Antrim Hurling League – Division 2

St Pauls 1.15 Carey 3.18

The Carey Faughs management team of Hugh Dobbin and Shay O’Hagan got their league campaign off to a great start when the travelled to Shaw’s Road on Sunday and beat St Paul’s in Division 2 of the Antrim Hurling League.

In blustery conditions, the home team played with wind assistance in the first half and they raced into a early six point lead , but a Carey side missing a few regulars soon settled down and two Conor McBride goals , with a further 2 points from the same player and additional points from Cahair Brogan, Conal McGlynn and Paddy Gillan saw the north Antrim men go in level at the break on 2.6 to 0.12.

With the elements on their backs the second half belonged to the Faughs, and points from Eoin McKinley, Fiachra McVeigh, and Paddy Butler with a further goal and six points from man of the match McBride to give the Faughs a great start under their new management.

The Faughs next outing is in two weeks’ time when they play Naomh Gall’s at home in Ballyvoy while St Paul’s make the short journey to Bredagh.