Round-up: Results from the opening round of Kildare senior football leagues
Reigning league and county champions Moorefield got their season off to a perfect start on Saturday afternoon as they had 12 points to spare in a comfortable win over Leixlip.
Mark Murray and Ryan Moore were both big contributors to the scoresheet, while Niall Hurley-Lynch netted the only goal of the game from a penalty.
Carbury racked up a massive score in the game of the round as they beat Athy by 6-13 to 2-14. The Victor's led by 2-8 to 1-7 at the break before plundering a further four goals in the second half.
Sarsfields overturned a half-time deficit to emerge victorious away to St Laurence's as they came from 1-5 to 0-6 down to beat the home side by 2-13 to 1-9.
Last year's Division 2 champions, St Kevin's, enjoyed an impressive start to life in the top tier with an impressive 1-11 to 0-8 win away to Confey. The hosts led by 0-6 to 0-5 at the break but were kept to just two points after the turnaround as St Kevin's pushed on.
Naas opened their season with a comfortable 0-19 to 1-10 victory over local rivals Raheens, while the tightest game of the round saw Celbridge pipped Round Towers by 1-9 to 1-8.
Results round-up
MD Sports Senior Football League Div 1 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Carbury, (Round 1), Carbury 6-13 Athy 2-14 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: St Laurence's, (Round 1), Sarsfields 2-13 St Laurence's 1-9 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Moorefield, (Round 1), Moorefield 1-18 Leixlip 0-9 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Confey, (Round 1), St Kevin's 1-11 Confey GAA 0-8 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Celbridge, (Round 1), Celbridge 1-9 Round Towers 1-8
MD Sports Senior Football League Div 2 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Castledermot, (Round 1), Maynooth 1-9 Castledermot 1-7
MD Sports Senior Football League Div 3 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Kilcullen, (Round 1), Straffan 5-11 Kilcullen 1-12 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Sallins, (Round 1), Sallins 3-13 Nurney 0-11 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Ballymore Eustace, (Round 1), Ballymore Eustace 1-17 Kill 1-7 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Eadestown, (Round 1), Eadestown 0-14 Ballyteague 0-9
MD Sports Senior Football League Div 4 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Ardclough, (Round 1), Ellistown 0-17 Ardclough 0-5 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Stephen O Rourke Park, (Round 1), Caragh 1-8 Ballykelly 0-9 Sat, 24 Mar, Venue: Rathcoffey, (Round 1), Rheban 4-8 Rathcoffey 0-15