Danske Bank Nannery Cup final
Cross & Passion, Ballycastle 5-4 Gaelcholáiste Dhoire 1-7
A player-of-the-match performance from Dunloy’s Páidí O’Kane saw Cross & Passion collect a rare football title in Swatragh yesterday afternoonwrites Séamas McAleenan.
Ballycastle’s first three scores were goals, the first coming from O’Kane’s Dunloy team-mate Rónán Elliott after four minutes.
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That was quickly followed by a strike from Damian Laverty and then O’Kane’s goal to leave CPC ahead by 3-0 to three points from MJ Mac Oscair for Gaelcholáiste at the midway point of the half.
Another goal and a point from O’Kane, along with a point from Tom Richmond, left Gaelcholáiste a mountain to climb for the second half with a deficit of 4-2 to 0-4.
The Derry school reduced the gap to three points by the 40th minute with a goal from Harry Ó Cearnaigh and points from Mac Oscair and Brógan Ó Dughail-Ó Cinnéide.
However, Rónán Elliott’s goal in the 44th minute put Ballycastle back in control of the tie and they saw the game out.
Cross & Passion P O’Kane 2-2; R Elliott 2-0; D Laverty 1-0; T Richmond 0-2
Gaelcholáiste MJ Mac Oscair 0-6; H Ó Cearnaigh 1-0; B Ó Dughail-Ó Cinnéide 0-1
