Cork Church of Ireland and Cork Harlequins were the biggest winners on what proved to be an exceptionally productive Irish Junior Cup weekend for Munster teams.
Simon Wolfe’s hat-trick underpinned C of I’s 7-0 dismantling of UCD as the Leesiders passed the Dublin students off the park. Quins’ men, featuring former international Paul Lombard at this level for the first time in over a decade, racked up a 4-0 victory against South Antrim.
UCC gave heavyweights Lisnagarvey a real test at the Mardyke (pictured, below) but the Ulster men had neater touches in the circle, captain Phil Sterling and Patrick Keery scoring in either half to secure a 2-0 success.
UCC’s women chalked up the shock of the first round, Emma Dobson’s solo strike giving them a deserved 1-0 win over 2011 champions Railway Union in Cork.
Lisa Buttimer and Cathy Walsh grabbed the goals as Cork C of I took their chances adroitly in a scrappy 2-0 win over Old Alex, while Cork Harlequins also advanced as a brace from former Irish international hitwoman Karen Bateman and one from Scoil Mhuire schoolgirl Niamh O’Donnell gave them a brilliant 3-2 win away to Ulster Elks.
Ashton had a weekend to forget as an extremely strong UCD side – featuring top players such as Jeamie Deacon and Caroline Hill – won out 8-0. Defending champions Pembroke Wanderers came through unscathed with a 4-2 win at Randalstown while Hermes won a bizarre game 8-3 at Glenanne.
The draw for the second round will be made on December 3, with Bandon’s women among those to have got a bye.
Domestically, Bandon made a massive statement of intent in the women’s Division One as they thrashed Ashton 6-2 on Saturday.
Loraine Copithorne nabbed a hat-trick while Jenny Buttimer celebrated getting through the first cut of the Irish U16 panel – Fermoy goalkeeper Kathryn Buckley and Ashton’s Michelle Barry were the other Munster girls kept on – with two goals.
Sophie Fischer’s goal of the season contender highlighted UCC’s 5-0 dismantling of Cork C of I, the German attacker spinning one way then the other in the circle before unleashing a upright reverse-stick volley to the roof of the net.
Champions Cork Harlequins kept up their 100% record with a facile 9-0 success against UL, Orlagh Cotter continuing the superb form that has her leading the goalscoring charts with four of those strikes.
Men’s Irish Junior Cup Rd 1: NICS 0 Annadale 6 (C Jackson 3, C Gough 2, J Woodrow); Avoca 0 Three Rock Rovers 2 (S Grace, J Walker); Corinthian 1 (A Missen) Monkstown 2 (R Watkins, J Beirne); Pembroke 6 (C Hines 2, S McKeever, S Furlong, T Hill, AN Other) Raphoe 2; YMCA 4 (G McCoy 2, F Kelly, C Carroll) Fingal 1; UCC 0 Lisnagarvey 2 (P Keeny, P Stirling); Cork C of I 7 (S Wolfe 3, B MacAllister, J O’Mahony, A Burns, D Whitaker) UCD 0; Cookstown 8 (T Johnston, J Costelloe, G Irwin 2, T Hutchinson, R Miller 2, P Watt) Dublin University 0; Glenanne 3 (C Kennedy 2, AN Other) Clontarf 1; Banbridge 5 Kilkeel 4; Cork Harlequins 4 P Murray, P Lombard, S Teap) South Antrim 0; Instonians 5 (J Mellor 2, S Kelso, D Johnston, own goal) North Down 3 (R McMillan 2, A Tate); Belfast Harlequins w/o Suttonians scr; Clifonville scr Railway Union w/o
Women
Munster Div 1: Bandon 6 (L Copithorne 3, J Buttimer 2, R O’Mahony) Ashton 2 (C McCarthy, A Smith); UCC 5 (S Fischer 2, S Browner, E Dobson, A Freyne) Cork C of I 0; Cork Harlequins 9 (O Cotter 4, C Sargent, R Hobbs, L Mullins, C O’Sullivan, K O’Neill) UL 0.
Electric Ireland Irish Junior Cup, first round: Ulster Elks 2 (S Galbraith, J McMaster) Cork Harlequins 3 (K Bateman 2, N O’Donnell); UCC 1 (E Dobson) Railway Union 0; Cork C of I 2 (C Walsh, L Buttimer) Old Alex 0; UCD 8 (J Deacon 3, C Hill 2. M Delahunt, L Ridgeway, H Rankin) Ashton 0; Glenanne 3 Hermes 8 (F Bradish 3, R Carrigan 2, E Casey, C McGilp, L Pinder); Lurgan 0 Trinity 2 (J Kingston, E McCullough); Pegasus 3 (A Compton, Campbell, Paul) Greenfields 0; Randalstown 2 (R Quinn 2) Pembroke 4 (E Thompson 2, S McCready, K Codyre); Armagh 2 (J Wilson, H McKeeman) Portadown 6 (R Tedford 2, S Hill 2, S Gibson, A Reid); Corinthian 1 Banbridge 0; Belfast Harlequins 2 Lisnagarvey 1
UCC’s women chalked up the shock of the first round, Emma Dobson’s solo strike giving them a deserved 1-0 win over 2011 champions Railway Union in Cork.
