Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship – Round 1-2

Carey Faughs 1-22 Glenarm 1-17

Carey Faughs made the perfect start to their Intermediate Hurling Championship campaign when they beat Glenarm in their opening game at Ballyvoy on Friday evening after a high scoring and entertaining game. The Faughs had a bye in this uneven numbered group on the opening night but the break clearly did them no harm as they flew from the traps and it looked for a while as if they were going to steam roll their visitors as they  went four clear in the early minutes. However Glenarm started to settle into the game and with Dylan McLaughlin leading the line they battled back to draw level, McLaughlin hitting five top class points, though Carey kicked on to lead by three at the break. (0-12 to 0-09). After the change of ends the Faughs got back on top and though the gap was never too wide the Carey men were able to keep their visitors at arms’ length as they won by five in the end.

Both teams squandered early chances before Caolan McCaughan opened the scoring for the Faughs and they pushed on with further points from Paddy Butler, Calum Kane and McCaughan, in reply to one from Glenarm’s centre back Darren Hamill. Glenarm’s right half forward Dylan McLaughlin then started to get involved and he hit three in a row to cut the gap to just two, and the visitors were soon level when Sean O’Boyle and Declan McDermot split the uprights.

Carey came back with points from James ‘Rocket’ Black and two from Conor McBride and even though Glenarm replied with scores from Niall McGarrel and Dylan McLaughlin the home side pushed on to lead by 0-12 to 0-09 at half time.

Two more from Conor McBride and Calum Kane early in the second half saw the Faugh stretch their lead out to five, but Glenarm were able to keep the gap at a manageable distance as McGarrel, Declan McDermot and Blain McDermot hit the target at the other end. A great goal from centre back Sean McBride, following a move that was started with a great catch by ‘Rocket’ Black, gave Carey a little bit of comfort, but it didn’t last long as substitute Sean O’Hare had the ball in the net at the other end less than thirty seconds later.

That kept the outcome in the balance up until the end and the excellent Conor McBride and one from Fiachra McVeigh saw them home.

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