Kildalkey 3-17 Trim 1-7

Kildalkey came to Trim on Sunday morning as reigning Division 2 HL champions but had a new look team for this first round game against the hosts. Both teams fielded a number of last years minor hurlers but it was Kildalkey that hit the ground running and led by 2-12 to 0-2 at the break.

Podger Geoghegan and Arron Traynor got the goals as the visitors dominated proceedings Trim fared out better in the second half and both teams tagging on another 1-5 but the blues won out on a 3-17 to 1-7 score line.

Arron Traynor hitting 1-4 and Mattie Cully with 0-7 (4f) were the top scorers for the village as they collected the 2 points on offer to get them up and running. Colm Barry’s penalty save was a highlight of the game as he dived to his left to deflect the danger.

Kildalkey team and scorers: 1 C Barry, 2 C McGourty, 3 T Bird, 4 C McNally, 5 B Birmingham, 6 D Ryan, 7 E Dunne, 8 M Cully (0-7)(4f), 9 J Cully, 10 K Lynch (0-1), 11 J Kavanagh (0-1), 12 C Barnwell (0-2), 13 E Monaghan, 14 A Traynor (1-4), 15 P Geoghegan (1-0)

Subs: S Murray (0-1) for J Kavanagh, B Rickard (1-1) for K Lynch, E Geoghegan for E Dunne, A Potterton for C Barnwell, A O'Brien for E Monaghan, C Lyons for C McNally 

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