HEALY THE HAT-TRICK HERO FOR BALLYCLARE
Brian Healy bagged a hat-trick for Ballyclare Comrades as they inched past Ards 3-2 at Dixon Park.
Zach Barr had edged the visitors in front on 13 minutes but Healy levelled ten minutes after that with a back post tap in.
He then fired the Comrades into the lead just after the hour on the rebound after Michael Morgan’s initial effort had been saved.
Aidan Steele pulled Ards back into it midway through the second half but Healy struck the winner with six minutes to go after connecting with a Cillin Gilmour ball.
Ballyclare Comrades: Ritchie, McConville, Hassin, Gilmour, Roohi, Morgan, Quinn, Healy, McAleer, McGreevy, McMurtry subs Walker, Mervyn, McCune, Murphy, Gray, Leetch, Johnston
Ards: Matthews, Greer, Maxwell, McAvoy, E. Scannell, Cafolla, Barr, McCart, Steele, Hunter, Deane subs Gibbons, Ruddy, Simpson, C. Scannell, Newell, Carson, Tipton