Walterstown 1-15  Castletown 1-07 

Castletown travelled to Walterstown on Sat evening for this 8th Round A League Match. With 2 wins so far Walterstown were badly in need of another win.

Playing with the wind the home side started brightly scored the first 5 points thanks to 2 from Ruairi O Dowd and 3 from Brian O Connell. Castletown then got off the mark and were only a point behind after 15 minutes. Walterstown's defended well and only allowed Castletown 1 more point before half time. Meanwhile Alban Crosbie and Mark McCormack gained control for the Blacks at mid-field. Up front Walterstown's forwards continued to pile on the pressure with further scores from Brian O Connell and Ruairi O Dowd while Alban Crosbie, Robbie McDonnell (2) and Cathal McGuinness also contributed points. When Gerry McGivney blew for half time the score read 0-12 to 1-2.

In the second half though now playing into a strong wind Walterstown scored the first 2 points and from this point Castletown's chances of a comeback looked doubtful.  They did score the next 4 points to narrow the gap but then after 20 minutes Robbie McDonnell found Brian O Connell unmarked in front of goal, who duly netted. McDonnell pointed again and Walterstown ran comfortable winners on a score line of 1-15 to 1-7

Walterstown: John Davis, Conor McGuinness, Conor Cullen, Colm Reilly, Cathal McGuiness (0-1), Davy Reynolds, Peter Reynolds, Mark McCormack (0-1), Alban Crosbie (0-1), Rúairí O Dowd (0-3), Mick Clarke, John Geoghegan, Robbie MC Donnell (0-4), Brian O Connell  (1-4, 1F), Cormac Madden(0-1) Sub: Aron McLoughlin for Cormac Madden

Castletown Report

Walterstown 1-15  Castletown 1-07 

Castletown travelled to Walterstown on Saturday evening on the back of 2 draws in back fixtures but were dealt an eight point defeat at the hands of the home side.

Walterstown had the advantage of a strong wind blowing towards the road goals in the opening half and were four points up before Declan Cribbin opened Castletowns account with a point from play on ten minutes. Walterstown scored the next point but a goal from Darren Finney on 17 minutes cut their lead to one point but this was as good as it got for Castletown as Walterstown put five points in a row on the board before Darren Finney took his second score of the half a point from a free. The home side then scored four in a row from play to lead at halftime by seven points 0-12 to 1-2.

Walterstown started the second half with two points before Castletown scored four points in a row one each for Declan Cribbin, Darren Finney (a free), Tommy Smith and Mark Kelly to close the deficit . But a Walterstown goal on 49 minutes just put the game out of Castletowns reach with there final point coming from Darren Finney on 51 minutes. The last score of the game was a point for Walterstown to leave the final score 1-15 to 1-7.

Castletown: Johnny Ginnitty, Noel Smyth, Gerry Farrelly, Evan Hoey, Jamie Mc Mahon, Stephen Duffy, Paul Cribbin, Shane Hoey, Damien Ginnitty, Darren Finney (1-03), Declan Cribbin (0-02), Wayne Donegan, Kevin Ross, Francis Hoey, Mark Kelly (0-01).

Subs: Tommy Smith for Jamie Mc Mahon (29 minutes), Robbie Hoey for Wayne Donegan (40 minutes), Barry Smith for Declan Cribbin (57 minutes), Ciaran Weldon for Damien Ginnitty (60 minutes) and Jason Ross for Mark Kelly (60 minutes). 

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