Fitzgibbon Cup: Queen’s 0-6 DCU 0-19
THE ability to take long range points proved to be the difference between the teams in this Fitzgibbon Cup battle at The Dub as the Dublin side ran out easy 13 points winners over Queen’s.
Sharper to the sliothar, crisper in their striking and swifter in attack, Dublin City University was a better balanced team with a few outstanding players such as Cork dual star Sean Og O hAilpin, Shane Ryan and Richard Brennan, who notched some excellent points.
Despite their best and willing efforts it never looked likely that Queen’s would pull off a win even though they had a strong wind at their tails for the first half-hour.
Failure to finish some good approach work was their main downfall but they were still in the game up until the last 13 minutes.
Down senior hurler Emmett Trainor grabbed a good point for Queen’s with 13 minutes to go but that was, in fact, their final swansong.
Queen’s: P Sidebottom; B Laverty, G Brunton, F Murray; R McGrattan, C Hamill, C Trainor; P McCormick (0-1), P Kelly; J McIntosh (0-1), S Higgins (0-1), E Trainor (0- 3); M McAllister, R McNaughton, P Hamilton.
DCU: G Jacobs; A Ryan, G Cullinane, S Barron; D Beirne, S Ryan (0-4), S Og O hAilpin; B Quinn, L McGrath; C Errity (0-1), E McEnaney (0-2), V Franks (0-3); R Brennan (0-7), T O hAilpin (0-2), A Rithweger.
Referee: G Devlin (Armagh)
FORMER Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Darren Corbett is expected to reveal a new trainer early next week.
Speaking yesterday at a BT Swimathon launch at Andersonstown Leisure Centre, a lean-looking Corbett said he is not short of offers and seems to have patched things up with promoter, Barry Hearn.
Hearn, who was admitted to hospital with a heart ailment at the weekend, is expecting a get-well-soon card from the Belfast-based fighter. No doubt there will be a demanding ‘PS’ attached.
“A lot of what was said was changing-room nonsense straight after the fight in December,” said Corbett.
COLM Monaghan is an injury-doubt for St Michael’s, Enniskillen’s Bank of Ireland MacRory Cup quarter-final against St Patrick’s, Cavan on Saturday.
The match venue has been confirmed as Clones (11am) and not Monaghan Harps as suggested earlier in the week.
Centre half-forward cum midfielder Monaghan picked up an ankle injury in St Michaels’ league win over St Patrick’s, Dungannon two weeks ago and team boss Dom Corrigan last night described the player as “very doubtful”.
The Enniskillen manager also has the ongoing worry of wondering whether the hamstring of his other star attacker, Colm Bradley, will hold up.
Bradley was a key member of the Enniskillen Gaels team which won the Fermanagh senior championship last year.
MARK Fulton, younger brother of Irish international Adrian, has been snapped up by Great Britain for the European Youth Games in Denmark this year.
The St Malachy’s College, Belfast student is a noted point guard and played in that position with Star of the Sea’s junior men’s team which reached the Sprite Cup final at Tallaght during the weekend.
In the exciting semi-final win over Marian, Mark rifled home four three-pointers.
Young Fulton’s talent has not yet been recognised by the Irish youth selectors so he has accepted an invitation from the Great Britain authorities to represent them in the forthcoming Student Games.
