RUDDY AND DOUGAN ON TARGET FOR ARDS
Ards hit three early goals to sweep past HW Welders at the Blanchflower Stadium.
Michael Ruddy opened the scoring on six minutes with a back post header, with Callum Dougan doubling up from the spot five minutes after that.
And Dougan struck again with a smart finish into the bottom corner not long after that to complete the scoring.
HW Welders: Argyrides, Patterson, McCarthy, Owens, Kinner, Ferguson, Kee, Glover, Finnegan, Wilson, Parkhouse subs McLellan, O’Connor, McMurray, Devenney, Barr, McCoubrey, Mersin
Ards: Moore, Maxwell, Ruddy, E. Scannell, Dougan, Taggart, Gorman, Steele, C. Scannell, Hunter, Cafolla subs Greer, McAllister, Millar, McLaughlin