, Dara Crowe and a cracker from John Wallace saw them on target three times against Cork Harlequins. The difficulties, however, lied at the other end, where they again suffered badly in an 8-3 defeat. The Hobbs family stole the show here, with John converting two penalty strokes, Dan notching two drag-flicks and Rob adding another, with Brian Hayes Curtin also nabbing a brace and Jason Black collecting the other. UCC blew a glorious chance to end their Bandon hoodoo as they led 2-0 in the sides’ Munster Senior Cup final in West Cork on Sunday but contrived to lose 4-3. Andy Gray’s drag-flick found the top corner before Fionn O’Leary got a super touch to John Catchpole’s crash ball to seemingly put the students in control. But Bandon have made a habit of being a thorn in College’s side, and of late have also very much become a second-half team — just ask Institute, who led 2-1 at the break in a recent league encounter only to eventually be blitzed 5-3. Stephen Jackson’s men found a way back into it when Andrew Scannell dragged one home and Fred McElroy tipped in to level it. Ireland A international Ali Smith took over then, tucking away a penalty stroke and beating two defenders in the circle before lifting over advancing UCC keeper Kieran Healy for 4-2. College did pull one back with nine minutes to go, Colin Manning teeing up O’Leary to crash home an upright reverse but they couldn’t get another to force extra-time. Bandon now progress to an away tie with Quins on February 18 with C of I hosting Institute in the other semi-final. Irish Junior Cup Rd 2 Men Lisnagarvey 5 (P Stirling 5) Bandon 0; Newry 2 (S Murtagh, D Pearson) Banbridge 6 (S Caruth 4, D Anderson, S Jess); Three Rock Rovers 3 (J McCormack 2, E Buttanshaw) Bangor 2 (J Mottashaw, M Flowers); Pembroke Wanderers 3 (J Sherriff 2, G Elliott) Corinthian 4 (L McLoughlin 2, I Stewart, A Missen); Raphoe 1 (A Wilrow) Cookstown 2 (P Morgon, M Wilson); Annadale 2 (I Hamilton 2) YMCA 0; Suttonians 0 Cork C of I 3 (D Herbert 2, S Wolfe); Kilkeel 2 (J Finlay, W Hutchinson) Antrim 1 (D McGrillan); Women Hermes 0 Railway Union 1 (L O’Dwyer) Cork Harlequins 0 Loreto 5 (P Lyons 2, S Scott, W Byrne, S Hall); Ballymoney 0 Cork C of I 4 (S James, J Dobson, E Dobson, E Rumley); Galway 5 (A Codyre 2, C Rabitte, E Johnston, E Glanville) Corinthian 3 (A Kinlan 2, S Burns); Pembroke Wanderers 2 (S Ryan, R McGrath) UCD 1 (J McMickan); Dromore 0 Pegasus 2 (E Hood 2); Bandon 3 (C McCarthy 2, L Buttimer) Trinity 1; Randalstown 2 Catholic Institute 1 (aet, golden goal); Men’s Munster Senior Cup quarter-final Bandon 4 (A Smith 2, A Scannell, F McElroy) UCC 3 (F O’Leary 2, A Gray); Men’s Munster Div 1 Catholic Institute 3 (S Brickenden, J Wallace, D Crowe) Cork Harlequins 8 (J Hobbs 2, D Hobbs 2, B Hayes Curtin 2, J Black, R Hobbs).