Meath win well in Ballina

Meath made a winning trip to Ballina today for the first time where they recorded an important 2-18 to 0-15 victory against Mayo in the NHL Div 2B.

Meath were ahead by 1-10 to 0-7 at the interval with the goal arriving from Kevin Keena in the 15th minute as Mayo produced a
battling performance.

Meath kept a tight grip on the game in the second-half and picked off some good points before Trim's Neil Heffernan found the net for a second goal on the stroke of full-time.

Meath will be back in action on Thursday night when they tackle Roscommon in a re-fixture at Ashbourne at 7.45pm.

Meath - Shane McGann (Kiltale); Sean Geraghty (Kilskyre/Moylagh), Shane Whitty (Blackhall Gaels), Cormac Reilly (Navan O'Mahonys); Padraig Kelly (Kiltale); Damien Healy (Longwood), Shane Brennan (Kilmessan); Anthony Forde (Kiltale), Gary Kelly (Kildalkey); Sean Quigley (Dunboyne), Kevin Keena (Kilmessan), James Kelly (Kiltale); Adam Gannon (Killyon), Steven Clynch (Kilmessan), Mark O'Sullivan (Kiltale).

Subs - James Toher (Trim) for Kelly 25 mins, Mickey Burke for Quigley half-time; Neil Heffernan (Trim) for Gannon 56m, Cathal McCabe (Kiltale) for Keena 60m, Liam Ferguson (Gaeil Colmcille) for Geraghty 62m.

NHL DIVISION 2B FOCUS

RESULTS

First round - Derry 1-14 Mayo 1-13; Meath 4-21 Down 1-10; Wicklow 2-17 Roscommon 0-7.
Second round - Down 1-21, Roscommon 1-16; Meath 2-19, Derry 0-16; Wicklow 2-17, Mayo 1-17.
Third round - Derry 1-11, Wicklow 1-21; Mayo 0-12, Down 2-23.
Fourth round - Derry 3-15, Roscommon 0-12; Wicklow 1-18, Down 0-11; Mayo 0-15, Meath 2-18

FIXTURES
Thursday 16th March - Meath v Roscommon, in Ashbourne at 7.45pm.
Sunday 26th March - Down v Derry; Roscommon v Mayo; Meath v Wicklow.