Danske Bank Leonard Cup semi-final:
Gaelcholáiste Dhoire 3-12 Cross & Passion Ballycastle 2-7
Gaelcholáiste Dhoire qualified for their first A final in Ulster Colleges hurling when they beat Cross & Passion Ballycastle in Friday’s morning’s semi-final of the Leonard Cup at UU Coleraine.
The Dungiven boys were excellent all through and though CPC drew level in the early stages with a well taken goal from Ronan Elliott and a Páidí O’Kane point Gaelcholáiste Dhoire pushed on again and were in control for most of the match.
MJ McOscair’s got their second goal around the quarter hour mark and with Harry Ó Cearnaigh adding some great scores from frees they stretched the gap before Kian Ó Ceallaigh’s goal gave them a 3-08 to 1-03 lead at the half time whistle.
With the breeze behind them in the second half CPC fared better and the defence did well to restrict the Derry boys to just four points. However the scores were hard to come by against a tenacious Gaelcholáiste Dhoire defence. There was a bit of optimism when Charlie McAuley got a goal back for the Ballycastle side, but the scoring dried up after that and the Dungiven side eased through to a final meeting with the winner of next week’s second semi-final between St Mary’s CBGS and St Pat’s Maghera
Gaelcholáiste: Oisín Ó Lochlainn, Killian Ó Dughaill-Ó Cinnéide, Dónal Ó Murchú, Brógan Ó Dubhghaill-Ó Cinnéide, Oisín Mag Uidhir, Odhrán Ó Cléirigh, Peadar Ó Ceallaigh 0-2, Seán Mac Conmidhe, Fionn Ó Conaire 0-2, Aodhán Ó Ceallaigh 1-0, Harry Ó Cearnaigh 0-5, MJ Mac Oscair 1-1, Kian Ó Ceallaigh 1-1, Seán Paul Ó Ceallaigh 0-1.
Subs used: Odhrán Ó Giolláin, Padraig Mac Giollagáin, Damhnaic Ó Ceallaigh
Cross & Passion: Cormac Bailey, Peadar Doherty, Oran Baudant, Ruairi Laverty, Cormac Burke, Matthew Donnelly, Aaron Richmond, Joe Deery, Aaron Gillan, Paidi O’Kane 0-5, Charlie McAuley 1-1, Cillian Cunning, Ronan Elliott 1-0, Patrick Campbell, Peter Laverty
Subs used: Cormac Scanlon, Cahir McCloskey 0-1, Ronan McGarry, Sean McHenry,Lorcan Murtagh
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