Cushendall scored a runaway win over St Paul’s in Sunday’s Minor Hurling quarter final which was played in terrible weather conditions at Pairc Mhuire Cushendall, running up a massive scoreline against a Naomh Pól side who were short a good few regulars
Fiontan Bradley was the star of the show and after adding a couple of points he grabbed his team’s first goal in the eighth minute. Conleith McNaughton got his sides’ second on ten minutes while Cahir McCambridge got the third on seventeen before Bradley got the fourth five minutes from half time as they went on to lead by 4-14 to 0-02 at the break, the St Paul’s points coming from Sean Og McLaren and James McDonnell.
The second half continued in the same pattern as Cushendall’s were even more dominant with the wind behind them. Cahir McCambridge got his team’s fifth goal on forty minutes while the points flew over from all angles.
Cushendall now face Dunloy in the semi-final while Oisins take on Ballycastle
Glenariffe- Glenravel staged a remarkable comeback to beat Loughgiel in Sunday’s Antrim Minor Hurling Championship quarter final at Fr Healy Park. Leading by five points at half time after playing with the aid of the strong wind it just seemed a matter of time until the Shamrocks took control, and when they went ahead in the 50th minute it appeared the visitors chance had gone. However the Glenariffe-Glenravel combination refused to give up and outscored their home side by four points to two in the last seven minutes to earn a semi-final place against Ballycastle in two weeks’ time.
With the wind at their backs in the opening half the visitors got away to a great start with points from Cayden Graham and Oisin Gillan, two from Canice McIntosh and a goal from centre-back Colla Ward had them 1-04 to 0-01 after 12 minutes. Loughgiel hit back with a point from Liam McGarry and a brilliantly taken goal by full-forward Conan Johnston to leave just two between the teams. An exchange of points by Glenariffe-Glenravel’s Canice McIntosh and Loughgiel’s Conan Johnston kept it that way until a great point following a solo run by Colla Ward started a run which yielded four in a row to move six clear, but just on half time Conan Johnston pulled one back to leave five in it at the break.
Loughgiel would have been confident of closing the gap, such was the strength of the wind and when they started with points from Johnston and substitute Joe Casey (star of Wednesday evening’s U16 win over Ard na Rí) they seemed to have matters in hand. A Canice McIntosh point put the gap out to four again but slowly but surely the began to reel the opposition in as two by Liam McGarry, one by Oisin Connolly and two more by Johnston saw them hit the front in the 51st minute.
A great score by Christy Leech and one from Oisin Gillan put the visitors back ahead by the 57th minute but Liam McGarry brought the Shamrocks back level with time almost up. McIntosh restored the Glenariffe-Glenravel lead and when Logan McConville tied things up again, extra time was looming. However Oisin Gillan saved the day for the championship holders and when he split the uprights one minute into injury time the win was sealed.
GLENARRIFE-GLENRAVEL
Ben Duncan, Daniel Mitchell, Harry Fyfe, Charlie Dunne, Ronan Magee, Colla Ward, Dylan McMullan, Cadhan Graham, Joe McKay, Canice McIntosh, James Kearney, Christy Leech, Oisin Gillan, Niall McKeown, Ciaran McCann
LOUGHGIEL
Dan Henry, Eunan Johnston, Ashdon McGarry, Joe McFadden, Liam Smyth, Eddie Smyth, Tomas McNulty Domnhall McKay, Ryan O’Boyle, Oisin Connolly, Logan McConville, Liam McGarry, Caolan McCollum, Conn Johnston, Daniel O’Mullan.
Referee – Eamon Muvenna
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St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass secured their place at the top of Group 1 of the OB Construction IFC and a place in the semi-final following this comprehensive victory over St. Mary’s Rasharkin in wintry conditions at Dreen on Sunday.
The visitors had this one fairly well sewn up when they led 1-9 to 0-0 at the halfway stage as they took full advantage of the elements and while St. Mary’s showed improvement after the break it only served to put a better reflection on the final score-line.
It was Moneyglass who took the game to their South West neighbours right from the first whistle with Connor O’Kane raising the first white flag in the 3d minute and Roan Campbell adding another before Fearghal Duffin found the net with five minutes on the clock.
Rasharkin were fighting a rear guard action in an attempt to contain a rampant Moneyglass attack but the visitors continued to push forward in numbers as their slick movement continued to create openings.
Tyler Cassidy, Aidan McErlain and Cassidy again moved the visitors 8 ahead by the 9th minute before Connor O’Kane kicked his second of the afternoon as the one way traffic towards the Rasharkin goal continued.
By half time it looked as good as over bar the shouting as McErlain, Fearghal Duffin and Kevin McCann brought the visitors total to 1-9 with St. Mary’s still to raise a flag.
Any possibility of a St. Mary’s comeback were soon dashed as the visitors hit the first four scores of the second half to put them out of sight with Conleth McCann 0-2, Kevin McCann and Tyler Cassidy the men on target.
To their credit Rasharkin were still fighting hard to get their own game going and their best player, Eamonn McNeill finally got them on the scoreboard with a point in the 16th minute.
The same player would add a couple of fine 2 pointers in the closing stages of the game to give the scoreboard a better look but points from Conor Boyd and Niall Boyd ensured there would be no way back for the home side.
By my calculations Moneyglass will now meet St. Teresa’s in the semi-final while Sarsfields and Glenavy will contest the other semi-final while Rasharkin’s season is over but the Dreen side will regroup and come back strongly in 2026.
