Goals do the trick for Buncrana hurlers against Carndonagh
Buncrana scored four goals to help see off the challenge of Carndonagh on Friday night at Foden
Goals win matches as Buncrana showed against their neighbours Carndonagh in blustery conditions at Foden in the Donegal Hurling League.
Carndonagh 0-11 Buncrana 4-12
Dylan Duffy and Mairtin Óg Shiels netted in the first half with Oisin Grant and Tom Mitchell the goalscorers in the second half.
The winners had a whirlwind start and sprinted into a 1-5 to 0-0 lead with a big wind at their backs after just eight minutes.
Former county player Dylan Duffy goaled after four minutes and added three points.
Shiels and the impressive Grant hit some fine points as Carndonagh, for whom Cian Doherty had a fine game, struggled to stave off the onslaught.
Carn eventually got off the mark with a Cathal Doherty pointed free.
Ruairi Doherty Roe made it 1-6 to 0-1 before they struck for another goal in the 14th minute from Shiels to leave Buncrana with a healthy lead of 2-6 to 0-1.
Cian Doherty hit two points for Carn with Grant replying for Buncrana to leave them leading by 2-7 to a point at the break.
Carn mounted a a rally of sorts on the resumption and the points flowed from Cian Doherty after Paul Nelson added another point for Buncrana.
Carn hit five points without reply, four from Doherty and one from Danny Monagle which left the score at 2-8 to 0-8.
Buncrana struck for a goal from Grant and Carn hit back with another Doherty point to leave Buncrana leading by 3-9 to 0-10
Mitchell got the killer goal that sealed the deal for Buncrana and they cantered home.
Carndonagh scorers: Cian Doherty 0-8, 5f; Cathal Doherty 0-2,1f; Danny Monagle 0-1.
Buncrana scorers: Dylan Duffy 1-5, 3f; Oisin Grant 1-2; Mairtin Óg Shiels 1-1; Tom Mitchell 1-0; Darren Doherty Roe 0-2; Paul Nelson, Kevin Vaughan 0-1 each.