Gorry seals the day at the death

Westmeath SHC Final/Castletowngeoghegan 0-13 Lough Lene Gaels 1-9:  A Keith Gorry point deep in stoppage time helped Castletowngeoghegan…

Westmeath SHC Final/Castletowngeoghegan 0-13 Lough Lene Gaels 1-9:  A Keith Gorry point deep in stoppage time helped Castletowngeoghegan to their first Westmeath senior hurling championship title in 14 years at Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

Castletown were three points up when Gaels' Killian Cosgrove rifled home a goal from a free but with almost two minutes of additional time played industrious midfielder Gorry stepped up to fire over the vital clinching point.

SCORERS: Castletowngeoghegan: A Mangan 0-8, B Lehart 0-3, K Gorry 0-1, J Brennan 0-1; Lough Lene Gaels: K Cosgrove 1-8, D Cunningham 0-1.

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