Westmeath SHC: Wins for Castletown Geoghegan, Raharney And Clonkill

The opening round of fixtures were played over the weekend.

The opening round of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship got underway at the weekend. 

Three games took place with last season's two finalists playing out the game of the weekend. 

Castletown Geoghegan came through a stern test with Lough Lene Gaels as they won by two points in a tough contest. 

The game finished 0-28 to 3-17, with the reigning champions leading 0-15 to 0-8 at half-time, but goals from Tommy and Brendan Doyle kept the the Gaels in touch, and Jordan Williams left the bare minimum between the teams  with over five minutes of injury-time played.

A free late on helped Castletown Geoghegan see the game out, Niall O’Brien finished the game with 0-12, with David O’Reilly and Aonghus Clarke also performing well for their side. 

Elsewhere, Raharney were comprehensive winners over Fr Dalton’s on a scoreline of 2-26 to 2-7. 

While Clonkill were too strong for Castlepollard in Kinnegad by 1-19 to 2-9.
 

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