Antrim Camogie League – Division 1

Loughgiel 2-23 Cushendall 0-6

After an evening that was covered by the blanket of a malevolent grey cloud, Fr Healy Park was once more inviting Loughgiel’s Senior Camogie team to meet the jerseys of Cushendall’s Ruairí Óg.

Champions Loughgiel were in command throughout and led by 1-13 to 0-4 at the break. They pushed on in the second half, adding a further 1-10 to their tally, while restricting the visitors to just two points.

Rachquel Murphy got the home side off the mark after a good passing move by the Shamrocks forwards and Lucia McNaughton put them two clear soon afterwards. The visitors were struggling to contain the rampant champions and when Christine Laverty got through to smash the ball to the Ruairi Og net they went on to lead by 1-6 to 0-1 at the first water-break. 

Hero of Antrim’s weekend win over Down, Caitrin Dobbin, increased the lead with a well taken point and the scores flowed freely as the home team pushed on and by the half time whistle they had pulled 1-13 to 0-4 ahead, Christine Laverty, Caitrin Dobbin, Lucia McNaughton, Clare McKillop and Emma McMullan among the scorers.

The second half continued in a similar vein with the county champions dominating throughout the field and despite the best efforts of Brogan Abram, Siobhan McKillop, Laura McMullan and Sinead Cosgrove the Shamrocks had just too much power as the took the first step towards retaining their league title.

Teams

Loughgiel

1. Eimear Boyle. 2. Charlene Campbell. 3.Megan McGarry. 4. Ciara Laverty 5. Emma McFadden. 6. Amy Boyle. 7. Una McNaughton. 8. Clare McKillop. 9. Maeve Connolly. 10. Emma McMullan.  11. Lucia McNaughton. 12. Anna Connolly. 13. Caitrin Dobbin. 14. Racquel McCarry. 15. Christine Laverty. 16. Annie Lynn. 17. Ciara Connolly. 18. Caoimhe McMullan. 19. Ciara Dobbin. 20. Finvola McVeigh. 21. Katie Lynn. 22. Katie McKillop. 23. Louise McKillop. 24. Maeve Henry. 25. Maria Lynn. 26. Meadhbh McCormick. 27. Orla Laverty. 28. Eimear McGarry.

Cushendall

1. Cailin Quinn. 2. Annie Leech. 3. Catherine O’Boyle. 4. Lara Haughey. 5. Clodagh McKillop. 6. Caoimhe McNaughton. 7. Sarah Kane. 8. Siobhan McKillop. 9. Anna McNeill. 10. Laura McMullan. 11. Sinead Cosgrove. 12. Brogan Abram. 13. Aoife Delargy. 14. Ellen Leech. 15. Caoimhe O’Hara. 17. Monique O’Boyle. 18. Dervla Cosgrove. 19. Una McAlister. 20. Chloe McAuley. 21. Rose Black. 22. Nuala McQuillan. 24. Erin McCambridge. 25. Molly McNeill. 26. Niamh Graham. 27. Orla McNaughton. 29. Niamh Conlon. 30. Colleen Patterson.