Late Conway goal saves Trim Celtic

Trim Celtic collected a point from their Meath & District Premier League visit to Ardee where a goal from each team in injury-time provided an exciting finish. Paul Gilsenan gave Trim Celtic an interval lead which made amends for Paul Campbell"s penalty miss. The hosts came out stronger in the second-half and forced an equaliser before the Ardee "keeper made a fine double save from Campbell and Paddy Peppard. The home side took the lead, but Trim got back on terms through David Conway. Best for Trim Celtic were Aaron Newman and Gilsenan. Trim Celtic - P Conway; C Rispin, M Gilsenan, C Halton, D Conway, A Newman, P Campbell, M Corrigan, P Gilsenan, N Payne, R Campbell. Sub - P Peppard for Payne. n Duleek made up ground on the leaders with a 1-0 home win against bottom of the table, Navan Town, The all important goal coming at the midway through the first-half from Simon Neary. Monaghan side Glaslough Villa continued their climb away from the danger area with their seventh point from a possible nine when they shared a goal apiece with their Monaghan neighbours Carrick Rovers. PREMIER RESERVE Trim Celtic 6 Marsh Celtic 0 Goals from Gordon Flood (two), Mark Scanlon, Gavin Meehan, Paddy Peppard and Danny Quinn gave Trim celtic their first win in the Meath & District Premier Reserve League on Saturday. Best were Scanlon, Flood and Maudie Power, but overall this was an excellent team performance and much improved on the last few games. Trim Celtic - E Scanlon; S Jones, M Scanlon, R Fitzsimons, J Kelly, P Munnelly, G Meehan, D Quinn, G Flood, P Peppard, M Power. Subs - P Conway for Peppard, A Reilly for Flood, R O"Brien for Quinn. PREMIER A RESERVE Skryne / Tara 2 Newtown 2 Hosts Skryne / Tara surrendered a two-goal lead as they allowed Newtown snatch a late equaliser in their Premier A Reserve game on Saturday. James Hegarty"s free gave the hosts an interval lead and when he added a second with 15 minutes remaining the victory looked assured. However, Newtown battled bravely and denied Skryne / Tara full points. Skryne / Tara - P Faherty; S Hopkins, P O"Leary, A Gaynor, B Faherty, G Mulvaney, N Hamill, L Gilsenan, B Bazsinski, J Hegarty, T Farnan. PREMIER B RESERVE Navan Cosmos 4 Kells/Blackwater 1 Kells / Blackwater slumped to their first MDL Premier B Reserve defeat when they lost out to Navan Cosmos on Saturday. The Navan men played some enterprising football and were on the mark through Rastislav Jokel in each half, Barry Newman and Stewart Garry for a comprehensive victory. John D Smith"s goal left Kells / Blackwater still in contention when they trailed 1-2 at the break, but after the resumption Cosmos strolled to victory. Navan Cosmos - S McDonagh; W Smith, O O"Toole, D Doonan, F Murray, A Gommell, J Quinlan, D Ratty, B Newman, T Adamczyk, R Jokel. Subs - S Garry for Adamczyk, D Weldon for Ratty, P Biernat for Gommell Kells / Blackwater - P Henningan; D Dardis, S Murray, D Flood, J Quigley, L Quail, T Smith, J Rennicks, G Kerrigan, J D Smith, B Farrelly. Subs - D McGovern for Rennicks, J McManus for Dardis, A O"Rourke for J D Smith. Bohermeen 5 Longwood 1 Bernard Gargan (two), Michael Duke, Jason Rock and Keith Boland were all on target as Bohermeen crushed bottom of the table Longwood in their Premier B Reserve game on Saturday. Bohermeen - D Ball; W Gavin, K Boland, N Guinan, D Brady, M Duke, E Power, M Boyle, B Gargan, F Power, J Rock. Subs - JP Gavin For Duke, J Boylan for Rock, P Kellet for Power. PREMIER C RESERVE BMC 1 Black Bull 2 Youthful BMC put up a brave performance before losing out to table toppers Black Bull in Saturday"s MDL Premier C Reserve game that started an hour late and finished in pour rain and near darkness. The concession of two first-half goals left BMC with a mountain to climb and while Martin Souinski"s goal did give them hope their efforts fell short. BMC - P Fox; D Muldoon, C Fox, E Smith, P Monaghan, S Grall, J Melia, K Gaughran, A Skelly, M Souinski, A Conroy. Subs - B Smith for Conroy, J Higgins for Souinski, Donatus for Grall. Premier C Resrve Trim Celtic 3rds 1 Johnstown 2 Johnstown recovered from an early deficit to record an impressive Premier C Reserve victory over Kells Celtic on Saturday. Conor Maguire wiped out Kells" early goal and Mark Wolfe captured the points for Johnstown with a second-half penalty. Johnstown - A Doyle; J Conroy, D Reilly, D Gaughan, D Nixon, A Byrne, D Killion, A Owens, J Smith, M Wolfe, C Maguire. Subs - S Rennicks for Byrne, R Englishby for Wolfe.