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Antrim deny brave Derry

A goal with the last puck of the game by corner forward, Karl Stewart, gave Antrim a flattering victory over Derry at Casement…

Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00

A goal with the last puck of the game by corner forward, Karl Stewart, gave Antrim a flattering victory over Derry at Casement Park, Belfast yesterday.

Paul Hearty put Derry three points ahead inside the opening three minutes. Antrim drew level midway through the half with three points from Stewart frees before Derry regained the lead through Dominic Magill's point. Antrim finished the half with five points to lead by 0-8 to 0-5. Within four minutes of the restart, Derry regained the lead with a Jim Kelly goal. Antrim responded with a Sean McFadden goal, followed by points from Sean Delargy, Kevin McGourty and Delargy again to lead by 1-11 to 1-5 with five minutes remaining. Derry fought back with three points by Paul Hearty and one by substitute Rory Convery before Stewart struck.

Antrim: G Magee; B Herron, C O'Grady, T McMullan; E Toner, J Campbell, G Cunningham; C Kelly, C Hunter; S Delargy (0-3), K McGourty (0-2), B Quinn; S McFadden (1- 1), L Watson (0-1), K Stewart (1-4). Subs: S Hall for Hunter, D Quinn for B Quinn.

Derry: J McGeehan; S Kelly, P Sweeney, T Carmichael; D Magill (0-1), C Brunton, C McKenna; A McCloskey, P Doherty (0-1); E Cushnahan, P Hearty (0-5), B McGuigan; P [ RO] Farren (0-1), D McMullan, J Kelly (1-0). Subs: R Convery (0-1) for McGuigan, C McKeever for Doherty, H P Kelly for J Kelly.

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Referee: G Devlin (Armagh)

Weekend ResultsMunster SHC Final - Cork 0-23, Tipperary 3-12. Ulster SFC Semi-final replay - Derry 1-17, Antrim 2-5. Leinster SFC Semi-final - Dublin 1-14, Westmeath 0-11. Connacht SFC Semi-final - Leitrim 1-13, Roscommon 3-6. Munster MHC Final - Cork 2-19, Limerick 1-10. Leinster MFC Semi-final - Dublin 2-14, Meath 0-10. Connacht MFC - Roscommon 1-11, Leitrim 0-12. Ulster MHC Final - Antrim 2-11, Derry 1-9.

Played Saturday

Leinster IHC Semi-finals - Kilkenny 0-18, Offaly 3-9; Wexford 2-18, Dublin 0-7.

All-Ireland JHC - Sligo 2-10, Leitrim 1-5.

Women's Football Championships

Leinster Senior - Dublin 3-8, Meath 1-14; Louth 2-19, Longford 1-15; Wexford 3-9, Westmeath 1-8.

Leinster Junior - Meath 4-7, Dublin 0-7; Carlow 6-28, Westmeath 0-0.

Munster Junior - Waterford 5-11, Clare 1-6; Kerry 4-7, Cork 2-11.