Bective earn final ticket plus all Saturday's GAA results
It all points to a tight JFC decider next Sunday between Bective and Dunsany after the Bective men booked their ticket at Athboy this evening with a 2-13 to 0-7 victory against Carnaross.
Last night Dunsany negotiated Skryne at Ashbourne (4-11 to 0-7) and the statistics from each game will show that tight-marking defences only conceded seven scores while at the other end the respective forwards managed 15 scores for the hour.
This evening at Athboy it was Bective who built on a fortunate 1-4 to 0-5 interval advantage - Marty Mulhall's goal arrived on the stroke of half-time - and in the end they were comfortable winners.
Carnaross didn't have a full hand to tackle this obstacle with John L Magee and Dermot McGee sidelined through injury and they lost Paddy Nugent in the opening half.
Carnaross were denied a goal by a smart Shane Breslin save at the end of the first-quarter, but more costly was three second-half wides in as many minutes when they trailed by a point.
Bective capitalised and when Sean Keating claimed a tap-in goal with 10 minutes remaining it was all over for Carnaross.
Bective - Shane Breslin; Ben Malone, Jack Grant, Craig Roche; Dara Maguire, Jarlath Brennan, Colin O'Rourke; Ciaran Reilly, Kevin Brennan; Ciaran Breslin, Cathal McConnell, Paul McCabe (0-2 one free; Brian Cantwell (0-2), Sean Keating (1-3), Marty Mulhall (1-4 three frees). Subs - Paul Lyness for (0-1) for Roche 37 mins, Mark O'Brien (0-1) for Grant 53m, Colm Barry for Maguire 57m,James Davis for Brennan 58m.
Carnaross - Conor Kenny; Peter Carpenter, Thomas Nugent, Liam Brogan; Ian Donoghue, Thomas Plunkett, Peter Farrelly; Frank O'Reilly, Cilliam Comaskey (0-1 '45'); Niall McDonnell (0-4 three frees),Cian O'Reilly, Michael Brogan; Charles Brogan (0-1), Paddy Nugent (0-1), Brian Comaskey. Sub - Peter Mullen for P Nugent 26 mins
Referee - Liam O'Brien (Duleek/Bellewstown).
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
FOOTBALL
IFC relegation play-ff - Cortown 0-10, Longwood 0-9.
JFC Semi Final - Bective 2-13, Carnaross 0-7.
Junior B quarter-final - St Vincent's 0-18, St Patrick's 1-7.
Junior C Semi Final - Dunsany 3-11, Duleek-Bellewstown 1-10.
Junior D final - Moynalty 3-20, Ballinlough 2-9.
B FL Div 2 Playoff - Summerhill 3-15, Seneschalstown 0-9
HURLING
SHC quarter-finals - Kildalkey 4-18, Dunboyne 0-15; Trim 3-20, Blackhall Gaels 1-12.
SHC relegation play-off Clann na nGael 1-14, Navan O'Mahonys 0-16.
IHC quarter-finals - Na Fianna 2-11, Wolfe Tones 1-9; Gaeil Colmcille 1-15, Drumree 0-12