Lisa Buttimer and Cathy Walsh grabbed the goals as Cork C of I took their chances adroitly in a scrappy 2-0 win over Old Alex, while Cork Harlequins also advanced as a brace from former Irish international hitwoman Karen Bateman and one from Scoil Mhuire schoolgirl Niamh O’Donnell gave them a brilliant 3-2 win away to Ulster Elks.
Ashton had a weekend to forget as an extremely strong UCD side – featuring top players such as Jeamie Deacon and Caroline Hill – won out 8-0. Defending champions Pembroke Wanderers came through unscathed with a 4-2 win at Randalstown while Hermes won a bizarre game 8-3 at Glenanne.
The draw for the second round will be made on December 3, with Bandon’s women among those to have got a bye.
Domestically, Bandon made a massive statement of intent in the women’s Division One as they thrashed Ashton 6-2 on Saturday.
Loraine Copithorne nabbed a hat-trick while Jenny Buttimer celebrated getting through the first cut of the Irish U16 panel – Fermoy goalkeeper Kathryn Buckley and Ashton’s Michelle Barry were the other Munster girls kept on – with two goals.
Sophie Fischer’s goal of the season contender highlighted UCC’s 5-0 dismantling of Cork C of I, the German attacker spinning one way then the other in the circle before unleashing a upright reverse-stick volley to the roof of the net.
Champions Cork Harlequins kept up their 100% record with a facile 9-0 success against UL, Orlagh Cotter continuing the superb form that has her leading the goalscoring charts with four of those strikes.
Men’s Irish Junior Cup Rd 1: NICS 0 Annadale 6 (C Jackson 3, C Gough 2, J Woodrow); Avoca 0 Three Rock Rovers 2 (S Grace, J Walker); Corinthian 1 (A Missen) Monkstown 2 (R Watkins, J Beirne); Pembroke 6 (C Hines 2, S McKeever, S Furlong, T Hill, AN Other) Raphoe 2; YMCA 4 (G McCoy 2, F Kelly, C Carroll) Fingal 1; UCC 0 Lisnagarvey 2 (P Keeny, P Stirling); Cork C of I 7 (S Wolfe 3, B MacAllister, J O’Mahony, A Burns, D Whitaker) UCD 0; Cookstown 8 (T Johnston, J Costelloe, G Irwin 2, T Hutchinson, R Miller 2, P Watt) Dublin University 0; Glenanne 3 (C Kennedy 2, AN Other) Clontarf 1; Banbridge 5 Kilkeel 4; Cork Harlequins 4 P Murray, P Lombard, S Teap) South Antrim 0; Instonians 5 (J Mellor 2, S Kelso, D Johnston, own goal) North Down 3 (R McMillan 2, A Tate); Belfast Harlequins w/o Suttonians scr; Clifonville scr Railway Union w/o
Women
Munster Div 1: Bandon 6 (L Copithorne 3, J Buttimer 2, R O’Mahony) Ashton 2 (C McCarthy, A Smith); UCC 5 (S Fischer 2, S Browner, E Dobson, A Freyne) Cork C of I 0; Cork Harlequins 9 (O Cotter 4, C Sargent, R Hobbs, L Mullins, C O’Sullivan, K O’Neill) UL 0.
Electric Ireland Irish Junior Cup, first round: Ulster Elks 2 (S Galbraith, J McMaster) Cork Harlequins 3 (K Bateman 2, N O’Donnell); UCC 1 (E Dobson) Railway Union 0; Cork C of I 2 (C Walsh, L Buttimer) Old Alex 0; UCD 8 (J Deacon 3, C Hill 2. M Delahunt, L Ridgeway, H Rankin) Ashton 0; Glenanne 3 Hermes 8 (F Bradish 3, R Carrigan 2, E Casey, C McGilp, L Pinder); Lurgan 0 Trinity 2 (J Kingston, E McCullough); Pegasus 3 (A Compton, Campbell, Paul) Greenfields 0; Randalstown 2 (R Quinn 2) Pembroke 4 (E Thompson 2, S McCready, K Codyre); Armagh 2 (J Wilson, H McKeeman) Portadown 6 (R Tedford 2, S Hill 2, S Gibson, A Reid); Corinthian 1 Banbridge 0; Belfast Harlequins 2 Lisnagarvey 1