Danske Bank Mageean Cup
St Killian’s Garron Tower 6-17 St Mary’s CBGS Belfast 0-8
THE stiff breeze in Ahoghill didn’t do St Mary’s CBGS any favours in the first half of this Group One Danske Bank Mageean Cup tie. The Belfast side were blitzed by St Killian’s last year’s beaten finalists and trailed by 5-14 to 0-3 at the break.
Orrin O’Connor led the St. Killian’s charge and his radar like accuracy from play and from the placed ball saw him hit six first half points and he would add two more into the wind.
There were two goals each for corner-forwards Niall Hynds and Peadar McDonnell with Austin Birt claiming the fifth major and Orrin O’Connor clipping over eight points.
In contrast St Mary’s hit half a dozen wides with the wind at their back at the start of the second half but they then hit the only three points of the third quarter through Corey Walsh (two frees) and Finn Jemfrey.
However McDonnell completed his hat-trick at the start of the last quarter and O’Connor and Birt fired over late points for an emphatic victory.
Both teams now have to play St Patrick’s Maghera with St Killian’s pencilled in for Wednesday 18th October and St Mary’s a week later.
St Killian’s: P McDonnell 3-0, N Hynds 2-0, A Birt 1-1, O O’Connor 0-9, 5 frees, C McIlwaine 0-2, C Ward 0-1, T McLaughlin 0-1,C McAuley 0-1
St. Mary’s Scorers: Corey Walsh 0-3, Finn Jemfrey 0-3 Niall May 0-2
