Premier Intermediate Hurling

Ballincollig 1-9
Inniscarra 2-6

Ballincollig staged a last quarter comeback to rescue a draw in the PIHC opening round at Cloughduv last Sunday afternoon. After conceding two soft goals early into the second half, Ballincollig looked in real trouble, but an explosive goal from captain Eoin Hegarty, after John O'Dwyer offloaded the sliothar intelligently, put them right back in it.
Dan Dwyer's side dominated the game from there but only had a point from the outstanding John Miskella to show for their efforts, with a number of great chances dropping short or wide. In the finish Niall Allen broke the sliothar to Derek Beale and he did very well to engineer a free that John O'Dwyer slotted over for a late equaliser.
A draw was probably about right because at the end of a tame first half it was 0-5 apiece, with Inniscarra wasting a fair few chances themselves with the wind. The switch of John Miskella out to midfield made a real impact, but with both half-back lines doing well (in fact Inniscarra's right half-back
Willie Ryan played his way onto the Cork minor team versus Limerick after a great game), clear-cut chances were limited.
The replay is on this Saturday night in Cloughduv at 7pm. Hopefully the team will drive on after getting a game under their belts - remember Inniscarra focus on hurling while Ballincollig had seven starters who played against Skibb in football. And with 11 of last year's mid Cork U21 winning side featuring last Sunday, the experience will benefit the team no end.
Scorers: John O'Dwyer 0-6 f, Eoin Hegarty 1-0, Alan Donovan 0-2 f, John Miskella 0-1.
BALLINCOLLIG: Trevor Galvin; Michael O'Brien, Noel Galvin, JP Murphy; Steve O'Donoghue, Rory O'Doherty, Eoin O'Sullivan; Ciarán O'Sullivan, Killian Kelliher; Ronan O'Driscoll, Eoin Hegarty (capt), Niall Allen; Alan Donovan, John Miskella, John O'Dwyer.
Subs: Derek Beale, David Bowen, Rob Ryan.

Senior Football

The back-door match with St Nick's will take place in Ballygarvan on either May 17/18 or May 31/June 1, depending on the result this Saturday against Inniscarra in the hurling. The team play Mallow in a challenge match this Sunday at 12 noon.

Junior A Hurling

The first round of the championship takes place in Ballyanley at 7.30 this Sunday evening against Blarney. They lost a league match to Ballinora earlier in the week but should be able to give a creditable championship performance.
Best of luck to all involved, a PIHC-JAHC double would make for a great weekend.

Junior B Hurling

Upcoming matches are tonight (Friday May 9) at 8pm against Dripsey and Wednesday May 14 at home to Iveleary.

Junior B Football
James O'Reilly's motley crew are up and running and have played two games in the last week - a challenge match win over Nemo (1-9 to 1-6) and a defeat to Éire Óg (0-8 to 1-9) in the league. There's been huge interest so far, with 25 plus players at each game so hopefully it will be a long and enjoyable season with plenty of challenge games on the horizon.

Last Updated:17/05/08