Kildare GAA: Goals see Castledermot take U16 Division 1 title

The old tale of goals win games proved ever so true as Castledermot put four past Raheens to claim the Life Credit Union U16 Football League Division 1 title at rain-swept Sarsfields on Tuesday evening.
An early goal and point from Tadgh O’Gorman sandwiching a Aodhan Bergin point left Castledermot five points clear inside the opening two minutes of action, however Raheens hit back before the break to trail by just a single point.

The Caragh boys leveled up on the resumption through Oisín McAfee pointed as conditions deteriorated with the rain getting heavier.

There was little between the sides before a goal from Castledermot's put them clear, Raheens hit back with three points to leave one between them again. However another Castledermot goal, this time from Cian Keogh and in the end that was the decisive score of the game as Castledermot took the Division 2 title on a final score line of Castledermot 4-10 Raheens 1-14

Scorers: Castledermot: Aodhan Bergin 1-7 (3f); Cian Keogh 2-0; Tadgh O’Gorman 1-1; Henry
Gannon 0-1; Jack Anderson 0-1 (1f).

Raheens: Adam Thompson 1-6 (3f); Stephen Hamill 1-0; Sam Sheil 0-2; Cathal Harris 0-2 (1f); Rory Britton Milner 0-2; Ryan Nolan Lindopp 0-1; Oisín McAfee 0-1.

CASTLEDERMOT: Luke Tansey; Aaron Brady, Tadgh Murnane, Harry Bryan; Henry Gannon, Harry
O’Gorman, Oscar Chatten; Finn Deering, Toirin Flood; Jack Anderson, Cian Keogh, Eoghan Ivory
White; Callum Dowling, Tadgh O’Gorman, Aodhan Bergin.

RAHEENS: Cillian Taaffe; Ross Johnson, Rory Cooke, Rory Britton Milner; Ben Walsh, Ryan Cooke,
Oisín McAfee; Cathal Harris, Eanna O’Shaughnessy; TJ Carr, Stephen Hamill, Adam Thompson;
Sam Sheil, Ryan Nolan Lindopp, Aaron Ritchie.

REFEREE: Owen Murphy.