SILVER HILL FARM DEVELOPMENT HURLING LEAGUE FINAL.
Carrickmacross HC 3-19, Craobh Rua Camlough HC (Armagh) 1-7.
A sharper, slicker Carrickmacross picked up the club’s 1st trophy at adult level in hurling in 8 years when they proved too strong and too adept for Armagh side Craobh Rua, Camlough, in the 2017 Silver Hill Farm sponsored development hurling league in Inniskeen on Thursday evening last. Carrickmacross dominated this game from start to finish, getting off to a flying start with 2 goals in the opening 4 minutes and by half-time they had opened a 13 points lead while restricting the Armagh men to a mere 3 points. This was a game that produced some fine passages of hurling, almost all by Carrickmacross as they moved the ball quickly from defence to attack and picked off some excellent scores with the striking of Jason O’Rourke a feature of the game although Oisin Wilcox, Luke McKenna Rowan McMahon and David Butler all rowed in with vital scores while at the back Jack Marron was outstanding at full-back. In the second-half Carrickmacross continued to dominate with Craobh Rua enjoying their best spell approaching the end of the 3rd quarter when Paul Cunningham plundered a goal but normal service was soon restored and Carrickmacross saw the game out as Shane McKenna came in to add his weight to their efforts with a late goal that left them comfortable winners by 18 points at the finish.
Teams and Scorers: Carrickmacross HC: Patrick Bermingham, Peter Clinton,Jack Marron, Jason Hughes, Oran Kiernan, Eamonn Collins 1-0, Stephen Corrigan, Jason O’Rourke 0-7 (4f), Nathan Farrell, Oisin Wilcox 0-3, Gareth Keenan 0-1, Luke McKenna 0-3, Rowan McMahon 0-3, David Butler 1-1. Gary Capaldi. Subs: Stephen Watters for S Corrigan, Ciaran Guinan 0-1 for G Capaldi, Shane McKenna 1-0 for E Collins, Brian McGee for P Clinton, Michael Quinn for O Kiernan.
Craobh Rua Camlough: Caolan Rowantree, Ronan Reavey, Aidan Nutley, Declan Harris, Paddy O’Connor, Jay O’Hare, Michael Doran, Dara McNulty, Stephen O’Keefe, Patrick Garvey, Joe O’Connor 0-2 (1f), Conor McKevitt 0-2 (1f), Conan Brannigan 0-1, Paul Cunningham 1-1, Michael Bradley 0-1. Subs: Cailam Craven for P O’Connor, Damien Britten for J O’Connor. Referee: Brendan McNally (Castleblayney HC).
By Majella Boyd Sat 3rd Jun
