Antrim Minor B Hurling Final
Rossa 1-07 St John’s 3-16
A brilliant display of score taking by left-half-forward Tomas Adams steered St John’s to victory over West Belfast rivals Rossa in the final of the Antrim Minor B Hurling Championship at Rossa Park on Sunday.
In a game played in rain and wind Adams’s accuracy stood out as he sent over points from all over the field. Liam McEnhill was Rossa’s star man accounting for all his team’s total but it was evident from the early stages that the Johnnies would be very hard to beat.
The first half saw the Corrigan Park side move into a 0-03 to 0-01 lead, despite playing into the strong breeze, Adams getting two of the points and Daniel McKenna the other, while McEnhill got Rossa’s score from a 65. Two more by McEnhill were followed by a brilliant individual goal from the same player to put the home team a goal ahead at the end of the opening quarter. Alex Robb pulled one back for St John’s but McEnhill restored his team’s three point cushion with a great strike from a free well inside his own half.
However in the run-in to half time St John’s got the upper hand and another Lewis Rafferty point and two from frees by Adams sent them in level at the break (Rossa 1-05 St John’s 0-08)
Liam McEnhill put Rossa ahead again in the early stages of the second half but Alex Robb had the Johnnies back on terms less than a minute later, and when Rafferty broke through to fire home a goal from close range in the 37th minute there was no way back for Rossa. Adams stretched the lead out to six with three pointed frees by the end of the third quarter.
McEnhill pulled a point back for the home team but it was to be their last score of the game while St John’s finished with a flurry with five more points from Adams, plus a goal from a long range free, plus and excellent goal from midfielder Caolan Wilson to get home with a bit to spare.
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