Castletown 0-17 St.Ultans 1-11

Castletown preserved their Intermediate status in Carlanstown with three points to spare over St Ultans.

St Ultans started much faster and raced into a five point lead with five minutes on the clock. Then Castletown found their feet and scored six points in a row Kevin Ross with three, and one each from Declan Cribbin, Tommy Smith and Mark Kelly to go one ahead. St Ultans then scored two to go back in the lead only for Kevin Ross to hit a free to level again on 30 minutes but the eventual losers had the last word of the first half a point from play in the second minute of added time.The half time score was Castletown 0-07 St.Ultans 0-08.

Castletown scored first in the second period only for St Ultans to score one for themselves to lead by one again. Castletown then took the game by the scruff of the neck and scored three points in a row from the 36th to the 39th minute to put a little daylight between the teams. Both teams then swapped two points a piece to leave the eventual winners still two clear with a quarter of the game remaining. Castletown scored two more points to go four points up but there was a little twist to come with one minute of normal time remaining a high ball into the Castletown goal area ended up in the net to leave things a bit nervous for the men in Green and Gold still one point up. But two points in the three minutes of Referee Colm Mc Manus's injury time gave Castletown a three points victory. 

Castletowns second half scorers were Darren Finney with three, halftime substitute James Finnerty and Mark Kelly with two each and one point each for Kevin Ross, Tommy Smith and Wayne Donegan. This is where Castletowns adult season ends but this result keeps them in the second tier of the Meath championship for 2019.

Castletown: Johnny Ginnitty, Gerry Farrelly, Robbie Hoey, Stephen Duffy, Shane Hoey, Killian Markey, Evan Hoey, Declan Cribbin (0-1), Damien Ginnitty, Wayne Donegan (0-1), Kevin Ross (0-5), Darren Finney (0-3), Mark Kelly (0-3), Barry Smith, Tommy Smith (0-2).

Subs: James Finnerty for S.Duffy (Halftime), Jamie Mc Mahon for T.Smith (47 minutes), Francis Hoey for D.Cribbin (52 minutes)

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