Ballyraine seal a treble with victory over Bonagee in John Gorey Curran Cup final
The game played at the newly re-opened Leckview Park was played before a sizable crowd, who were treated to half a dozen goals, with Kyle Martin landing a hat-trick, while Iarlaith Duffy, Shay Maloney and Ben Coyle were also on targe
Ballyraine Youths completed a historic treble when they captured the John Gorey Curran Cup after an emphatic 6-0 victory against neighbours Bonagee United.
Enda Nicholls and Kyle Maloney’s team completed a memorable season with the Gorey Curran Cup added to the Donegal Youth League Title and The Letterkenny Northwest Cup won earlier in the season.
The game played at the newly re-opened Leckview Park was played before a sizable crowd, who were treated to half a dozen goals, with Kyle Martin landing a hat-trick, while Iarlaith Duffy, Shay Maloney and Ben Coyle were also on target.
In a game in which Ballyraine dominated from start to finish, they opened the scoring in the 15th minute when a well-worked short corner resulted in Duffy knocking a ball down at the back post for Martin to tap home.
Ballyraine continued to dominate possession and could have added to their tally on several occasions. The second duly arrived on 30 minutes when another corner from the left was met at the back post by Duffy's finish, which made for a 2-0 half-time lead.
Whatever hope Bonagee had of getting back into the final diminished in the first minute of the second half when Ballyraine won a penalty after a tangle in the box. Up stepped Martin to send goalkeeper Crampsie the wrong way and make it 3-0.
That goal seemed to kill the game as a contest and Ballyraine started to knock the ball around now with confidence. They added a fourth shortly after when Maloney finished after a flowing move down the left channel saw Martin square for him to tap home. Martin added another assist to his performance when he broke clear down the right to cross for Coyle, who tapped home, on 60 minutes.
The scoring finished when Martin capped off a brilliant performance to complete his hat-trick when Maloney cut back for him to fire home.