Knightsbrook looking good
Knightsbrook maintained their Meath & District League Div 4 title challenge with a convincing victory over Boyne Athletic at the MDL on Sunday. The visitors took a surprise early lead, but Knightsbrook soon recovered and goals from TJ Garry and Darren Blaney had them 2-1 ahead at the break. Michael Tyndall and Eddie Murray added goals in the second-half to secure the points for Knightsbrook. Knightsbrook - E Goulding; T Dempsey, D Blaney, TJ Garry, D Gibney, C Ryan, A Craig, J Curran, C O"Hanlon, E Murray, M Tyndall Subs - G O"Neill for Dempsey, D Buckley for Gibney, A O"Brien for Ryan. Parkvilla 2 Athboy Celtic 3 Parkvilla rallied twice, but couldn"t manage a third time as they lost to Athboy Celtic in the Meath & District League Div 2 on Sunday. John Power scored the first equaliser to leave the sides level at half-time. Power then added a second equaliser but Parkvilla couldn"t hold on and Athboy netted a late winner. Parkvilla - J Gavin; C O"Callaghan, D Dunne, D Jennings, C Collins, P Connors, S Slevin, G Brady, J Power, J Blake, J Power, Subs - S Wallace for Power, C Kennedy for O"Callaghan. Kells/Blackwater 1 Trim Celtic 3rds 0 Kells / Blackwater qualified for the second round of the Reilly Cup when they defeated Trim Celtic 3rds on Saturday. The sides were scoreless at the interval, but Liam Quail managed to break the deadlock near the end. Kells Blackwater - P Reilly; J Quigley, S Murray, L Quail, M Coleman, T Smith, J McManus, N Kelly, J Rennicks, A Browne, A O"Rourke. Subs - J Tiernan for Kelly, JD Smith for Browne, D O"Sullivan for McManus. Trim Celtic - B O"Callaghan; N Kennedy, P Scanlon, J Lee, K Patterson, A Whelan, M Reilly, C Quinn, D Higgins, T Noone, S Moriarty. Subs - J Costello for Noone, M Whelan for Scanlon. OMP Utd 0 Chord Celtic 0 OMP 4-3 pens OMP and Chord went all the way to penalties in the O"Neill Shield at Blackcastle on Saturday before the home side prevailed. OMP - K Brady; P Hannigan, S Reilly, M Larkin, S Gerahty, D Murray, J Rodgers, G Hill, A O"Hare, A Carney, K Crosse. Subs - B Reilly for Hill, K Brady for O"Hare. Ardee Celtic 3 Torro Utd 1 Torro Utd exited the Reserve Cup when they were defeated by hosts Ardee on Saturday. Kevin McKeever gave them the lead in the first-half, but Ardee were level before the break and moved up a gear after the resumption. Torro Utd - G Reilly; G Shankey, B Farrelly, D McKeever, K McKeever, G Boyle, A McDonagh, T Fleming, T Hanlon, A Tolan, D O"Brien. Subs - C Leonard for K McKeever, T McBride for Hanlon, M Forry for O"Brien. Trim Celtic 1 Duleek 3 The concession of two late goals cost Trim Celtic"s the points aginst Duleek in the Premier Reserve on Saturday. Gavin Meehan had the hosts level before half-time, but they couldn"t hold out and Duleek took all three points. Trim Celtic - E Scanlon; A Geraghty, J Kelly, R Fitzsimons, A Reilly, P Munnelly, G Meehan, D Martin, D Quinn, P Peppard, M Scanlon. Subs - M Scanlon for Munnelly, R Boyle for Geraghty. Robinstown 4 Skryne/Tara 3 A last gasp strike from David Gilkeson secured full points for hosts Robinstown in a seven-goal thriller against Skryne / Tara on Saturday. The visitors had led 1-0 at the break but goals from Daniel Corrigan (two), Joseph Farrell and that late Gilkeson strike gave Robinstown victory. Robinstown - C Farrell; D Sheehy, Andy Clarke, B Farrell, D Sheridan, S Markey, A Boland, G Farrell, Adrian Clarke, D Gilkeson, J Farrell. Subs - D.Corrigan for Adrian Clarke, A Kennedy for Boland. Navan Town 2 Bellurgan 1 Hosts Navan Town recorded a great win over Premier A Reserve pace-setters Bellurgan on Saturday. Goals from Shane Smith and Sean Coyle guaranteed full points for Navan Town. Navan Town - T Donoghue; S Mitchell, P Stanley, L McEvoy, B O"Reilly, M Bates, S Casey, Simon Smith, Shane Smith, C Smyth, S Coyle. Sub - K Crowley for Bates. Navan Cosmos 1 Kentstown Rovers 1 Kentstown travelled to Premier B Reserve leaders Navan Cosmos on Saturday and came away with a creditable point. Muredach McAndrew for Cosmos and David Bowens traded goals. Kentstown Rovers - A Ruskeas; D Murphy, P Dunne, J Matthews, D Weldon, D Kelly, C Dempsey, P McDonnell, D Bowens, K Lawlor, Enitas. Sub - Marius for Lawlor. Longwood 7 Electo Celtic 3 Longwood had hat-tricks from Enda Dixon and Anthony Healy as they easily overcame bottom side Electro Celtic in the Premier B Reserve on Saturday. Ger Ennis completed the scoring. Longwood - D Reilly; D Ennis, J Dorran, B Faherty, J Campbell, T Reilly, E Dixon, P McNally, J Quinn, A Healy, G Ennis. Athboy Celtic 5 Enfield Celtic 2 Athoby Celtic recorded a comfortable Premier C Reserve victory over Enfield on Saturday. Keith Peppard was the hero for the winners as he netted a hat-trick and there were also goals for Colm Ward and Niall Murdiff. Athboy Celtic - R McKeown; J Brown, J Darcy, A Griffith, R Walsh, N Murdiff, K Kelly, D Smith, C Ward, K Peppard, G Voynov.