Antrim SHC

Bathshack Antrim Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Cuchullain’s Dunloy 0-13 Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-21 THIS day was going to come sooner or later.

CUSHENDALL manager Brian Delargy is happy to be bringing a bit of a buzz to the north Antrim village thanks to Saturday’s Antrim Senior Hurling Championship victory over Ballycastle.

Bathshack Antrim Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Ruairi Og Cushendall v McQuillan's Ballycastle (Saturday, Loughgiel, 3.

Eoin McAlonan thumped over from deep to send Ballycastle into the semi-final of the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship with the last poc of the ball in a dramatic finish at Corrigan Park on Sunday

St John’s are under no illusions of the task they have ahead of them tomorrow when they travel to Dunloy to face Loughgiel (4.30pm) with the winner progressing to the final four of the Antrim SHC.

Loughgiel Shamrocks will be looking to build on their strong start to the Antrim Hurling Championship when they travel to Ballycastle on Sunday.

Antrim Senior Hurling Championship Group Two: Ruairi Og, Cushendall 2-20 McQuillan’s, Ballycastle 0-12 UNDER a splendid evening sun and the velvet green Lurig Mountain providing a spectacular backdrop to this opening championship clash, the players of Cushendall and Ballycastle paused for a minute’s silence to salute a Ruairi Og legend John McKillop, who passed away at the start of the week.

CUSHENDALL’S senior hurling manager Brian Delargy has paid his own personal tribute to the late John McKillop as they prepare for Saturday’s championship opener with Ballycastle after a “few tough days” in the parish.

PAUL ‘Shorty’ Shiels was in seventh heaven after pocketing yet another county championship winner’s medal on Sunday – but the Dunloy veteran revealed it was close to the wire whether he would play any meaningful games for the Cuchullain’s in 2022.

Bathshack Antrim Senior Hurling Championship final: Cuchullain’s Dunloy 1-20 Ruairi Og Cushendall 2-11 THROUGH the thick green haze of flares, the Dunloy players celebrated a magnificent four Antrim championships in-a-row at Corrigan Park yesterday afternoon, matching the feat of the Cuchullain’s of the early ‘Noughties’.