Kevin's hat-trickeases Glenarm to sweet victory

Shane O`Neills 4-18

Eire Og 2-11

AFTER eight minutes of the match between Glenarm and Carrickmore at Feystown the scores were level at four points each, but a goal by Kevin Cottrell saw the home side stamp their authority.

Glenarm continued to peg on further points, but two goals for Eire og brought them to within a point.

With five minutes of the half remaining, a Barry Hamill goal and five more points opened up an eight-point half-time lead. 2-14 to 2-06.

Two early second-half goals for Kevin Cottrell gave the tall full forward his hat-trick and the Glenarm men forged ahead to beat a very gutsy and spirited Carrickmore team.

Glenarm - Michael Abram, Barry McMullan, Conor McNeill, Bernard Campbell, Paul Abram, Blain McDermott, Sean Moran, Brendan McDermott, Paudraig McDermott, Ciaran Campbell, Darren Hamill, Johnny O`Boyle, Barry Hamill, Kevin Cottrell, Niall Hamill, Gerard Johnston, Liam Mulvenna, Ryan Daly, Damian Campbell, Chris Magill, Ciaran McCormick, Anthony O`Neill, John McGloughlin, Ciaran Matthews, Mark McNeill.

Scorers - Kevin Cottrell 3-1, Barry Hamill 1-0, Darren Hamill 0-8, Brendan McDermott 0-4, Ciaran Campbell 0-3, Niall Hamill 0-1, Paudraig McDermott 0-1.

A curtain raiser to the senior game was the North Antrim Feile match, which also resulted in victory for the home team (Glenarm 6-4, St. Brendan’s 0-5).