Danske Bank Mageean Cup
St Louis Ballymena 3-18 St Patrick’s Maghera 1-9
St Louis Ballymena started their Danske Bank Mageean Cup with a bang when they travelled to Lavey and beat St Pat’s Maghera with a convincing performance.
The first half was a closely contested affair, with goals from Ronan McCollum and Sean Og Blaney helping the Ballymena side to a slender half time lead (2-7 to 1-8) the Maghera goal coming from Conor Downey.
Maghera’s chances took a knock early in the second half when they lost key players Adam McLaughlin and Niall Barton St Louis pushed on at this stage, and with Rónán McCollum and Aodhán McGarry continuing to impress they got on top, and with McCollum adding another goal and McGarry hitting a series of excellent points to end up winners by 15 points.
St Louis: R McCollum 2-4, S óg Blaney 1-2, A McGarry 0-10, B McCloskey 0-1, R O’Boyle 0-1
Maghera: C Downey 1-3, E Scullion 0-4, E Mulholland 0-1, F McEldowney 0-1