Laois and Offaly got their Senior Hurling Championships underway at the weekend.
The club hurling championship got underway in the midlands over the weekend.
The opening round saw some big results in Offaly, as well as a scoreboard malfunction in Laois.
In the Laois Shopping Centre Senior Hurling Championship, reigning champions Clough-Ballacolla got off to a winning start with a comfortable 1-24 to 1-14 win over Castletown.
Last season's beaten finalists Rathdowney Errill also secured an opening round win as they defeated Rosenallis 5-18 to 2-12.
In a repeat of last season's intermediate final, Borris In Ossory Kilcotton were one point winners over Ballinakill.
The Harps secured a big win over 2023 finalists Abbeyleix St Lazarian's on a scoreline of 2-20 to 2-17.
But the real drama came on Sunday evening when John Mark Foley's second goal on 63 minutes looked to have secured Portlaoise a famous win over Camross, however, The official score by the referee is 5-12 to 2-22, with many saying that the actual score was 5-13 to 2-22.
In the Molly Precast and Environmental Systems Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, champions Kilcormac-Killoughey and Belmont played out a draw with Conor Slevin levelling proceedings in the final minute to make it 0-15 each.
Coolderry were 2-22 to 2-14 winners over last season's beaten finalists Ballinamere with Daniel Miller scoring 2-2 off the bench.
Shinrone claimed 0-19 to 0-17 win at home to St Rynagh's, while Birr had a comfortable 0-31 to 0-15 victory over Seir Kieran.
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