MEN'S HOCKEY:THIS SEASON'S Irish Senior Cup is proving to be a happy hunting ground for Ulster clubs, six of whom have now made it in to the last eight of the competition.

Cookstown’s 4-3 victory over Church of Ireland in Saturday’s rescheduled second round tie at Garryduff means Fingal and Monkstown are the only “non” Ulster sides to make it in to the quarter-finals, with Cookstown hosting Fingal and Monkstown at home to Instonians in a fortnight’s time.

Three Rock Rovers picked up silverware yesterday when they beat YMCA 5-3 in the final of the National Indoor Trophy in Tallaght

There was a minute’s silence at Avoca’s matches this weekend following the death of the popular clubman Roger Percival last week.