Ulster Schools McNamee Cup – U-13 ½ Hurling

CPC 6-8 vs St Pat’s Maghera 2-6

Monday 23rd Sept, seen a well anticipated fixture between the two schools, held at MacUilin ground at 2pm. This was the opening game in this competition and with both schools reaching the final of the Thompson Cup in June time (Ulster Year 8 Final) a tight game was always on the cards. Both teams fielded very strong panels and it turned into as expected, a physical and skilful encounter. The game was keenly contested and at half time there was only 3 points between the sides, with CPC guilty of a number of misses and at times overplaying the ball. However after half time, the Ballycastle school asserted their dominance, mainly due to the outstanding performances of Tom Richmond and Killian Cassidy in midfield. Late goals by Daire Kearney and Dara McAuley sealed the victory for CPC and got their campaign off to a winning start. Both schools will be happy to get their campaign started and there is a lot of hurling to do between now and the final of the competition scheduled for the second week of November.

Cross and Passion College have a bye next week and then they play the  newest addition to the Ulster Schools “A” Hurling – Gaelscoil Dhoire in two weeks time, who are backboned by strong GAA clubs such as Slaughneil, Dungiven and Ballinascreen.

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