Naomh Nua (The Eire Og, St.Agnes’s, St.Teresa’s Combination) were no match for St. Johns Minor Hurlers on Tuesday evening in the 1st round of the Minor Hurling Championship. A solid workman like performance from the Minor hurlers with good performances from John Meade, Dermot Hartigan, Adrian Oliver, Simon McCrory and corner forwards Barry McFall and the on song Conor McStein.

St. John's Minor hurlers

St. Johns now meet the winners of Cushendall and Loughgiel on Friday 27/08/2004 and will no doubt find things a bit tighter.

St.Johns: 1.Liam Boyle, 2.Kevin McGuinness 3.John Meade, 4.Noel Rooney 5.Dermot Hartigan 6.Liam Knocker © , 7 Gerard McCann 8.Colm McFall 9.Simon McCrory, 10.Fionntain McKillop 11.Tony Fearon 12.Jimmy Peoples 13.Barry McFall 14.Adrian Oliver 15.Conor McStein

Substitutes Used: 16.Peter McGarrity for Liam Knocker 42 mins. 17.Eoghan Caldwell for Simon McCrory 45 mins. 18. Brian Holmes for Colm McFall 45 mins. 19.Marty Elliott for Gerard McCann 50 mins.

Substitutes Not Used: 20. Aodhan Mulholland.

St. Johns Scorers : Barry McFall 2:05, Conor McStein 1:06, Adrian Oliver 0:04, Simon McCrory 0:03, Colm McFall 0:03(1f), Jimmy Peoples 0:03, Tony Fearon 0:02, Eoghan Caldwell 0:02.