A league Division 2 Round 8
Walterstown 1-15
Castletown 1-07
Castletown travelled to Walterstown on Saturday evening on the back of 2 draws in back fixtures but were dealt an eight point defeat at the hands of the home side.
Walterstown had the advantage of a strong wind blowing towards the road goals in the opening half and were four points up before Declan Cribbin opened Castletowns account with a point from play on ten minutes. Walterstown scored the next point but a goal from Darren Finney on 17 minutes cut their lead to one point but this was as good as it got for Castletown as Walterstown put five points in a row on the board before Darren Finney took his second score of the half a point from a free. The home side then scored four in a row from play to lead at halftime by seven points 0-12 to 1-2.
Walterstown started the second half with two points before Castletown scored four points in a row one each for Declan Cribbin, Darren Finney (a free), Tommy Smith and Mark Kelly to close the deficit . But a Walterstown goal on 49 minutes just put the game out of Castletowns reach with there final point coming from Darren Finney on 51 minutes. The last score of the game was a point for Walterstown to leave the final score 1-15 to 1-7.
Castletown team: Johnny Ginnitty, Noel Smyth, Gerry Farrelly, Evan Hoey, Jamie Mc Mahon, Stephen Duffy, Paul Cribbin, Shane Hoey, Damien Ginnitty, Darren Finney (1-03), Declan Cribbin (0-02), Wayne Donegan, Kevin Ross, Francis Hoey, Mark Kelly (0-01).
Subs: Tommy Smith for Jamie Mc Mahon (29 minutes), Robbie Hoey for Wayne Donegan (40 minutes), Barry Smith for Declan Cribbin (57 minutes), Ciaran Weldon for Damien Ginnitty (60 minutes) and Jason Ross for Mark Kelly (60 minutes).
