Cushendall 4-10 portglenone: 0-2
Cushendall made it two wins out of two in the Antrim Camogie League on Tuesday evening when they beat Portglenone by 4-10 to 0-2. The top division has eight teams this season, last years’ Division 1 and 2, designed to give teams more games, with a split coming at the half way stage, dividing into A and B. Teams have to play without their county player, but last night was an exception because the county team failed to make the league final, so all should have been at full strength this time around.
Two points from full forward Orlagh O’Hara and one from Siobhan McKillop gave Cushendall a 0-3 to 0-0 lead after eleven minutes, but Portglenone’s Shannon Darragh pulled one back on 14. O’Hara, who is back in action after more than a year out due to injury added another points on 17 minutes and followed by the by getting the first goal of the game a minute later.
Shannon Darragh got her second point for the Geraldines but a strong run in the last ten minutes of the half by O’Hara and Orlaith McAlister, plus goals by Lauran McMullan and Orlaith McCurry had the home team 3-6 to 0-2 ahead at the break.
It was all one way traffic after the break as Cushendall pushed on with another goal and two from Siobhan McKillop, plus points from Sine Woodhouse and Lara Haughey.
County champions Loughgel travelled to Belfast to take on Rossa and came home winners by 7-25 to 0-4, Dunloy had way too much for Bridini Oga by 5-22 to 0-3, but the team from the bottom tier to do best were Tir na nOg who turned in a great display to run Ballycastle to four points in a game that ended 2-10 to 1-9
