Gael na Glinntí win Under 14 Hurling Shield

Gael na Glinntí 4-07 St Paul’s 1-05

PICS BY SEAN TROWLEN

The Cushendall-Glenariffe combination side Gael na Glinnti won the Antrim Under 14 Shield on Sunday when they beat St Paul’s in the final at Corrigan Park.

Ruairi McQuillan opened the scoring for the boys from the Glens with a pointed free in the 2^nd minute and Conor Delargy added a goal two minutes later. Daire Gault pulled a point back for St Paul’s, but McQuillan and James McNulty came back with two more for the Gaels to go five clear by the 12^th minute. St Paul’s kept in touch with three more points and a goal from Daire Gault, but Gael na Glinnti pushed on to lead by 2-03 to 1-03 at the break, their second goal coming from Lorcan McNaughton.

Oliver Mooney stretched Gael na Glinnti’s lead in the opening minute of the second half but two from Lewis Hardy kept the Belfast boys in the game. However Gael na Glinti finished the game strongly and a goal from centre back Ryan Robin on forty minutes proved a killer blow. Two more points from Lorcan McNaughton pulled them well clear before Tiernan McKeegan put a bit of gloss on the victory when he kicked home goal number four near the end.