Antrim Under 16 A Hurling League
Glenariffe Oisins 1-15 Ruairi Og Cushendall 3-10
An injury time point from a free by Cushendall centre forward Cahir McCambridge gave his team victory over neighbours Glenariffe in Tuesday evening’s Under 16 A Hurling League game in Glenariffe.
With the game two minutes into injury time it looked like the honours would be shared but Cushendall produced one more chance and McCambridge, who has struck some very good frees throughout the game, stepped up and slotted over to end a hard fought contest.
An early goal from Nicholas McLaughlin and a point from Conlaodh McNeill had Cushendall four clear by the sixth minute, but Glenariffe hit back with five points in a row from Ronan Magee (2), Oisin Gillan (2) and Ben Duncan to move a point ahead by the 11th minute. Shane McQuillan and Cahir McCambridge came back with two points to restore the Ruairi’s one point advantage, though Eunan Harvey cut it back to just one when hit a fine point on 17 minutes. A goal from Brian McNeill a minute later put the visitors four ahead on 18 minutes, but the Oisins hit back with two points from Ronan Magee and two from Oisin Gillan to draw level on 29 minutes, but a point from a Nicholas McLaughlin free just on half time gave the Ruairis at one point lead at break.
Two points inside the opening minute of the second half from Canice McIntosh put the Oisins back in front, but Cushendall regained the lead with two pointed frees by Cahir McCambridge but a point from a long range free by Ben Duncan tied the scores again by the 40th minute. A well worked goal which saw Ciaran McCann put Oisin Gillan clear for fire home from close range appeared to have put the Oisins in a strong position but within thirty seconds Cushendall had the ball in the net at the other end when Conal Og Traynor rattled the net.
Two points from Canice ‘Tosh’ got Glenariffe back front again but Cahir McCambridge pointed again toe bring the Ruairis level and Dylan McNaughton hit a great individual score to put his side a point ahead with just two minutes of normal time on the clock. With less than a minute of normal time left to play the Oisins thought they had earned themselves a share of the spoils when Magee sent over the equaliser, but there was still time to find a winner and Cahir McCambridge did just that give his team a vital two points.
The win brings Cushendall back to within two points of league leaders Loughgiel, but with three games in hand so it is all to play for over the next couple of weeks.
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