Antrim Junior B Hurling Knock-Out – Preliminary round
Knock-Out preliminary round
Loch Mór Dál gCais 3-26 Loughbeg Harps 0-10
Loch Mór Dál gCais set up a semi-final meeting with St Bridget’s when they scored a big win over Loughbeg Harps in Saturday’s preliminary round at Mallusk.
Played in warm sunshine on an excellent surface Loch Mór Dál gCais started like an express train and had the ball in Loughbeg net twice in the first three minutes, the first from right half forward Darragh Turley and the second from corner forward Feria Carson.
Matthew Jones increased the lead to seven points in the fourth minute before the Moneyglass men opened their account with a point from a long range free by centre forward Conor McElhinney. Declan Phillips and Turley added two more points for the winners but Loughbeg were having a bit more possession and McElhinney sent another long range free between the Loch Mór Dál gCais posts.
Cormac Dwyer then hit his team’s third goal just before the end of the opening quarter and is soon became clear the Loughbeg had a massive task on their hand, though the battled away and well struck from midfielder Calum McStocker was followed by two more from Conor McElhinney frees by the 20th minute. However Loch Mór Dál gCais finished the first half half strongly with six points on the trot, three from Turley, two from Jones and one from Paul McCrystal to lead by 3-14 to 0-6 at the interval.
Loughbeg Harps made a good start to the second half with points from McStocker and Aidan McErlaine and the second period was certainly more competitive, but Loch Mór Dál gCais had the damage done and they went on to win with a bit to spare and set up that mouth-watering semi-final meeting with St Brigid’s in two weeks’ time
Loch Mór Dál gCais
Cathan MacEireamhoin, James Magorrian, Bailey Graham, Aarson Monaghan, Rory Bannon, Conor Jones, Jack Conway, Martin Braniff, Ruairi Moran, Darragh Turley, Cormac Dwyer, Matthew Jones, Declan Phillips, Martin Robb, Ferdia Carson.
Loughbeg Harps
- David Slevin 2. Paul Quinn 3. Diarmuid Scullin 4. Gary Maybin 5. Paul O’Hagan 6. Paul McCrystal 7. Hugh Mulholland 8. Calum McStocker 9. Eunan Smyth 10. Sean Boyd 11. Conor Mclhinney 12. Damien Carrol 13. Mark Walsh 14. Conor Harrison 15. Aidan McErlain 17. Aidrian Hegarty 18. Frank Berry 19. David Mcgettigan 20. Michael Duffin 21. Rory Taggart 22. Daniel McKenna
Referee – Eamon Cooke (Naomh Gall)
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