Antrim Hurling League Division 3

Armoy 2-22 Glenravel 2-14

If ever there was a game of two halves – this was it. Trailing by thirteen points at half time Glenravel came out a different team second half and closed the gap to two points but in the closing minutes the home side recorded a goal and three unanswered points to leave a comfortable enough gap of eight points in the end.

The first half was all one way traffic as Armoy were able to find there men with ease and with Tarlach McBride in hot form from placed balls they cruised to a half time lead of 1-15 to 0-05. Sean McKay being chief marksman for the visitors.

For the second half, Glenravel put Conleth O’Loan and Cormac McKeown in on the edge of the square and they certainly made good use of the space. In the opening minute of the second half Conleth had the sliothar in the net and the same player followed with two well taken points in quick succession before netting another major. That made 2-02 from O’Loan in the opening four minutes of the second half to reduce the gap to five points and the visitors well on top. Further points from Sean McKay, Declan Traynor, Fergus Donaghy, Cormac McKeown and Conleth O’Loan kept Glenravel within striking distance as their opponents could only manage scores from ace free taker McBride who recorded four in total. So with ten minutes remaining Armoy led by two points, 1-19 to 2-14. Then came the defining moment of the game when a long range effort from Armoy ended up in the net along with Glenravel keeper Chris Quinn That score knocked the stuffing out of the visitors and Armoy would go on to score three further points in the closing minutes and end up victorious by eight points

Glenravel will look back on this game and wonder what might have been had they got out of the traps a little quicker in the opening half and Armoy will just be glad to have got over the line when an upset certainly seemed on the cards. The win keeps Glen Rovers joint top on 11 points, though with an inferior points difference than both Dunloy and Ballycastle.

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