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Northern Properties Antrim Camogie Senior Championship 14th September 2025
Match report and photos from Michael Corcoran at Fr. Healy Park
Loughgiel 3-09 Cusendall 1-07
Table topping Loughgiel move through to the final of the Northern Properties Antrim Camogie Senior championship for a twelfth consecutive turn at chasing silver. A dismal spell of wet and windy weather for all of the sixty plus minutes, had it’s hand on the game, but some good camogie was on show as players battled it out.
Cushendall took the road end and played the first half into the jaws of a gale, after winning Owen Elliot’s toss. It was always going to be an uphill battle against an on form Shamrock machine but today’s conditions, although favouring no one, allowed Loughgiel to minimise Cushendall’s role for all of the first thirty minutes. Loughgiel were first to score with a Caitrin Dobbin point from an Anna Connelly pass and although Cushendall’s Eva McNeill made good from a foul, it would be Loughgiel’s Kirsty McKendry that would raise a green flag with her goal in less than seven minutes.
Cushendall’s Eva McNeill inched the Dall on the scoreboard with another point from a forty-five just before team mate, Brogan Abram, recycled a fine save from Shamrock goal keeper, Emma McAllister. An over worked McAllister would go on to make several excellent saves, thwarting Cushendall, particularly in the second half.
With just a point between sides, Loughgiel’s Roísín McCormick pointed from an Emma McFadden pass that was gathered up from a Dall puck out and Loughgiel looked like they were starting to drift away after a goalmouth scramble in the Dall end found Marie Laverty chasing the sliotar safely over the line from a Dobbin first attempt.
Loughgiel’s Marie Laverty raised two green flags despite near atrocious conditions in Fr. Healy Park
In the closing stages of the first half, Loughgiel widened the gap with five successive points with no reply to take the short whistle at Loughgiel 2-06 Cushendall 0-03.
The second half witnessed no discernible change in conditions but offered a chance for the Dall to leverage the elements in their favour but those aspirations were dashed when Roísín McCormick’s free dropped short and was offered out to a waiting Marie Laverty. Suddenly Loughgiel were 3-06 with two minutes gone in the second half. McCormick would improve the Shamrock’s position with two back to back frees before Cushendall’s Amy McAlister pointed to bring the Dall back into the game. And back they came with three fine points from Eva McNeill.
Cushendall’s Eva McNeill managed a goal and three points but not enough to secure the win
Annie Lynn would close Loughgiel’s account with a point and very little left on the clock but just enough for Eva McNeill to drop in a free on the dugout side of Fr. Healy Park. The steep descending sliotar bounced in off a Shamrock, giving Cushendall a goal just before the long whistle brought the game to a close.
Loughgiel now go through to a twelfth final against the semi final winner of another Dunloy v Cushendall encounter on Sunday 28th September. Cushendall will hope to go one better in that match, remembering that Dunloy had a narrow win of two points at home in round four. That will be an exciting game to watch!
Loughgiel starters and scorers
Emma McAlister, Maria Lynn, Katie Lynn, Finvola McVeigh, Lucia McNaughton, Emma McFadden, Clare McKillop, Amy Boyle, Anna Connolly, Kirsty McKendry 1-00, Roísín McCormick 0-04 (2f), Katie McKillop 0-02, Caitrin Dobbin 0-02, Orlagh Laverty, Marie Laverty 2-00, Annie Lynn 0-01
Cushendall starters and scorers
Orlagh Burke, Anna McNeill, Caoimhe McNaughton, Tamara Black, Aoife McClafferty, Abi McNeill, Laura Black, Cara O’Boyle, Dervla Cosgrove, Kady McNeill, Eva McNeill 1-05 (4f, 1×45), Laura McMullan, Brogan Abram 0-01, Orlaith McAlister, Amy McAlister 0-01
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There was little at stake only pride in this final OB Construction IFC Group 2 game with Glenavy already topping the group and St. Teresa’s joining them in the semi-final.
Never the less Davitt’s and Gort na Mona served up a competitive contest with Davitt’s probably feeling that they should have gained some revenge for last week’s Junior Hurling defeat to the same opposition.
It was visitors Gort na Mona who enjoyed the better of the opening half and with the elements in their favour they went into the half time break leading 0-9 to 1-3.
In a low scoring opening half Tarlach Enright’s ability from the dead ball saw him split the uprights on four occasions, 1- 2 pointer and another from a ‘45’ while Anthony Rowntree’s goal in the 12th minute and Paul McLaughlin 0-2 and Padraig McParland left the Davitt’s Park side trailing by three at the break.
Davitt’s Anthony Rowntree turns away after scoring the game’s only goal
Michael Savage and Dessie McClean were the other Gort na Mona first half scorers but the men from of the Mona Bye-pass had a strong wind to face in the second half.
Davitt’s looked to have drawn level when they had the ball in the Gort na Mona net early in the second half but the score was ruled out for an infringement leading up to the goal.
Three minutes later Tarlach Enright continued to showcase his dead ball skills as he hit a 2 pointer of the ground into the wind to move Gort na Mona five ahead but it brought a response from the Davitt’s.
Paul McLaughlin got them off the mark with a point in the 13th minute and when Stephen McGivern followed with a 2 pointer it was down to two.
The hosts looked to be in for a second goal but Ciaran Donnelly made an excellent block before keeper Aaron Slane converted a 2 pointer of the ground to edge them ahead in the 28th minute and they looked to have secured victory.
However referee, Richard Leahy signalled a period of extra time and Deaglan Mooney became the Gort na Mona hero when he pointed in the 36th minute to leave it all square at the end.
Gort na Mona will now turn their attentions to the Junior Hurling championship and a semi-final meeting with Glenravel while Davitt’s season is over but the Falls Road side are sure to be back contesting on all fronts next season.
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