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Cork City striker Connor Ellis admits that he's not expecting to start Sunday's FAI Cup final against Dundalk in the Aviva Stadium, but is ready should he be called from the bench.

Author Kieran Connolly and Sam Maguire both have something in common – neither played for Dohenys GAA Club yet both, in their own way, have helped put their local GAA club on the map.

Two local co-drivers, Bandon's Karl Atkinson and Macroom's William Lynch, were the recipients of top awards at the Clonakilty Black Pudding Irish Tarmac Championship at the presentation ceremony.

IT was a very fruitful trip to England recently for three West Cork Kickboxing Club fighters – sisters Deirdre and Gráinne Begley and Greg Sheehan – at the Bristol Open international event. 

It was a West Cork U20 double at the Autumn Open International Cross-Country Festival at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus, in Abbotstown, Dublin.

Kevin O'Donovan is running for the position of Cork County Board vice-chairman in order to give a voice to those in the county who feel they are not being heard.

While their county championship campaign may have ended disappointingly, Kilmacabea can still look back on the 2017 season with satisfaction and manager Kevin O'Driscoll is optimistic that they will bounce back next year.

Last year's winner Daniel Cronin headlines Sunday's Westlodge Hotel Fastnet Rally in Bantry, where the entry includes former four-time winner Midleton's Daragh O'Riordan.  

The West Cork League representative side faces a daunting challenge away to Oscar Traynor Cup holders Clare in Ennis on Saturday evening.