ALTHOUGH it started very slowly, last weekend’s tournament at Ballyhenry reached a tremendous crescendo in the final match between Tyrone and Tinakilly on Sunday. Conditions were close to perfect for the zero-goal tournament but pressure seemed to unsettle the players in the incident-filled first two matches, where the umpires earned their money.

Team Horseware emerged as the winner by six goals to two against the Kildare team. Next up were Oak Lodge versus Mips and it was Oak Lodge that proceeded to the final, winning four goals to three. The Stolen Spurs trophy four-goal matches followed, Pegus versus Tinakilly and Tyrone versus LHK Insurance. On team handicap all four teams complied, but the individual handicaps of some players created an imbalance of skill.Tinakilly beat Pegus and Tyrone beat LHK.