U13B League Final
Naomh Pádraig 6-6 Shane Úi Néill 0-6
By Rian Laverty
Cushendall provided the venue for the U13B league showdown between Shane Úi Néill and Naomh Pádraig. Fresh off the back of the Championship title, Naomh Padraig got off to a blistering start with a Rhys Murray goal, deflected from thirteen yards out. Glenarm were quick to respond with 2 points in quick succession from PJ Kelly and Hugh McKay.
Naomh Padraig’s first point of the match was the next score on the board an excellently executed free from John Og Darragh, who didn’t miss from 20 yards out. With a series of quick goals in succession from Calum Murphy, Ollie-Joe McAlonan and John Og, the half time scoreboard perhaps didn’t reflect the battle on the field, with both sides hitting the changing rooms at 4.04 to 0.02.
An early injury in the second half to Glenarm’s joint captain Cormaic McMullan, saw the side weakened in mid-field. Rian Laverty, Patrick O’Kane and Cormaic Bailey were a force for the Naomh Padraig halfway line and keeping the ball heading up to the Naomh Padraig’s forwards, resulted in 2 further goals for on-target Calum Murphy who sealed his hat-trick.
Oliver Henry found his name on the scoresheet along with another point from Ollie-Joe, but the scores continued with a wonder point from Glenarm’s Oisin Daly and 2 frees from PJ Kelly, settling the final score as 6.06 to 0.05.
A great display of hurling on the field from both sides and the end of a super season for the Naomh Padraig side, sealing the deal and completing the double.
