Good display as Duleek maintain title challenge

Duleek made the short trip to Slane on Sunday and came away with full points after an impressive Meath & District Premier League victory in a seven-goal thriller. Colin Woods netted a brace in the first-half and Paddy Coates also scored as the winners established a 3-1 interval advantage. Slane narrowed the deficit early in the second-half, but two late strikes from Derek Cummins secured the win for Duleek who remain third in the table. Duleek - D Andrews; P Dowd, S Neery, C Dowd, T Andrews, N Burke, R Carr, C Woods, S Corcoran, D Cummins, P Coates. Subs - J Murray for Andrews, J Guilfoyle for Cummins, C Brodigan for Burke. Trim Town 0 Parkvilla 4 Parkvilla turned on the style in the MDL Div 2 on Sunday as they recorded a comfortable win over Trim Town. The winners led 2-0 at the break after strikes from Jamie Blake and Rory Devlin and two second-half penalties were converted by John Power to round off the scoring. Parkvilla - J Gavin; C O"Callaghan, D Dunne, J Power, D Jennings, P Connors, S Slevin, R Devlin, G Brady, J Blake, J Power. Subs - C Kennedy for Connors, S Wallace for Brady and C Collins for Power. KILMESSAN SHIELD OMP 6 Boca Rovers 0 OMP advanced in the Kilmessan Shield when they easily overcame Boca Rovers at Blackcastle on Sunday. Mickey Brennan and Shane Reilly each grabbed two goals and Madiline Ionell and Andrew Carney were also on the scoresheet for the winners who led 2-0 at the interval. OMP - K Brady; D McElroy, S Reilly, R Clarke, G McDonagh, R Brady, A Carney, S Burke, D Murray, M Ionell, M Brennan. Subs - S Gilshan for Brennan, K Brady for McDonagh, Torro Utd 2 Johnstown 3 Torro lost out to a lower division team on Sunday when Johnstown advanced to the next round. Torro took the lead early with a Shane Tolan goal, but Johnstown battled back to parity and prevailed in extra-time. Torro - S Gilsenan; D McKeever, A McDonagh, D McKeever, K Farrell, S Tolan, P Lennon, G McKeever, A Englishby, C Gilsenan, M McKeever. Subs- K McKeever for D McKeever, T Fleming for McDonagh RESERVE CUP Navan Cosmos 4 Trim Celtic 3 After extra-time Trim Celtic surrendered a 3-0 lead and bowed out of the MDL Reserve Cup after a seven-goal thriller at the MDL grounds on Saturday. Danny Quinn"s strike had the Trim men ahead at half time and when Dominic Martin and Matt Scanlon added more goals after the break, Trim seemed to be cruising. However, Cosmos fought back to force extra-time and managed to grab a winner during that extra period. Trim Celtic - D Griffin; A Geraghty, J Kelly, R Fitzsimons, A Reilly, P Conway, M Power, D Martin, P Munnelly, D Quinn, P Peppard. Subs - M Scanlon for Conway, R Boyle for Munnelly, R O"Brien for Peppard. RESERVE LEAGUE Albion Rovers 2 Torro Utd 2 Torro travelled to Albion on Saturday and managed to escape with a Premier A Reserve League point. Andrew Tolan and Tom McBride scored the goals while others to impress included Gavin Shankey,Tommy Hanlon and Derek McKeever. Torro - G Reilly; G Shankey, B Farrelly, D McKeever, K McKeever, R Timmons, A Tolan, T Fleming, T Hanlon, T McBride, D O"Brien. Bohermeen 1 OMP 5 OMP moved up the Premier B Reserve table with a good win over Bohermeen at the MDL on Saturday. Steffan Gilshan (two), Darren Murray, Keith Brady and Graham Hill were on target for the winners who led 3-1 at half-time. OMP - K Brady; P Hannigan, M Larkin, K Brady, K Crosse, D Murray, G Hill, P Markey, A O"Hare, B Reilly, S Gilshan. Subs - A Carney for Markey J McHugh for Reilly. Trim Celtic 3rds 5 Athboy 4 Trim Celtic came out on the right side of a nine-goal thriller in the Premier C Reserve at Tully Park on Saturday. The home side led 3-1 at the break thanks to goals from Thomas Noone, Diarmuid Higgins and a Jamie Lee penalty. Further strikes after the break from Adam Whelan and a second from Noone ensured that Trim held on for victory. Trim Celtic - M Lydon; N Kennedy, P Scanlon, J Lee, K Patterson, M Reilly, A Whelan, C Quinn, T Noone, D Higgins, E McGrenra. Subs - J Shaw for McGrenra, M Whelan for Scanlon.