Beaten finalists of the past two years, Simonstown Gaels, face a major uphill battle to reach the knock out stages of this year's championship after this reverse at the hands of Kilmainhamwood. Kilmainhamwood 2-8 Simonstown Gaels 1-9 It's backs against the wall time for the seniors in the championship after this defeat at the hands of Kilmainhamwood in Castletown on Sunday, July 24. The writing was on the wall at half-time when the two sides were level - 1-4 apiece - despite the team in sky blue having played with wind advantage. A wide tally of eight in the opening 30 minutes was to prove costly at the final whistle. This result now means that Colm O'Rourke's charges must win their three remaining games against St Patricks, Dunshaughlin and Skryne if they are to advance to the knock-out stages. Simonstown - R Kenny; S Leddy, H Traynor, E Donoghue; C Kenny, A Meade (0-1), N Kearney; S O'Neill (1-0), P Meade; S Kenny, E Kelly (0-2), C McNulty (0-1); W McCarthy (0-2), R Boyle (0-1), J Lunney (0-2). Subs - B Flood for Donoghue, S O'Rourke for McCarthy, C McGrath for McNulty. Match report courtesy of www.simonstowngfc.com Tweet

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