O’Cahan Cup quarter-final
Casement’s 1-14 Lisburn 1-7
Casements Portglenone welcomed St Patrick’s Lisburn on Wednesday 1st April for a quarter-final clash in the O’Cahan Cup.
Lisburn arrived after defeating 2025 O’Cahan champions Cargin, but it was the home side who started brightest, with early scores from Caolan Tierney and Michael Hagan. The visitors responded well through Jude Rafferty, who converted an excellent two-point free and added another, while Oisín Gorman also kept the scoreboard ticking.
Casements finished the first half strongly, with Seán Byrne, Paddy Kelly and Conor Magee helping them to a 0-6 to 0-4 lead at the break.
The hosts carried that momentum into the second half, with further scores from Paddy Kelly and Michael Hagan. Lisburn struck back on 40 minutes with a superb individual goal from Che Smyth, but Casements responded with Senior debutant Eoghan McErlain firing 1-1 in quick succession, while Stephen Kelly added three composed frees.
Lisburn battled to the end with points from Rudi Smyth and Oisín Gorman, but Casements ran out 1-14 to 1-07 winners to book their place in the semi-final.
Top performers for Lisburn included Ben McMullan, Che Smyth, Jude Rafferty and Oisín Gorman, while Casements key men included Conor McGhee, Johnny Convery and debutant Eoghan McErlain.
Both sides return to league action this weekend.
