Late Curran goal secures the points for Kells

After a scoreless first-half Kells Celtic snatched their second MDL Div 2 win of the season with a narrow victory over St Laurence"s Gate. With only a minute remaining Seanie Curran popped up to score the winner and he was well assisted by Kevin Jordan, Mark Butler, Matthew Balfe and Seamie Deignan. Kells Celtic - K Jordan; J Gavin, L Gavin, S Deignan, M Balfe, M Butler, R McManus, C McManus, P Carry, S Curran, S McGeough. Subs - B Tormay for R McManus, P Tormay for J Gavin, P Smith for Carry. DIV 4 Bia Celtic 1 Castle Villa 1 Martin Carolan"s second-half goal ensured Castle Villa didn"t slump to a shock MDL Div 4 defeat away to Bia Celtic on Sunday. The hosts led at the break, but with Patrick Kear and Ciaran McGinley in fine form Castle Villa were always in contention and got what the point they deserved. Castle Villa - D Murtagh, D Atkins, F Byrne, A Brogan, B O"Rourke, C Rooney, C McGinley, S Carolan, P Kear, B Carolan, M Carolan. Subs - N Smith for Rooney, P Sheridan for M Carolan, Carolan for B Carolan. nDrogheda side Boyne Athletic got off the mark in fine style with a resounding 7-1 home win at their adopted base in Albion Rovers while Donore Rovers eventually overcame all their difficulties in securing the use of their pitch in the village, and the first home match resulted in a 3-1 win against top of the table Moneymore. DIV 1 Torro Utd 3 Termonfeckin 3 Torro trailed for most of this Meath & District League Div 1 encounter against Termonfeckin at Kilberry on Sunday, but then hit front only to fall into arrears again. The Louth men were ahead inside four minutes, but a two-goal Shane Tolan blitz midway through the seocnd-half had the Torro supporters cheering. Termonfeckin emulated Tolan"s feat and it was left to young Andrew Tolan to earn a point for the home side with a sensational late strike. Torro Utd - S Gilsenan; D Timmons, C Doggett, G McKeever, K Farrell, J Tolan, S Tolan, S Carroll, A Englishby, C Gilsenan, D McKeever. Subs - P Farrelly for Englishby, A Tolan for D McKeever. Kells/Blackwater 0 Navan Cosmos 1 Struggling Kells / Blackwater went close to causing a shock against high-flying Navan Cosmos, but they couldn"t recover from the concession a 33rd minute Laurence Ivers goal. Brian Hanlon and Wayne Russell were denied second-half equalisers by fine goalkeeping and Steve McManus and Declan Smith also went close to levelling, but Cosmos held on. Kells / Blackwater - W Arkins; J Quigley, M Newman, C Tormay, D Smith, W Russell, S McManus, S Bennett, B Hanlon, B Connolly, S Mahon. Subs - D Butler for Quigley, D McGovern for Connolly. Navan Cosmos - D Coogan; D McGovern, M Nichols, B Reilly, D Lambe, J Martin, S Conaty, K Walsh, I Reilly, L Ivers, S Ivers. Subs - K Ivers for Martin, M McAndrew for S Ivers Longwood 2 OMP 0 Longwood"s good start to life in Div 1 continued with victory over OMP on Sunday. The winners welcomed David Flynn back from injury and he made an instant impact by getting on the scoresheet. OMP have struggled this term and Flynn"s early goal left them adrift at the break. After the resumption Ian Keenan converted a penalty after he was fouled to seal the impressive win. Longwood - A Holton; W Leonard, G Heneghan, B Reilly, M Ennis, C Greene, M Burke, M Weir, R Maguire, D Flynn, I Keenan. Subs - C Harte for Ennis, D Donegan for Flynn. Cavan Town 0 Kentstown Rovers 2 Kentstown returned to winning ways with a comfortable MDL Div 1 victory over hosts Cavan Town on Sunday. After a scoreless first-half the youthful Meath side did take the lead on the hour mark when Rob Darby scored. Derek Bowens added a second 10 minutes later and the issue was beyond doubt. Kentstown - E O"Connell; M Clarke, S Doyle, S Gargan, N Darby, J Macken, A Lynch, S Murphy, P Dunne, Derek Bowens, R Darby. Subs - G Toal for N Darby, S Lynch for Murphy, David Bowens for R Darby.