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Replying To Claretandblue: "The winners of the amalgamated schools competition qualify for the first round of the Leinster Colleges A senior hurling championship where they could be drawn against the likes of St. Kieran's Kilkenny, Colaiste Eoin Dublin or Kilkenny CBS. That level of exposure would be great experience for young Westmeath hurlers. The final of the amalgamated competition is a home game versus Laois schools or Dublin South. There was a huge crowd in Clonkill last night, great set of new lights there, Cormac McKeogh was outstanding with Kian Loughlin also excellent from frees and in general play, Darragh Kenny was back after injury and scored the clinching goal, they're missing Conor Leech whose injured but their panel is strong. Mullingar CBS had 10-11 starters last night with Kilbeggan, Rochfortbridge, Marist and Finian's also represented." Thanks for the clarification Claret. Very little information available online regarding the competition. So this is the round robin stage by the sound of it. 35OLT (USA) - Posts: 99 - 17/11/2024 13:58:36 2579962 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "You called it, all teams in Leinster knockout are good. St Fechins from Louth bet Brownstown today in Leinster JHC." Absolutely remember Brownstown have 22 players so these guys with tiredness and injuries have had a long year.The underage scene is hugely encouraging.The people in clubs,schools and admin areall doig a great job.As i speak its half time in Cusack and Castletown are doing WH hurling proud. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1600 - 17/11/2024 14:23:35 2579966 Link
Believe CTG 2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 96 - 17/11/2024 14:49:42 2579970 Link
Replying To Dheen: "Without a doubt, the credit must go to these clubs and the people putting in the hard work. They are the ones supplying the talent and then their seems to be a good structure in place in Mullingar CBS in particular for them to continue to develop and improve." Well done Castletown. Fantastic result for Westmeath Hurling A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 242 - 17/11/2024 14:55:16 2579972 Link
What an amazing result for castletown and westmeath hurling...it is without a doubt the best result for a westmeath club in the club championship ever,it surpasses raharney beating coolderry in 2010...I couldn't believe what I was hearing on the radio, go forward now and try and win Leinster and put westmeath hurling firmly on the map.... congratulations and full support as always from me!!! preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 759 - 17/11/2024 14:57:45 2579973 Link
Absolutely super from Castletown Geoghegan. 11 points to spare over Thomastown. Huge win for Westmeath hurling, congratulations to all involved Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 949 - 17/11/2024 15:01:59 2579975 Link
What a second half performance from Castletown. Great day for Westmeath hurling. Well done to all involved. puglerdaly (Westmeath) - Posts: 129 - 17/11/2024 15:03:26 2579976 Link
Replying To puglerdaly: "What a second half performance from Castletown. Great day for Westmeath hurling. Well done to all involved." What a performance worth every one of the 11 points.O Brien,Clarke,Murphy,Aonghus and a Shane Clavin back to his very best all brilliant in a huge team display.Probably Kilcormac between them and a Leinster final.Important now to downplay this next weekend is what matters. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1600 - 17/11/2024 15:28:32 2579981 Link
Unreal result. They just seemed to take over after the red card and dominated till the final whistle. What odds were they ? BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1161 - 17/11/2024 15:57:02 2579988 Link
The greatest day in Castletown's history. Newcomers to Cusack Park would have assumed the team in black and amber were from Kilkenny, this wasn't just a win, it was a comprehensive one, Thomastown supporters and management were just waiting for the final whistle to put them out of their misery, every black and amber player played his part, Peter Clarke, Liam Varley. Aonghus, Niall and Johnny B were superb but this was a team effort. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1913 - 17/11/2024 16:54:02 2579996 Link
What a performance from Castletown today did themselves proud Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 171 - 17/11/2024 17:18:40 2580001 Link
Well done to my friends in Westmeath, great win today. Not a surprise to us in Carlow who know how good Westmeath hurling is. carlovia (None) - Posts: 1525 - 17/11/2024 17:41:43 2580005 Link
Replying To carlovia: "Well done to my friends in Westmeath, great win today. Not a surprise to us in Carlow who know how good Westmeath hurling is." Good to hear you again Carlovia.long term soldiers in the battle to rise up.A great day for Castletown and Westmeath. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1600 - 17/11/2024 17:52:57 2580008 Link
Replying To BigSur: "Unreal result. They just seemed to take over after the red card and dominated till the final whistle. What odds were they ?" 6-1 according to Buddah, Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1913 - 17/11/2024 17:57:53 2580009 Link
Barry Kelly's decision to postpone the 1st game is bearing fruit for Westmeath hurling now, I'm not convinced Castletown would have bet the Gaels in the muck, call me mr hindsight but I had a strong feeling after the county final that they would put it up to thomastown, but nobody could have anticipated a hammering. That's 2 outstanding performances in a row from Castletown in the Gaels and thomastown. A lot of posters here felt the county final display that the Gaels were poor instead of Castletown being awesome. This year they have brought a ferocious intensity to match the abundance of classy stick men westmeathgaa11 (Westmeath) - Posts: 293 - 17/11/2024 17:59:42 2580010 Link
Well done to CTG hopefully they will use that belief to beat KK next up. They definitely have the players to do it! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13846 - 17/11/2024 18:34:27 2580018 Link
Stood next to a Kilkenny man who marvelled at Castletown's classy hurling. Comprehensive winners with Peter Murphy, Johnny Bermingham, Jack Murphy etc brilliant in defence. Up front Niall O'Brien, David O'Reilly, Liam Varley, Peter Clarke and Aonghus Clarke showed their class and Thomastown were no match. They need to bring themselves back down to earth quickly as Jobber said and focus on next weekend in Mullingar and one win away from a Leinster final in Croke Park. I'm sure Seoirse Bulfin was impressed with what he saw from Castletown in the county final and today as well. Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 949 - 17/11/2024 18:42:05 2580021 Link
Replying To jobber: "Good to hear you again Carlovia.long term soldiers in the battle to rise up.A great day for Castletown and Westmeath." Good to hear from you jobber. Great result. All you lads needed was a Carlow half back to get the standards up. I hear he's hurling well. carlovia (None) - Posts: 1525 - 17/11/2024 18:42:09 2580022 Link
Well done Castletown-Geoghegan - great boost for Westmeath hurling. midlands (Westmeath) - Posts: 583 - 17/11/2024 18:52:45 2580025 Link
Replying To Redzer99: "When's the last time a Westmeath side won in Leinster senior club?" Today!!! Great win for Ctg congrats to all involved DanGer966 (Westmeath) - Posts: 28 - 17/11/2024 19:05:27 2580026 Link