Ratoath romp to easy win over Syddan
Ratoath....8-14
Syddan...0-7
Just when Syddan thought their A FL Div 1 nightmare was over a revamped and shortened version of the league saw them retain their top flight status and they were easy fodder for SFC champions Ratoath as the long awaited return to action ended on Friday evening.
Syddan were short a number of key players and that didn't help their cause but they went down with barely a whimper to the fully focussed hosts who went on a goal rampage.
Ratoath had this one sewn up and were out of sight before the end of the first water break when leading 2-7 to 0-0 after 15 minutes.
Syddan had no answer to the speed and precision of the home side who had four points on the board before Conor Rooney struck for their opening goal after seven minutes.
Daithi McGowan, Connell Ahearne and Cian Rogers added further points and the Ratoath attack was rampant at that stage despite Eamonn and Joey Wallace being notable absentees.
Rooney pounced for a second goal on the quarter hour mark and Daithi McGowan added another point before Cormac Rowe opened the Syddan account on 18 minutes.
Rowe and his brother Daire added further scores for Syddan before half-time but at the break Ratoath were ahead 3-10 to 0-3, with their third goal a simple slap in from Bryan McMahon.
Daire Rowe had the opening score of the second-half from a free but it got even worse for Syddan after that and sub Padraic Byrne and Connell added further goals in the space of 60 seconds.
By the end of the third quarter it was 6-12 to 0-5, Daire Rowe being on target with the Syddan point. Cormac Rowe took his tally of points to four for Syddan before the finish, but most of the action was at the other end of the pitch as Ratoath piled on the scores.
Ryan Summersby denied Ahearne with a goal line block on 53 minutes but Ahearne made amends shortly after with his second goal. McMahon completed the rout as he took his tally to 2-4 with the eighth goal just before the end.
Ratoath - Shane Duffy; Sean Brazil, Conor McGill, Luke Newe; Jack Gillespie, Gavin McGowan, Ciaran O Fearaigh; Ben McGowan, Darragh Kelly; Daithi McGowan (0-4), Cian Rogers (1-2), Conor Rooney (2-1); Connell Ahearne (2-3), Bryan McMahon (2-4), Jack Flynn. Subs - Brian Daly, Padraic Byrne (1-0), Tom Fadden, Andrew Gerrard.
Syddan - Ciaran Farrelly; Stuart Fedigan, Ryan Summersby, Mark Fedigan; Graham Garland, Andrew Garland, Michael Fedigan; Sean Clare, Ronan Mooney; Padraic Dillon, Cormac Rowe (0-4) , Paddy Farrelly; Ben Blakemore, Cathal Dardis, Daire Rowe (0-3). Subs - Kevin Garland for Dardis, Cathal Duff for Mark Fedigan, Jodi Donoghue for Blakemore, Cormac Rafferty for G Garland.
Referee - David Coldrick (Blackhall Gaels).
DIV 1
Moynalvey....4-10
Seneschalstown...0-12
Two goals from Shane Lenehan and one each for Cillian O'Sullivan and Cathal McCabe ensured Moynalvey got their A FL Div 1 Group B campaign off to a very impressive start with a comfortable win over hosts Seneschalstown.
Moynalvey - R Ryan; W Mahady, R Lawless, C McCabe (1-1); D Brennan, P Harnan, C Harnan (0-1); D Smith, A Murphy; D Donoghue, M O’Sullivan (0-4), S Lenehan (2-0); C O’Sullivan (1-3), J Weldon, J Kelly (0-1). Subs - D Reilly, S Donoghue, S Duggan, C Shirren, P Kelly, S Deering.
Dunshaughlin1-9
Navan O'Mahonys........0-9
It was third time lucky for Luke Mitchell as his late goal gave Dunshaughlin a narrow A FL Div 1 Group C victory over Navan O'Mahonys. Mitchell was denied early on when Mark Brennan saved his penalty and the Meath goalkeeper produced another stunning stop to deny Mitchell a second time. However despite leading by 0-6 to 0-4 at the break O'Mahonys were pegged back with Micthell eventually getting the goal to seal the win.
Dunshaughlin - A McDermott; O Foley, N Murphy, S Gaughan; E Casserley, S Gallogly, D Fildes; J Crimmins, M Costello; T Ó Dúshláine, M Moyles, N Byrne; C Gallogly, L Mitchell, C King. Subs - N Byrne, H Dunne, D Dunne, W Goodwin.
