McAuley Cup – Senior Hurling tournament in Armoy
Dunloy 2-21 Cushendall 0-12
Dunloy booked their place in the final of the McAuley Cup tourna,ent in Armoy when they beat Cushendall in Sunday’s semi-final. Both teams were understandably understrength given the early season start, but they will look at the outing as a good boost to get the ‘machines’ up and running again.
After an early exchange of points between Dunloy’s Anton McGrath and Cushendall’s free taker Joe McNaughton, Dunloy began to show their strength with three in a row between the 8th and 13th minutes, Nigel Elliott, Anton McGrath and Keelan Molloy hitting the target
Three in a row from Joe McNaughton and one from Alex Delargy edged Cushendall back in front, but two in a row from Nigel Elliott and Anton McGrath were followed by goals from corner forward Anton McGrarh and full forward Gabriel McTaggart helped the Cuchullian to a 2-6 to 0-8 lead at half time.
Dunloy veteran Paul Shiels was introduced at half time and he soon mad his presence felt with a couple of neat point and with Keelan Molloy chipping in with a couple himself they pulled clear to win with ease and secure a final spot against old rivals Loughgiel on Sunday next.
Cushendall kept the scoreboard ticking over with a few more points from frees by Joe McNaughton but Dunloy proved just too strong for such an inexperienced Ruairi Og side.
