No B teams for St Brigids, Brownstown or Turin I noticed this year, that's a bit of a worry, I think they were always able to put out a second team of some sort through the years.

preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 746 - 16/09/2022 18:55:38    2440921

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1544 - 16/09/2022 21:54:39    2440926

Senior
Raharney by 3+

Senior B
Brownstown by 1 or 2
Bridgits to narrowly beat Plunketts

Intermediate
Ringtown and Raharney to both win by 7+

Hurlingmad12 (Westmeath) - Posts: 26 - 17/09/2022 09:45:16    2440937

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 575 - 17/09/2022 10:20:04    2440944

B teams for Brigids, Turin or Brownstown? They're doing well to field 20 players for one team. They're amalgamated at underage level for last few years, continuing to field one adult team over the next decade will constitute success for those clubs.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1796 - 17/09/2022 11:12:18    2440950

Castletown Geoghegan and Raharney to contest the minor hurling final after wins over Na Piarsaigh and Fr Daltons respectively.
Castletown going for 3 in a row.

Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 883 - 17/09/2022 13:36:05    2440959

preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 746 - 17/09/2022 21:02:17    2440989

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 575 - 18/09/2022 15:24:33    2441035

Plunketts defeated St Brigids on penalties in The Downs. Plunketts were the best team for most of the game but far too many wides. Had to come from 2 behind in the closing mins to force ET. Big sigh of relief for the town team, think they expected to be involved in the knockout stages, not fighting for survival. The Downs have some facilities out there.

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1148 - 18/09/2022 17:58:59    2441048

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1544 - 18/09/2022 18:24:07    2441053

Castletown were excellent, won by 7 points but could and should have won by more. Their young players Peter Clarke and David O'Reilly were superb.
Liam Varley, Niall O'Brien and Shane Clavin were also very good.
Aonghus Clarke was quiet by his standards but no doubt will be on form for final.
Raharney were very reliant on Killian Doyle whereas CTG proved they have a superior team, far more players on the scoreboard.

Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 883 - 18/09/2022 20:48:12    2441090

Also, Eoin Keyes proved to be a big loss for Raharney, he's improved a lot in the last year and would have been a help up front. Ciaran Doyle was decent but ultimately as I said in previous post the reliance of Killian Doyle particularly from Frees in this game proved costly to them.

Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 883 - 18/09/2022 21:02:48    2441094

Plucky Plunketts..Tight match but only for poor shooting would have won in normal time. Was that first penalty shootout in Westmeath championship…

Baldy1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 89 - 19/09/2022 07:32:19    2441112

Fair analysis there Dheen on yesterday's game. Surprised that Raharney didn't have more strength in depth off the bench considering recent underage successes and their second string in Intermediate final, Devin Hill looked very lively when introduced and Eoin Keyes was a big loss, he gives their attack a focal point. Castletown far superior and at full strength they were always going to be contenders, they could afford to leave Joe Clarke, David Maloney, Eoin Quinn and Brandon Carey on the line. Peter Clarke who scored 1-2 and man of the match David O' Reilly are excellent young additions to their squad and they have momentum as they face Clonkill. Lot of pressure on Buddah's men though, doubtful if any side has ever lost 4 consecutive senior finals, how they handle Niall Mitchell will be crucial, they got it badly wrong in group stages and Mitchell totally ran the game. Clonkill would love to win the championship by winning every game. Both sides have introduced quite a few young players this year with Clonkill using Josh Murtagh, Oisin Loughlin, Andrew Shaw, Matthew Glynn and Rian Holding while Castletown have Clarke, O' Reilly, Jack Gallagher and Morgan Gavigan. Promises to be a cracker.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1796 - 19/09/2022 10:03:52    2441137

Castletown even when going well yesterday trusted their bench and it worked well, Raharney surely should have tried to make a few more changes earlier aswell. Castletown won yesterday without o Brien and Clarke up to their usual standards which is a good thing for them. Raharney missed a ball winner in the full forward line due to Keyes injury and Castletown won the battle around the middle especially when O Reilly moved out the field. Final should be a cracker.

Was surprised the relegation match went to penalties, surely as it's the last game of the season a rematch would have been better? Cruel way to go down but seems Plunketts deserved it going by the comments.

Intermediate final should be good aswell with Raharney pushing to leave the year with some silverware and Ringtown trying to finally get over the line .

Gaawestmeath (Westmeath) - Posts: 79 - 19/09/2022 10:45:38    2441150

Agree that being relegated on penalties seems harsh but championship finals could be decided on penalties too although after a replay.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1796 - 19/09/2022 11:18:46    2441157

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 575 - 21/09/2022 20:19:22    2441477

good performance by ctg last sunday. seem to have a strong squad there. niall o brien had a great game. young o reilly had a serious second half and when he fills out he will take some stopping. peter clarke took goal very well and is very dangerous inside if left there.. gussi clarke very quiet missed alot too. varley and lynch cleaned up plenty of ball. ctg might be slight fav in final. ctg will surely have more fire.

kilshamrocks (Westmeath) - Posts: 78 - 22/09/2022 12:05:45    2441537

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1544 - 24/09/2022 15:52:58    2441717

Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 883 - 24/09/2022 16:36:59    2441724