Lisnagarvey Hockey Club was the venue, on Wednesday evening for the Tier B Superleague Final between Regent House and Royal School Dungannon. A large school age crowd of very noisy supporters surrounded the pitch to enjoy the game. I can still hear the drum.

Both teams showed initial nerves but it was Armagh, who were first to settle, stringing passes around and moving the Portadown defence out of position.

A rasping strike from Annie Cunningham opened the scoring for Armagh on 8 minutes. Further pressure yielded a 2nd Annie Cunningham goal after 14 minutes. Armagh led 2-0 at the end of the 1st quarter.

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