East Cavan Gaels fell short in their bid to become the first Cavan team to land an Ulster hurling title.
Derry’s St Colm's Ballinascreen scored a big 1-25 to 3-9 victory in the Ulster junior hurling final. A game Ballinascreen controlled throughout.
Ballinascreen led 1-11 to six points at half-time. The East Cavan scores coming from Liam O’Brien, Nicholas Kenny 0-3 and Canice Maher.
Jack McGuinness and two Liam O’Brien points (1 free) registered points in the first 12 minutes of the second-half. However, the game was over as a contest as Ballinascreen led 1-20 to nine points.
Rory Farrell fired in a goal seven minutes from time. Nicholas Kenny made it a 12 point game with another goal four minutes from time.
Killian O’Donnoghue found Gaels third goal two minutes from time but the gap was too much as Ballinascreen won out 1-24 to 3-9.
