2014 winners Carrickfergus are through but only just, needing an excellent chase to knock out Fox Lodge. The Tyrone side raced out of the traps with Ali Doherty thumping 7 fours and 4 sixes in a 29-ball 62, while Sri Lankan Gayan Maneeshan made the same score to continue his excellent season. Atish Varape and CJ van der Walt took three wickets each to pull it back but a target of 220 in 35 overs was still challenging. They needed 37 from the last three overs, but ageless veteran Ryan Eagkeson cleared he ropes three times as 21 came off the 33rd over to leave it 16 off two. It all came down to the last ball and Van Der Walt got the two required to end on 71 not out in a game that had just about everything to keep the locals happy.

Isaac Bird has proven to be something of a revelation since his arrival at Ballyspallen and the New Zealander was once again very much to the fore as they ousted The Hills. The FIngal side made 203 with runs for Tomas Rooney-Murphy (44), Andrew Kavanagh (40), Oliver Horlock (32) and James Cusack (30). The Kennedy brothers bowled well with Stephen taking 3-28 and Graham 2-17. Bird and Stephen Kennedy (28) got the reply off to a fine start with an opening stand of 66, and after Kennedy went, Kyle Morrow (30) and Bird all but settled the match with a second wicket partnership of 92. Isaac ended unbeaten on a 101-ball 121 that included 12 sixes and 5 fours in a seven-wicket win.

Glendermott won the all-NW clash as they beat St Johnston by 55 runs. Ryan Nolan hit 9 fours in what proved a match winning 117 - four wickets for Michael Rankin and a fine spell of 2-9 from Graeme McCarter. Barry Scott dug in for 23 but the Saints were bundled out for just 62. There were three wickets each for Ben Mills and Ted Britton, plus two for Adam Boyd in an excellent bowling effort.

Adamstown secured a last eight berth with a thrilling one-wicket win at Bonds Glen. The result was tough on Divan Posthumus who hit an 83-ball 99 (9 fours, 6 sixes) on the Bee Gees 199 and followed that up with four wickets but ended on the losing side. Aditya Gupta clubbed 9 fours and 7 sixes in a 65-ball 93 that proved a match winning knock. 

Sid Nair's unbeaten 73 (8 fours, 2 sixes) saw Terenure easily chase down University of Galway's 164 to win by seven wickets at the Lydican.

Sunny Singh's 60 that included five sixes helped County Galway to 184 at Wexford. The home side were skittled for 78 in the reply with three wickets apiece for Jayesh Juneja and Taimoor Hassan.

Laois made it through after a tense three-wicket win over Bangor in the penultimate over. The NCU side pulled a rabbit out of the hat with the signing of former New Zealand international Ian Butler, but the Kiwi made just 17 in a Bangor total of 175. Adam McCusker and Gareth McCullough made 36 apiece while Manav Chhabra hit 24. The Laois chase saw a defining knock from Ahsan Parvais, who hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in a score of 66 that went a long way to ensuring their long trek home was an enjoyable one.