Cork Camogie: Courcey Rovers, Éire Óg, Blackrock and Carbery chase quarter-final places
Blackrock's Hayley Ryan shoots past Sarsfields' Rachael Roche during their SE Systems Cork senior camogie championship tie at Castlelyons. Ryan will be one of the players the Rockies will look on Sunday against Carbery. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
The two preliminary quarter-finals in the SE Systems Cork Senior Camogie Championship take place this weekend.
On Saturday, Courcey Rovers take on Éire Óg at Castle Road at 5.30pm and on Sunday, at the same venue, Blackrock are up against divisional side Carbery at 6pm.
The following weekend will see the quarter-finals take place and details will be confirmed at the preliminary games.
To qualify for the knock-out stages, Courcey Rovers had to beat Cloughduv last weekend, and they did so by 2-11 to 2-9, with Saoirse McCarthy hitting 1-7 on the day for them.
McCarthy will lead her side again tomorrow, along with Fiona Keating and Grainne Hannon.
Éire Óg’s win over Aghabullogue proved crucial for them to advance, when they came through by 1-17 to 0-7, and they will be looking to build on that in what will be a tough game for them.
They will look to Isobel Sheehan, Orlaith Cremin, Clara Murphy, and Erin Healy to advance in what has the potential to be a highly entertaining encounter.
Blackrock were a little unlucky to lose out to Sarsfields and St Catherine’s, but bounced back with a good win over Inniscarra, a side they had troubled the Barrs for a long time in their clash before the defending champions got the better of them.
They will be slight favourites to get the better of Carbery, who qualified for this stage thanks to an impressive win over Seandún.
Hayley Ryan, Erinn Curtin, and Jess Murphy will be expected to lead the challenge for the Rockies.
Millie Condon and Libby Coppinger are just two of the players they will look to against the Rockies in what should be a close game.
Before them this evening, the relegation playoff takes place as Inniscarra take on Aghabullogue at 6.30pm, with the former having home advantage.
Inniscarra will be slight favourites to survive the drop, and if they played like they did against the Barrs, particularly in the first half, they will be difficult to beat. They were impressive that day out, but have to recover from their recent defeat to the Rockies to get back to winning ways.
There are plenty of talented players in their side, led by former Cork star Rena Buckley, who is still going strong for them and leading by example as always.
Others who have been in good form this season include Caoimhe Buckley, Julie Lyons, Shelly O’Sullivan, and Claudia Keane.
Aghabullogue will look to the likes of Eimear Barrett, Meadhbh Ring, Ciara McCarthy, and Cliona Healy, to name a few.
This has the potential to be a highly entertaining game, and with what’s at stake, this will be a battle right to the final whistle, no matter what the score is.
Inniscarra v Aghabullogue, Inniscarra 6.30pm.
Courcey Rovers v Éire Óg, Castle Road, 5.30pm.
Blackrock v Carbery, Castle Road, 6pm.
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