With their win over Castlederg on Saturday, Drumragh seniors reached the semi-final of the championship for the first time in 21 years
Drumragh………………..0-11
Castlederg………………..0-8
Drumragh seniors have reached the championship semi-final after a three-point win over Castlederg at Newtownstewart on Saturday.
It’s the first time since 1999 that Drumragh have made it to the last four of the competition.
Drumragh got off a good start and had established a 0-5 to 0-2 lead after twelve minutes. Shane Cleary opened the scoring and Drumragh followed that up with good points from play from Shane Devine, Eamonn McCann and Tommy Mullin. Tommy also converted a free in the early stages.
The scores dried up for a while for Drumragh and it took a late point from Eamonn McCann to give them a one-point lead at half-time.
Tommy Mullin celebrates a score against Castlederg
Castlederg were soon level with a free right at the start of the second half as Drumragh got off to a slow start to the second period.
Drumragh did eventually get a score in the second half through a free from Tommy Mullin and he soon added another placed ball. A great score from play from Cormac Norris gave Drumragh a bit of control.
Castlederg got it back to a one-point game but late scores from sub Malachy McManus and Martin Taggart sent Drumragh through to the semi-final against Drumquin.
Scorers: Tommy Mullin 0-4, Eamonn McCann 0-3, Shane Cleary 0-1, Shane Devine 0-1, Cormac Norris 0-1, Malachy McManus 0-1
Team: James Colgan, Eoin McGread, Eamonn Kerrigan, Micheal Mullin, Barry Fitzgerald,, Paddy Colgan, Lee Brown, Cormac Norris, Eamonn McCann, Gareth Haughey, Ronan Maguire, Eoin Montgomery, Tommy Mullin, Shane Devine, Shane Cleary
Subs: Benny Drumm, Malachy McManus, Martin Taggart, Mark Carroll
Shane Devine looks to make a pass against Castlederg
