County champions Ratoath came to Kildalkey on Saturday evening for this Division 1HL round 3 fixture but it was the hosts who emerged with the win and the 2 points.

After a disappointing display on Tuesday night in the Brendan Davis final v Kilyon the men in blue got back to winning ways and put in a much improved performance on Saturday and claimed the 2 points on offer although Ratoath were short a number of first team players and will be a different proposition come championship time.

Kildalkey held the upper hand from the start and 3 goals from the Fitzgeralds 2 from Conor and 1 from Evan pushed them into a 3-8 to 0-8 halftime With Further points from Matthew Cully (4 frees ) Paddy Coneely Evan Fitzgerald and young Edward Dunne they continued on the front foot and see out the game by 3-21 to Ratoaths 2-15 

Kildalkey team and scorers: C Smith, D Conneely, B Kelly, B McKeon, M Healy, G Kelly, P Barnwell, P Potterton (0-1), J Kavanagh (0-2), P Conneely(0-6), L Rickard(0-1), E Fitzgerald (1-5), C Fitzgerald (2-0), N McNally, M Cully (0-4)

Subs: C Colhoun for G Kelly, K Lynch for N McNally, E Dunne (0-2) for M Healy, C McGourty for J Kavanagh, P Fagan for P Potterton 

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