We caught up with the McDowell Cup final between the Royal School Armagh 2XI and Rainey Endowed 2XI at Stormont on Tuesday afternoon. As expected this was a close game between two talented teams who battled out a tight first quarter, though Rainey looked to have the early advantage in terms of territory and possession.

I caught up with the Ulster Hockey McDowell Cup quarter final match between Sullivan Upper and Royal School Armagh 2nd XI's at Sullivan on Thursday afternoon. In a lively encounter Sullivan looked to have the better of the first quarter with Lilly Menary to the fore in defence and attack. Lilly Menary had a strong game for Sullivan However Armagh were first to get on the score board, somewhat against the run of play, when Lily Chambers converted an excellent cross from Cadence Gillespie to give Armagh a 1 - 0 lead at half time.

On Tuesday afternoon Victoria College 2XI travelled to Lisburn to play Friends School 2XI in a McDowell Cup Quarter Final Tie.  Both sides created chances in the first quarter but neither side was able to put away any as the quarter ended 0-0. Erin McCourt celebrates the 1st of her brace of goals for Friends The second quarter was barely a minute old, when Erin McCourt found space in the circle to open the scoring for Friends.