Antrim Minor hurlers made the long journey on Saturday morning to play Kildare at their Centre of Excellence in Newbridge. This proved to be another excellent workout for the boys, after their narrow defeat to Laois two weeks ago, they just came out on top on a scoreline of 1-18 to 1-15. The young Saffs went down to 14 men for the last 15 minutes and showed great character to get over the line with a well taken goal by Jack McCloskey to seal the win. Antrim travelled with a squad of 26 available players with all players getting a minimum of 40 minutes game time. This young squad are beginning to gel and are benefiting from regular game time. They travel to Tullamore next Saturday for a training weekend, where they will play Offaly on Sunday morning, before travelling to Kilkenny to watch Antrim seniors in action against the Cats.
The Antrim Minor squad for 2022
Joe McNaughton Cushendall
Pearce Patterson Loughgiel
Kevin O’Boyle All Saints
Liam Glackin Loughgiel
Cailin Devlin Glenariffe
Aodhan McGarry All Saints
Malachi McGibbon St Endas
Patrick McIlwaine Glenariffe
Darragh Patterson Loughgiel
Ben McGarry Loughgiel
Lorcán Phillips St Pauls
Cormac McKeown Con Magees
Orrin O’Connor Glenariffe
Jack McCloskey Loughgiel
Darragh Kelly Ballycastle
Cahir Carbery St Johns
Adam Murray Lamh Dearg
Brogan O’Connor Glenariffe
Caoimhin Rainey Davitts
Cathán Graham Glenariffe
Charley O’Hagan Loughgiel
Ciarán McAllister St Endas
Donal Martin Lamh Dearg
Joseph McLaughlin Cushendall
Michael Darragh St John’s
Niall Magee Glenariffe
Oisin McCamphill Dunloy
Phelim Ward Glenariffe
Ruairi McAreavey Sarsfields