Torro Utd drop two valuable points

Promotion-chasing Torro dropped two points on Sunday when they could only manage a draw away to mid-table Newtown in the Meath & District League Div 1. First-half strikes from Aaron Englishby and Shane Tolan secured a 2-1 interval advantage, but Newtown fought back and went 3-2 in front early in the second-half before Keith Farrell saved Torro"s blushes to leave the sides tied at three goals each. Torro Utd - S Gilsenan; D McKeever, S Carroll, K Farrell, S Glynn, S Tolan, M McKeever, A Tolan, C Gilsenan, A Englishby, P Farrelly. Subs - T Hanlon for Gilsenan, P O"Reilly for Englishby, T Fleming for Farrell. Longwood 3 Kells/Blackwater 3 Kells / Blackwater put in a superb performance on Sunday when they held high-flying hosts Longwood in a six-goal thriller. The Kells / Blackwater lads can count themselves unlucky not to have secured all three points when they led by 3-1 with 10 minutes remaining. Longwood"s early lead was cancelled out by Brian Connolly, leaving the sides level at half-time. It was Connolly again who put the visitors in front early in the second-half and another goal from Brian Hanlon looked to have guaranteed full points. However, Longwood battled back valiantly and managed to salvage a draw with two late strikes. Best for Kells / Blackwater were Brian Connolly, Barry Smith, Darren Tormay and Declan Smith. Kells / Blackwater - A Comiskey; D Tormey, E McNamara, C Tormey, B Farrelly, B Smith, W Russell, D Smith, D Connolly, B, Connolly, B, Hanlon. DIVISION 2 Parkvilla 1 Skryne/Tara 6 Skryne / Tara maintained their six-point lead at the top of MDL Div 2 when they impressively defeated Parkvilla on Friday night. Allan Carty opened the scoring from the spot for the winners and after Parkvilla grabbed an equaliser, Jamie Jordan added another to leave Skryne / Tara 2-1 up at the break. Tara upped their performance in the second-half. Jordan completed his hat-trick before a second from Carty and another from Nicky Hamill rounded off the scoring. Jamie Jordan, Carty, Ian Davis and Robbie Thorpe were superb for Skyrne/Tara. Skryne/Tara - B Faherty, Johnny Jordan, D Russell, K McManus, I Dowd, M Jordan, D Carty, R Thorpe, Jamie Jordan, A Carty, J Hegarty. Subs - I Davis for Hegarty for I Davis, N Hamill for Carty, D Rogan for McManus. Marsh Celtic 1 BMC Utd 3 Visitors BMC Utd gained revenge for the previous weekend when they defeated Marsh Celtic in the MDL Div 2 on Sunday. The Drogheda side had beaten BMC in Crossakiel seven days earlier, but it was Ollie Melia"s side who were superior throughout this time. It proved to be a dream start for the winners when they went 3-0 ahead in the opening half hour. Joe Melia, Colm Mallon and Jimmy McQuaid grabbed the goals. BMC held this advantage for most of the remainder before Marsh converted a late penalty. Gary Gilsenan, Padraig Cunningham, Phil McGuinness and Thomas Reilly stood out in a fine team display from BMC. BMC - W Reilly; G Gilsenan, P Cunningham, P McGuinness, T Reilly, Cian Mallon, J Melia, J McQuaid, K Higgins, Colm Mallon, P Fox. Subs - K Coleman for Higgins, E Smith for Cian Mallon. DIVISION 4 Knightsbrook 5 Boca Rovers 0 Knightsbrook remain joint top of Div 4 after they defeated Boca Rovers at the MDL on Friday night. The winners led 2-0 at the break through Craig O"Hanlon and an own goal. A second own goal further helped Knightsbrook"s cause after the break before further goals from Michael Tyndall and Anthony Craig rounded off the scoring. James Curran, Alan Gilbane and Cillian Ryan were excellent for the winners. Knightsbrook - E Goulding; T Dempsey, D Blaney, A Gilbane, G O"Neill, C Ryan, A Craig, J Curran, C O"Hanlon, E Murray, M Tyndall Subs - A O"Brien for Murray, S. Hannan for Curran, S. Murphy for Goulding. Boyne Athletic 2 Castle Villa 1 Castle Villa came away empty-handed from their trip to Boyne Athletic on Sunday. The north Meath side remain in mid-table after this result. Their goal was scored by John McGearty and they were best served by Alan Brogan, Ciaran McGinley and Niall Smith. Castle Villa - D Fitzgerald; C Rooney, F Byrne, A Brogan, D Arkins, J Fitzgerald, S Carolan, C McGinley, P Kear, J McGearty, T Thompson. Subs - N Smith for Thompson, B O"Rourke for Kear, C Rooney for Carolan.