Coaching and Games Update!

Kildare Cadets 1-15 Westmeath 4-26

Donegal 4-13 Westmeath 0-9

Kilkenny 2-10 Westmeath 2-9

Meath vs Westmeath

Meath Venue; 12:00

Dublin vs Westmeath

Dublin Venue; 12:00

The U16 hurlers of Westmeath secured their place in the final of the Corn Jerome O’Leary last Saturday with a convincing win over Kildare at Manguard Plus Kildare of Excellence in Hawkfield. A topsy turvy first half saw the Lake County lead by 7 early on before Kildare rallied to level by the 20^th minute, only for Westmeath to score 1-5 without reply to lead by 2-14 to 1-10 at the interval.

The second half saw the away side take over proceedings though and the result was never in doubt as they added 2-11 in reply to the home side’s 0-5. Westmeath will now face Armagh in the final on Saturday 6^th June, with the fixture details yet to be confirmed at the time of writing.

Team: Kyle Carty, Jack Favier, Tom Leech, Ciaran McGrath, Calvin Collins, Adam Kiernan, Killian Rayleigh, Daniel Masterson, Daniel Crosbie, Ruairi Heffernan, Ciaran Casserly, Jack McGuinness, James Kenna, Billy Whelan, Jamie Leech, Evan Dunbarr, Luke Ward, Jack Moran, Joe Mulvey, Mattie O Brien, Tommy Murray, Luke Grey, Donnacha Mangan, Padraic Redmond, Adam Carey, Patrick Gill, Cadan Core, Conor McGrath, Ciaran Mulvaney, Sean Hand, Jamie McGuinness, Darragh O Donoghue

The Hibernia Cup team made the long trip to Convoy in Donegal last Saturday and came up against a well drilled and driven home team. Westmeath failed to take full advantage of the wind in the first half which left the sides level at 0-6 apiece. A more clinical Donegal made this advantage count after the interval and eventually ran out 4-13 to 0-9 winners. The team will now play their final game in the competition on Saturday 14^th June, with their opponents yet to be confirmed.

Westmeath played their second game in the Humphrey Kelliher Cup last Saturday, taking on the Kilkenny U16 team in Dunmore. The physicality of the Noresiders told on the day as they ran out one-point winners, leaving Westmeath with one win and one loss from two games played so far. The team’s next outing will be on Saturday 13^th June, when they are away to Wexford.

The rest of our development squads were busy in preparation for their upcoming games last Saturday. The U16 and U14 football squads trained in Maryland, whilst the Dermot Earley Cup U15 team took on Offaly in a challenge game in Rochfortbridge. The U14 hurlers trained in … Many thanks each of the clubs who hosted the sessions and games over the weekend.

The programme of Go Games continued at the weekend with a series of football blitzes taking place at U8 and U10 levels on Saturday morning. The coming weekend sees another round of hurling blitzes taking place across the county on Saturday morning.