Monday 9 December 2013  Loughgiel give punters fright of their
lives  Ulster Senior Club Hurling Final  Road to victory:
Loughgiel's Eddie McCloskey celebrates scoring  Loughgiel 3-14
Slaughtneil 1-15: It was almost the most seismic of shocks.
Loughgiel, the unbackable favourites to win a fourth Ulster
title in a row at 1/50 with the bookies, did achieve it but only
after they had to claw their way back from eight behind against
a Slaughtneil side that surprised few with their hunger but many
with the quality of their hurling.  The Derry champions, aided
by a massive breeze in Celtic Park, raced into a 1-6 to 0-1 lead
in the first quarter.  Led by the sublime performance of Gerald
Bradley at midfield, Slaughtneil hit early scores from Gareth
O'Kane (twice) and Chrissy McKagiue.  The brilliant start was
copper-fastened when centre-back Cormac McKenna came up the
field and blasted a bullet into the roof of the net from a
21-metre free.  And they kept coming in waves, roared on by
their stunned support, as Brad