Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final 2011Antrim vs Armagh
Antrim will play Armagh in the 2011 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship Final on Sunday July 3rd at 3:30pm in Casement Park.
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Team news
Dinny Cahill has made a total of 11 changes to the side that that beat Carlow in their last outing with Chris McGuinness, Kieran McGourty, Simon McCrory and Eddie McCloskey the only players to retain their places.
Antrim feature a new half-back line of Kevin McKeague, Matthew Donnelly and Ciaran Herron as well as a new full-forward line with Paddy Doherty, Colm McFall and Karl McKeegan all coming in. James McCouaig and Barry McFall have been introduced at full-back and midfield respectively.
GAA Hurling :: Hurling is a game similar to hockey, in that it is played with a small ball and a curved wooden stick. It is Europe's oldest field game. When the Celts came to Ireland as the last ice age was receding, they brought with them a unique culture, their own language, music, script and unique pastimes. One of these pastimes was a game now called hurling. It features in Irish folklore to illustrate the deeds of heroic mystical figures and it is chronicled as a distinct Irish pastime for at least 2,000 years.
The stick, or "hurley" (called camán in Irish) is curved outwards at the end, to provide the striking surface. The ball or "sliothar" is similar in size to a hockey ball but has raised
ridges.
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