Wolfe Tones....2-13
Skryne....2-11
Youthful Skryne battled well, but found the going too tough against Wolfe Tones in this A FL Div 1 Group d encounter. Thomas Reilly's goal gave Wolfe Tones a 1-6 to 0-6 interval lead and immediately after the restart Cian Ward bagged a second goal to put the Tones in the driving seat. Niall Finnerty pulled a goal back for Skryne and with 19 minutes remaining Finnerty converted a penalty after he had been fouled to set up a tense finish. However Wolfe Tones dominated the closing stages hitting five successive points to seal the win.
Skryne - I Gillett; N Lenehan, C Lenehan, E Greene; R Clarke, A Moore, J Hegarty; M Doherty, T Carpenter; S Smyth, H Rooney (0-2), P Carpenter (0-4); P Finnerty (0-1), M Battersby (0-2), N Finnerty (2-2). Subs - R McCabe, N Burke, A Tuite.
DIV 2
Walterstown....0-16
Dunderry......1-11
Walterstown recovered from a mid-match slump which saw them concede 1-8 without reply to score a narrow A FL Div 2 Group C victory over Dunderry. Walterstown started impressively and raced into a 0-7 to 0-0 lead with Ruairi O'Dowd and Brian O'Connell in fine form. Dunderry settled and hit 1-8 with Conor Daly grabbing the goal to edge his side into a 1-8 to 0-7 interval lead. Walterstown regrouped for the second-half to claim the spoils.
Walterstown - J Davis; C Freeman, C Hennelly, A McLoughlin; C McGrane (0-1), A Wall, M McCormack (0-1); Barry O’Connell (0-2), C O’Sullivan; R Cunningham (0-1), D Donnellan (0-1), M Foy; P Donnellan (0-3), R O’Dowd (0-3), Brian O’Connell (0-4). Subs - A Treanor, S O’Keeffe, S McGinley, C Reilly, J Coogan.
Dunderry - S Brennan; S Carty, E Dempsey, S Traynor; J Leavy, M Callaghan, D Curran; C Farrell (0-2), D Kelly (0-1); C Leavy, A Coogan (0-1), M Kane; C Daly (1-3), L Marytn (0-1), C Brady (0-1). Subs - D Jennings, S Coogan (0-2), N O’Leary.
Carnaross.......3-10
St Patrick's......2-13
St Patrick's struck a late point from a difficult angle to secure a share of the A FL Div 2 Group B spoils from their clash with Carnaross. Goals from Frank O'Reilly, after a fortunate bounce, and Darragh O'Reilly ensured Carnaross were level at the break, 2-4 to 1-7, and after the resumption Paddy McDermott bagged a third goal to put the north Meath men in the driving seat. However St Patrick's stayed in touch and secured the deserved draw.
Carnaross - C Kenny; I Donoghue, T Plunkett, J Roche; P Carpenter, C O’Reilly, S Reynolds; L Gillic (0-1), C McGlynn (0-1); N McDonnell, F O’Reilly (1-5), D Fox; D O’Reilly (1-1), P McDermott (1-1), P Fleming. Subs - D McGee for Fox, L Day for Kenny, S O’Reilly (0-1) for D O’Reilly, C Yore for McGlynn, O Farrelly for Reynolds.
Trim.........2-16
Ballinlough.....1-6
Trim's blistering start yielded a goal from Aaron Lynch and boosted them to a 1-8 to 0-0 advantage after 20 minutes as they coasted to an A FL Div 2 Group C victory over Ballinlough. The winners had their advantage cut to five soon after the resumption with Mark McCullen grabbing a goal. However Trim settled again with Lynch bagging a second goal.
Trim - B O'Callaghan; B Holden, B Bolger, G Dwane; D Lynch, C Downes, K Nally; R Bourke, C Quigley (0-1); I Birmingham (0-1), A Douglas (0-3), M Molloy (0-3); C Joyce (0-2), A Lynch (2-5), E O’Connor. Subs - B Dowling (0-1), P Munnelly, S Fitzgerald, D Finnerty, M Cole.
Ballinlough - D Muldoon; B Smyth, P Muldoon, R Farrell; C Fleming, J Baugh, H Briody; T McCullen (0-1), S Geraghty (0-2); M McCullen (1-0), Jonnie Reilly (0-1), H Ryan (0-2); Junior Reilly, P Byrne, F Gibney. Subs - L Maguire for P Muldoon, M Farrell for Briody, J Casserly for M McCullen, N McDonnell for Junior Reilly.
Curraha.....0-14
Castletown.....0-11
Curraha withstood a late rally from Castletown to claim the A FL Div 2 Group A points. The winners led by 0-9 to 0-6 at the break, but Kevin Ross cut the deficit with a point after the resumption. However Castletown failed to score again until the 55th minute as Curraha, with James McEntee scoring four point after coming on, coasting to victory.
