Silver Hill Foods Senior Hurling Championship Shield Final

Castleblayney 3-15 Clontibret 1-7

Castleblayney won the SHC Shield for the first time with a comfortable victory over Clontibret in Sunday’s curtain-raiser. Blayney led from start to finish, with goals by Hugh Byrne and Fintan Finnegan helping them go 2-8 to 0-2 up at half-time, by which stage Clontibret had been reduced to 14 men after Arthur Morgan was sent off. Blayney captain Fergal Rafter hit 1-2 in the third quarter to extend his team’s advantage and although Feargal O’Dowd got a consolation goal for Clontibret, the result had long been decided.

Castleblayney: P Collins; J Deasy, E Leonard, B Flanagan; A Kenny, J McHugh, S Forde; P Treanor (0-1), B McGuigan; N Adair (0-1), F Rafter (Capt., 1-5, 0-3f), N Garland (0-4, 1f); T Forde (0-1), H Byrne (1-3), F Finnegan (1-0).

Subs: P Malone for Adair (inj., 24 mins), N Flanagan for Finnegan (46), K McCooey for Deasy (58), B Connolly for B Flanagan, Conor McNally for Byrne (both 60).

Clontibret: L Murphy; P Murphy, M Moen, D Moorehead; S Murphy, G Brennan, K Tomany; F O’Dowd (1-1), D McKeown; D McElvaney, R McNally (0-1), C Renaghan; S McNally (0-5, 2f, 1 ’65), A Morgan, S Mohan.

Subs: R O’Neill for Renaghan (42), K Duffy for Moorehead (49).

Referee: S McKenna (Carrickmacross).