St Brigid's Cloughmills (Antrim) 1-16,
Castleblayney 2-10.

Castleblaney foray into the Ulster club intermediate hurling championship came to a disappointing end as the Antrim intermediate champion St. Brigids, Cloughmills, proved that little bit too adept in most positions but the Monaghan champions to their credit made a real battle of it in Casement Park on Sunday afternoon last. Castleblayney made a number of changes from the team that defeated Inniskeen in the Monaghan senior final with Eoin Leonard, Jim McHugh, Declan Crowe and Brian Flanagan starting in defence and Gerry Brady and Tony Forde starting in their attack. Despite that though they were chasing the game from the early stages as the home side made a blistering start and the cushion they created in those early stages was enough to keep a spirited Castleblayney challenge at bay in what was a lively contest all through.

Teams and Scorers: St. Brigid's Cloughmills: Aaron McNeill, Martin Dobbin, Darren Morrison, Stephen Martin, Daniel McLaughlin, Aaron Smiley, Ruairi Laverty, James Doherty (0-1), Michael Morrison, Michael Devlin (0-4, 2 frees, 1 sideline), Leon Connolly, Christopher McKiernan, Stephen Smith (0-7), Conor Laverty, Liam Kearns (1-4, 1-2 frees). Subs: Brendan Martin for D McLaughlin, Colm McLaughlin for C McKiernan.
Castleblayney: Ronan McAteer, Eoin Leonard, Paul Murphy, Brian Flanagan, Declan Crowe, Peter Treanor, Jim McHugh, Jimmy Lacey (0-1), Gary Boyd, Hugh Byrne (1-2, all frees), Brian McGuigan, Fergal Rafter (0-5, 3 frees, 1'65), Tony Forde, Barry Reilly (1-0), Gerry Brady (0-2). Subs: Stephen Forde for T Forde, Nathan Adair for G Brady.
Referee: James Clarke (Cavan). Tweet

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