Robinstown advance in Kilmessan Shield

After the frost cleared on Sunday Robinstown and Kells Celtic played out an entertaining Kilmessan Shield tie which produced seven goals. Robinstown were the form team for 90 minutes and were worthy of a place in the next round. The host club hit the front when Ronan Cooke swept the ball into the box from a corner kick and Paul Bartley finished with some style. Alan Watters and Dean Brennan added further goals to put Robinstown 3-1 up at the break. After the resumption Bartley added to his tally before Lemore Nicholls tagged on a fifth. David Jennings, Paul Curtin and Alan Watters excelled for the winners. Robinstown - D Jennings; P Garry, M Keating, P Kavangh, J O"Reilly, P Curtin, R Cooke, P Bartley, D Brennan, A Watters, T Conaty. Subs - D Friel for O"Reilly. Knightsbrook 2 Boca Rovers 1 This Tully Bookmakers Challenge Cup first round game was a well-contested affair at the MDL on Sunday. Boca Rovers scored midway through the first half for an interval lead. However, Knightsbrook hit back when Anthony Craig crossed for Michael Tyndall to head home. Shortly before the end winger Cillian Ryan was fouled in the box and Craig swept home the spot-kick to secure the win. Excellent for the winners were Craig, James Curran, Alan Gilbane and Gavin O"Neill. Knightsbrook - E Goulding; D Blaney, A Gilbane, TJ Garry, T Dempsey, E Murray, J Curran, A Craig, C Ryan, A O"Brien, M Tyndal Dromin 2 Kells/Blackwater 3 Brian Hanlon scored twice as Kells / Blackwater edged out Dromin in this MDL Div 1 encounter on Sunday. Declan Smith also found the target for the visitors with a long range effort. Excellent for the winners were Barry Farrelly, Hanlon, Jake McManus and Seanie Mahon. Kells/Blackwater - A Comiskey; S Mahon, B Farrelly, E McNamara, C Tormay, W Russell, W Arkins, D Smith, J McManus, D Connolly, B Hanlon. Athboy Celtic 1 BMC Utd 2 BMC Utd secured all three MDL Div 2 points on offer on Sunday when they defeated Athboy Celtic with goals from Vic Muraz and Thomas O"Reilly. The visitors led 1-0 at the interval with the home side getting a late consolation. The winners had first-rate performances from Phil McGuinness, Joe Melia, O"Reilly and Peter Fox. BMC - W Reilly; E Smith, P McGuinness, D Smith, P Traynor, K O"Reilly, J Melia, C Mallon, T O"Reilly, P Fox, V Muraz, Subs -C Sweda for O"Reilly. Torro 4 Navan Town 1 Torro found their goal touch to defeat Navan Town in this Premier A Reserve clash on Saturday. The home side led 1-0 at the break before Navan Town equalised. From then on Torro took control and strikes from Tommy Hanley, Tom Fleming, Paul O"Reilly and Andrew Tolan sealed the win. Excellent for Torro were Tolan, Gavin Boyle and Niall McLoughlin. Torro - D Halloran; G Shankey, D O"Brien, P Lennon, K McKeever, G Boyle, T Hanlon, N McLoughlin, M Forry, A Tolan, T Fleming. Subs - P O"Reilly for Forry, A McQuillan for Fleming, C Cahill for Shankey. Kingscourt 0 Navan Cosmos 3 After leading 2-0 at the break with two goals from Thomas Adamcyzk, Navan Cosmos went on to claim victory in this Reserve Cup encounter on Saturday. Daryl Ratty added a third goal midway through the second-half after a neat one-two with Barry Newman to book a place in the next round. Sean McDonagh made some excellent saves with Newman, Jason McDonagh and Adamczyk others to impress. Navan Cosmos - S McDonagh; F Murray, M Darcy, O O"Toole, D Doonan, D Ratty. J McDonagh, B Newman, M Walsh, W Murtagh. T Adamcyk. Subs - A McCann for Murray. C Hogan for Murtagh, D Tully for O"Toole.