ACHL Division 3
Shane O’Neill’s 4-14 Rasharkin 0-10
Shane O’Neill’s Glenarm maintained their second spot in division 3 following this comprehensive win over St. Mary’s Rasharkin at a wet and windy Feystown last night.
Rain fell for most of this game but it didn’t stop the enthusiasm of two teams who served up a treat despite the awful conditions.
Glenarm settled better winning a lot of dirty ball. Darren and Barry Hamill cleared their lines feeding the wet sliotar up field to a forward line with Niall Mc Garel and Sean O Boyle in blistering form.
It was the visitors who were first to register when Conor McKeever pointed a free in the third minute but it would be the only time the men from Dreen would be ahead. Glenarm mad an emphatic reply as Kieran O’Boyle 0-2, Ciaran Magill 0-2 and Dylan McLaughlin fired over points and when Sean O’Boyle fired home a goal in the 18th minute they were in control.
Full-forward McKeever replied with Rasharkin’s second point of the game and their first for 16 minutes from a free and the same player would bring his total to three from another free but it was Glenarm who continued to turn the screw.
Kieran O’Boyle and Darren Hamill replied with points and then a long range effort from the excellent Hamill dropped to the net in the 27th minute. The home side were flying and Ciaran Magill hammered home his side’s third goal from a free to conclude the first half action and leave the Feystown side with a comfortable 3-7 to 0-3 half time lead.
It looked a long way back for the visitors as the second half got under way and when corner-forward Kevin O’Boyle added a goal and a point for Shane O’Neill’s in the opening minutes of the new half it was as good as over.
To their credit St. Mary’s never gave up with Conor McKeever pointing a free and another from play but Glenarm responded through Niall McGarel and substitute Daryl McMullan to maintain their advantage.
Rasharkin were still battling hard against the odds as the sweet striking McKeever kept the score board ticking with a couple of frees and another from play to add to one from Shane Hasson but at this stage it was an exercise in damage limitation.
The visitors would manage only one further point in the closing stages through Donagh Quigg which was sandwiched by a couple from Glenarm’s number 12, Ciaran Magill to conclude the scoring and leave the Feystown men in a healthy position.
Mc Garel was a constant threat all night while Ciaran Magill was in fine form and Darren Hamill improves with age and young Sean O Boyle also hit a brace of goals with a rasper going beyond the Rasharkin keeper. “Murph” O Boyle and Daniel Black also deserve a mention as they won their own battles against their Dreen counterparts and sprayed the ball well to the fast flowing forward line.
Glenarm: 1 Christopher Magill, 2 Padraig McDermott, 3 Barry Hamill, 4 Patrick McAuley, 5 Aidan Scullion, 6 Darren Hamill, 7 Declan McDermott, 8 Ben O’Boyle, 9 Daniel Black, 10 Sean O’Boyle, 11 Dylan McLaughlin, 12 Ciaran Magill, 13 Kevin O’Boyle, 14 Niall McGarel, 15 Kieran O’Boyle
Rasharkin: 1 Liam Tunney, 2 Connaire Doherty, 3 Conor Doherty, 4 Daniel Hasson, 5 Ruairi O’Boyle, 6 Daniel Doherty, 7 Conor McFerran, 8 Aidan McKeever, 9 Tiernan O’Boyle, 10 Declan McKay, 11 Cormac Gaston, 12 Donagh Quigg, 13 Conor MacPhilib, 14 Conor McKeever, 15 Shane Hasson
Referee: Mark McDonald
