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I think there is a certain amount of apathy towards North Antrim within certain South Antrim elements at county board level. South Antrim organises hurling and football compared to hurling only underage leagues, tournaments etc. organised by North Antrim. I think in the past the county board have attempted to clip the wings of the North Antrim Board. However North Antrim do run well organised underage blitzes, leagues and championships as well as organising the Feis weekend in conjunction with Feis na nGleann etc. a few of the Belfast clubs are now attempting to enter N.A for hurling purposes.

[Last Man, did St Enda's not have a 'falling out' with South Antrim which later resulted in them applying to join the South West Antrim board for underage football purposes followed by an application to join North Antrim a year or two later for hurling purposes?

Banagher beat Lynches with a last minute goal. Swatragh beat Lavey.

What's the story with McGhee now? Is he out of the country or is he playing any hurling at all? Great keeper and could still do a job for Dunloy.

Sean Paul McKillop another good man under a dropping ball as was Skinner McAlister from Cushendall. Jim Connolly, Gary O'Kane and Gazza were masters of the craft

Semi Finals fixed for 16th Sept. Final 30th Sept according to the county website.

One of those Ulster Council employees is managing a club team in Derry as far as I know.

Cheers Minder

Minder, where can you buy tickets on the day?

You get off at the Carrickdale and cross over the bridge into Jonesborough.

Theres a wee shop there on the right and you can pay the toll there in sterling

You can pay the M50 toll at the wee shop in Jonesborough.

Looking for the hurling pitch on the Brustin Braes ??

In parts of North Antrim 'hooking' is also known as 'cleeking' so its the same.

Milltown, that's what Dinny said when interviewed on South East Radio after the match. i was amazed at his defeatist attitude and then concluded it was no real surprise that Antrim were horsed out of it in the second half.

Dinny in the Irish News today stated again that he wouldnt be too sure if a season in Division 1 would have helped as they would have been outmuscled. I think he contradicts himself when he states, 'What you try to do is to get up to a good level of hurling and become competitive and hope it will come all right in the championship' If thats the attitude of management then why even bother

Chrissy O'Connell and Conor Carson were dropped after attending the concert at Slane and were told shortly before the start.

Think there was a bit of a heated argument in the changing room and thats why Antrim took the field a bit late.

Hawes at fault for the free which led to the 1st Wexford goal. He was blown up for overcarrying beyond the 21 with a couple of Wexford lads around him instead of kicking it away.

Antrim could not deal with the high ball in the 2nd half. Wexford midfielders and half backs caught at least a dozen dropping balls. Antrim's catching was poor enough yesterday. Wexford then began to move the ball around well, finding men in space who then had a simple enough task of putting the ball over the bar. The last 15 minutes resembled a glorified challenge match.

On South East Radio Colm Bonner attributed the Wexford performance to the experience gained playing Division 1 hurling. Dinny was asked the same question regarding a possible push for promotion and stated if Antrim were in Division 1 it would require several overnight stays as they would be playing southern teams and his young panel have wives and girlfriends etc.