We have been ask to post this as the Hurliing Championshp gets underway this weekend
Admission to game will be ticket only
Gates
➢ Each club’s county committee delegate will be responsible for organising gate controls for their respective championship home games.
➢ When possible, a member of Antrim Coiste Bainisti will attend the venue to oversee the gate control function.
➢ Gates at neutral venues will be coordinated between the host venue and Coiste Bainisti.
➢ Access to all Antrim GAA championship games will be by pre purchased tickets only.
No cash will be taken at the gate.
➢ Links to the ticket system will be issued to all clubs in advance of their respective games which should in turn be shared with members/supporters.
➢ If a member has difficulty using the online ticketing system, then we request that the club assist them by possibly purchasing the ticket on their behalf
➢ Under 16s are free- unless venue capacity dictates otherwise. In this instance children’s concession tickets will be issued
Pat Hamill welcomed Paul Butler back to the Braid as the ex All Saints footballer returned to Irelands green countryside for a visit to family and friends.
Paul runs the Baileys Smokehouse in Blauvelt NY. A few months back he hosted the Shane Uí Neill’s panel and entourage who where on a two game trip to the Big Apple. Needless to say everyone appreciated the gesture from Paul, and left the USA with fond memories from the Smokehouse, and gained friends for life.
A few players and some committee members arrived at the Halfway House to welcome Paul home to the Glens for a few days. He was telling us of his days when he lined out for the All Saints Gaelic Team where he would have been a thorn in the side of many a defender when he would have scored many a point!!
We would like to wish Paul and his wife Cheryl a big Céad Mile Failte to Co. Antrim and wish them a safe journey back to the US on Thursday.
Brendan McTaggart reports from Pearse Park, Dunloy
A much improved second half performance was enough for Dunloy to get over the line on Tuesday evening as they saw off the challenge of Cushendall. The Cuchullains camogs knew coming into the game that if they avoided defeat, they would add the league title to the senior Feis they won last month and while the score line would suggest they won this one without any problems, the Ruairi’s came to Pearse Park looking to spoil the party. Dunloy powered through in the second half however producing 30 minutes of camogie where they showed how unrelenting they can be.
Nicole McAtamney top scored with 0-11 beside her name while the goals came from Cassie McArthur (two) and Eabha McAllister. Katie Molloy and Aine Magill were a constant threat while defensively, the home side really tightened up in the second half. Tenacious defending from Kathryn Boyle and Caoimhe Conlon in particular while the work rate of Caoimhe Molloy and Eimear Johnston in midfield shone throughout.
Cushendall were shorn of a few regulars but Eva McNeill was a shining light once again. She finished with 2-5 while substitute Kady McNeill caused the Dunloy defence plenty of problems. Defensively, they were overworked but the scoring power of Dunloy from all over the pitch was always going to be difficult to curtail.
The visitors to Pearse Park got off to the perfect start when Eva McNeill bagged her first of two goals inside the opening 20 seconds. Dunloy soon settled and with McAtamney accurate from placed ball, they kept the scoreboard ticking. The home side would score their first major in the 9th minute and while it was Eabha McAllister who applied the finish, it came through the work rate of Cassie McArthur. The sliotar spilled into McAllister’s path and she was in the right place at the right time.
Dunloy would run into a five point lead by the 20th minute before a brace of goals in as many minutes got Cushendall back into the game. The first came from Laura McMullan when her pointed effort dropped short, Dunloy ‘keeper Mary Martin misjudged the flight and the sliotar crossed the line.
Another long ball was to lead to the second Cushendall goal but it owed much to the persistence of Kady McNeill. The home side failed to deal with the danger and McNeill punished the error to put her side into a three point lead.
A brace of points from McAtamney followed before Cushendall’s fourth major came on the stroke of half time. Eva McNeill stood over a free over 50 yards from the Dunloy goal and the sliotar somehow managed to drop behind the Dunloy defence and into the net to leave Cushendall 4-6 to 1-11 ahead at the short whistle.
Having already scuppered a chance to take the league honours last week against Loughgiel, Dunloy were in danger of throwing away all the hard work throughout the league in the last two games at half time. But they produced a quite superb second half performance that was full of power, intensity, aggression and skill to leave Cushendall chasing shadows for much of the second half.
Their second goal came in the fourth minute of the second half. The Cushendall lead was reduced to three when Cassie McArthur found the back of the net. She capitalised on the loose sliotar after a strong run from Katie Molloy.
McArthur would double her goals tally in the 42nd minute with Dunloy leading by two points. Collecting a long ball, her movement left the Cushendall defence wrong footed and while the Ruairi’s ‘keeper Louise Mulholland came off her line, McArthur’s speed took her past her challenge as she finished into an empty net.
Points followed from Eabha McAllister and McAtamney before referee Owen Elliott awarded the home side a penalty for an infringement on McArthur. Nicole McAtamney stepped up to take the resulting penalty but her effort was well saved by Mulholland.
Chances for further goals came at either end in the time that remained, Eva McNeill bringing the best out of Mary Martin in the Dunloy goals while Aine Magill was denied by Mulholland.
The home side pushed on and added further scores with Katie Molloy (two) and Aine Magill finding their range to add gloss to the score line and ensure the Cuchullains would celebrate winning the league by the final whistle.
This evening, the emerging talent of Cushendall and Dunloy hurling will contest the Under 21 Championship Final. Both clubs have produced some fine young hurlers who have graced club, school and county teams during the past twelve months. This competition returns to Under 21, having been on a journey to first U20 and then U19 over the past few years. Last year, the U19 final was played on a crisp, sunny autumn day in Cushendun and delivered a fabulous hour of hurling for the large crowd in attendance. This evening’s affair promises to surpass that, and Ballycastle is certainly the place to be for all who appreciate the fine spectacle of hurling. Throw in is 7pm.
Moneyglass emerged victorious in this first round senior championship game having suffered defeat twice earlier in the league, and in the relegation play-off, against the same opposition. The decisive score of the game came from the penalty spot when Moneyglass midfielder Dermot McErlaine found the net despite a valiant effort from Glenravel keeper Shaun O’Boyle to keep it out. That was what effectively separated the teams at the end of a sometimes tempestuous affair where strong wind and rain made free flowing football impossible.
Callum Higgins put two good scores on the board for Glenravel in the opening five minutes but then with the wind on their backs Moneyglass started to dictate affairs with four consecutive points from Aidan McErlaine, Connor Boyd and two from Colum Duffin. Eoin Hynds and Callum Higgins levelled the game at 0-04 each before two well taken frees, one for each side took us to half time all square on 0-05 each.
The third quarter was a very cagey affair with Glenravel really struggling to take advantage of the strong wind. Teams exchanged points through Rian Lennon and Colum Duffin and then the penalty award with fifteen minutes remaining. McErlaine stroked it home to give the visitors the lead by three points – the largest margin that had separated the teams all game. Glenravel responded really well with three great points from distance to get within a single point of their opponents but Moneyglass made great use of possession in added time and put over two excellent points from Tyler Cassidy to run out deserving winners 1-09 to 0-09.
A great start for Moneyglass and with neighbours Portglenone to come in the next round they face the strongest team in the group, but a win would secure a place in the knock out stages. Con Magees on the other hand are now firmly on the back foot and with Ahoghill and Portglenone to come the Glenravel men face and uphill struggle to stay in the competition.
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