Curraha - L Hogan; O Fay, M Jackson, M Webb; N Shortall, N Murphy (0-1), A Moriarty; B Joyce, D Toner (0-1); P O'Hanrahan (0-2), J O'Connor (0-4), S Hogan; S Keogh, D Coyle, D Moriarty (0-2). Subs - J McEntee (0-4) for Webb, A Battersby for D Coyle, N McLarnon for Joyce, G Coyle for Keogh.
Castletown - J Ginnitty; N Smyth, E Hoey, E Reid; K Price (0-2), G Farrelly, K Markey; S Hoey, D Cribbin (0-1); W Bellew, K Ross (0-5), J McMahon; T Smith (0-1), F Hoey (0-2), R Monaghan. Subs - P Bellew for Markey, M Kelly for Smith.
DIV 3
St Michael's....3-14
Dunboyne.....2-15
St Michael's recovered from a 1-4 to 1-9 interval deficit to claim a narrow A FL Div 3 Group A victory over Dunboyne. Ray Reilly scored the hosts first goal, but it was substitute Paddy Tobin's two goal salvo after the resumpton that proved decisive.
St Michael's - S McCormack; C Drew, M Stafford, B Reilly; M Halpin, R Lynch, S Briody; C Sheridan, P Clarke; R Reilly (1-1), S McDonnell, D Lynch (0-1); J Farrelly, O Meehan (0-6), C Lynch (0-6). Subs - P Tobin (2-0) for Farrelly, B Gaffney for Sheridan, C O'Reilly for Gaffney, K Cassidy for D Lynch.
Moynalty.....0-22
St Ultan's.....0-10
Seven different players shared the 22 points with Paul Lynch top scoring with seven as Moynalty romped to an impressive A FL Div 3 Group B victory over St Ultan's. The winners led by 0-14 to 0-3 at the break.
Moynalty - J Lynch; G Lynch, C Reilly (0-1), L Brogan; C Kearney, J Cassidy (0-3), J Gilsenan; A Nevin, C Brogan; O Sheridan (0-3), J Brogan (0-2), R Lynch; B McCormack (0-5), M Cahill (0-1), P Lynch (0-7). Subs - C Lynch for McCormack, M McKenna for L Brogan, R Owens for Cahill, E Allen for Nevin.
DIV 4
Kilbride .....................................0-17
Seneschalstown......................1-8
Kilbride showed a clean pair of heels in the second-half of this A FL Div 4 group A clash with Seneschalstown to get off to a winning start. Ryan O'Dowd's goal gave Seneschalstown an early lead, but it was Kilbride who led 0-7 to 1-3 at the break and they outscored Seneschalstown by 0-10 to 0-5 after the resumption.
Seneschalstown - D Gordon; K Casey, R O'Connor, J Ryan; M Fox, N McCabe, S Carey (0-1); R Ruddy (0-2), R O’Dowd (1-1); B Lynch, R Wogan (0-3), W Finnegan; S Dalton, J Meade, J Conlon. Sub - S Mulvany (0-1) for Lynch, C Cowley for Ryan, P Tierney for McCabe, C Gormley for O'Connor.
Clann na nGael.............................3-14
Ratoath.........................................1-4
It was all too easy for JFC champions Clann na nGael as they crushed Ratoath's second team in A FL Div 4 Group B. Philly Garry, Paul Tuite and Tomas Doyle grabbed the second-half goals for the winners.
Clann na nGael - E Griffin; R Tuite, J Doherty, C Kelly; C Fenton, J Farrell, M Ó Cobhthaigh; D Griffin (0-1), C Swaine (0-1); E Conneely, P Garry (1-1), E O Donnchadha (0-3); P Tuite (1-0), D Swaine (0-6), D O Donnchadha (0-1). Subs - T Hanley for Conneely, K Swain for R Tuite, T Doyle (1-0) for P Tuite, M Smith (0-1) for Garry, S Black for D O Donnchadha.
DIV 5
Navan O'Mahonys.......2-12
Drumconrath............2-9
Despite an impressive return of 1-4 from Sean McMahon and a fine goal from Shaun Murray Drumconrath were beaten by Navan O'Mahonys in A FL Div 5 Group B.
Drumconrath - E Muldoon; P Tighe, D Lafferty; P Dunne; J McMahon, S Crosby (0-2), C Dunne; S McMahon (1-4), J Myles; R McEnaggart, C Tighe, S Murray (1-1); P Farrelly (0-1), D Dunne, C Meegan. Subs - J O'Neill for P Tighe, C Dunne for Meegan, D Byrne (0-1) for Farrelly.