SUPERMAC CENTURY HELPS DONEMANA WIN SENIOR CUP

There are small margins between glory and failure and that was never more evident in the NW Senior Cup final last weekend.

Donemana captain Gary McClintock was dropped in the first over of the game while yet to score, and went on to make 112 in a Man-of-the-Match display, pipping team-mates Andy McBrine and Anuj Jotin to the individual accolade.

After a very even first day, Donemana switched gears and totally dominated Saturday’s play to win by 203 runs in front of a packed Beechgrove and the skipper was delighted as the Tyrone side lifted the trophy for a 24^th time.

“It’s certainly brilliant to have the trophy back at Donemana again and am sure the whole village feels the same,” said McClintock.

“I thought we were the better team over the two days with some brilliant performances from our players. Batting first and having runs on the board is hard to beat in a final so when we lost the toss, we certainly didn’t mind getting stuck in to bat first.

“We knew the first ten overs were going to be tricky so we tried to see off the new ball and then push on and with our batting line up that’s something we are very good at.

“We posted two good scores in our innings and we knew if we bowled well, we were in with a good shout.

“Scra (Andy McBrine) and Anuj Jotin were top class again with the ball and big Dave O’Sullivan bowled brilliantly as well at the end. I think we deserved to win and thankfully it’s only once a year as the head is still very sore after the celebrations!”

Donemana are back in Premiership action on Sunday when they play Bready at home. The game has been pushed back a day as The Holm is hosting the Intermediate Cup Final on Friday and Saturday between Donemana II’s and Fox Lodge II’s.