Men's Hockey: As so often happens with Ulster teams - and Lisnagarvey in particular - the game is never over if there is time to play. So often this club side have triumphed by narrow margins and so often too, if they are beaten, the margin is the narrowest.

It is a mark of their consistent excellence over the decades that Lisnagarvey's 5-4 win over Glenanne in the weekend's big semi-final puts them into their umpteenth Irish Senior Cup final, this time against Cork Harlequins.

The Cork side ended what had been a dream run for the non-senior side Kilkeel.

Having beaten Banbridge last week in a local derby quarter-final, Kilkeel were spent, and Harlequins were able to hit three against none.

On the run of play, that's about how it should have been.

As for Lisnagarvey, it was always a case of chasing the Tallaght side until deep into extra time after normal time had finished 3-3, the home team having equalised with less than two minutes of normal time remaining.

That's how close Glenanne came to stealing it from under their noses in Hillsborough.

International Stephen Butler and Nazir Munir opened the scoring for Glenanne, with Timmy Cockram and Mark Tumilty netting for 'Garvey as Glenanne edged ahead twice and 'Garvey kept playing their way back into the game.

The sides were 2-2 at the break before a second goal from Butler was cancelled out by Johnny Gray's late strike, sending the match into extra time.

Butler again forced his way into the match and again gave Glenanne the edge after a scoreless first period of extra time; three goals from five corners - not bad.

His hat-trick goal began to look decisive as the minutes ticked down. But again 'Garvey were up to the challenge and two quick strikes turned the game, Brian Waring and Johnny Bloomfield grabbing the goals and the match,

'Garvey could hardly believe they had pulled it off.

For Harlequins, the game was much more straightforward and went exactly to plan for the senior partners of the two.

Kilkeel had been thriving on a reputation as a young, fit side unafraid of most teams, especially at their home pitch at Kilkeel High School.

The fear was that Harlequins might misfire and allow the energy of their opponents to make life difficult.

The first half seemed to justify that fear and finished scoreless. But the class of Harlequins then began to shine through.

Goals from Mark Black, Richie Gash and Eddie Gash ensured their place in the National Hockey Stadium final against Lisnagarvey.