There will be a new winner of the Armagh Senior Championship this season as Cullyhanna and Madden chase the ultimate prize. Those two teams had incredible semi-final success last weekend to reach the final.
Cullyhanna were the highest scoring team from the four that competed over the weekend. They beat Crossmaglen 1-21 to 0-23 and the Rangers were the second highest scores as Madden defeated Clann Eireann 0-14 to 0-11.
Aidan Nugent top scored for the St Patrick’s club with an impressive personal haul of 0-13. Oisin O’Neill and Cian McConville also posted eye-catching tallies with 0-9 and 0-8 respectively while Conor Grimley nailed 0-7.
Nugent is at the top of the Senior Championship hot shots list with just one game to go. He has claimed the number one position for the last three weekends and sits with a grand total of 3-42 to his name.
All three of his majors game in the group stages. He hit the net against Mullaghbawn and hammered home another two versus Pearse Og. In the last two games alone, Cullyhanna’s two knockout games, Nugent has posted 0-20.
Conor Turbitt’s campaign came to a close on Friday evening and he finishing the championship with 2-35. He is currently second in the leaderboard, but could be replaced after the county final.
Conor Grimley is the man hot on his tail and he is the third highest scorer in the championship with 0-35. He top scored last weekend for Madden with 0-7 as they edged out Clann Eireann.
Cian McConville leaps to fourth position after an impressive display last weekend where he nailed 0-8. That brings his overall tally for the competition to 2-24, his goals coming against Granemore and St Peter’s in the group stages.
Kevin Robinson remains in the hot shots list as he posted 1-22 for Maghery throughout the duration of their participation. Rian O’Neill is just below him and the 2024 All-Star chalked up 0-24.
Fergal Boylan hit 1-20 for league champions Killeavy in their run to the last eight of the competition. Joe Sheridan is the second highest scorer for Madden and he has rattled off 2-16 so far.