Above – Peadar Pio Ó Duibhne who scored a hat-trick of goals to seal the Dungiven school’s win

Ulster Shools Hurling – Forresters Cup

Gaelcholáiste Dhoire 4-10 Cross & Passion College Ballycastle 3-08

GCD Dungiven got their first win an Ulster Schools Hurling A competition when they beat Cross & Passion College in Tuesday’s Forresters Cup game at Owenbeg. Unfortunately for the Derry boys it was not enough to see them make the semi-final but it was a historic milestone for the college in schools hurling.

Fielding half of the team who beat Aquinas in the final of the Casement Cup (Colleges B) competition at the Dub just before Christmas, the Dungiven boys fell1-4 to 0-1 behind after CPC started strongly with a goal from star forward Cadhan Crawford.

Gaelcholáiste Dhoire team captain Darragh O’Loughlin

Gaelcholáiste Dhoire began to settle and when Peadar Pio Ó Duibhne replied with a goal and Emmet Og Mac Íomhair and Dylan Ó Heireamhoin added points they were right back in the game. The excellent Crawford, who ended with 3-2, grabbed his second goal to keep CPC very much in the hunt, but Ó Duibhne hit back right away with another superb goal, and when he added his team’s third a few minutes later the Dungiven school were ahead.

With Crawford and Oisin McCallin showing well for the Ballycastle boys it was score for score as the teams headed down the ‘home straight’ but a brilliant solo run and goal by Emmet Og Mac Íomhair sealed the win for the Dungiven side who must be thinking of what might have been after losing last Friday’s game against St Killian’s by a point, with the last poc of the game.

The four semi-finalists are St Pat’s Maghera, St Killian’s, St Louis and Rathmore while the B semi-finalsts are Gaelcholáiste Dhoire, CPC, St Mary’s and OLSP Knock