Championship Round2
Johnstownbridge 3-08
Sallins 0-06

Cathal McNally hit a Hat Trick to help the Bridge make it two from two in the championship this year with a good win over Ballykelly in Sarsfields.
Johnstownbridge took an early lead through Padraig Hurley and Keith Cribbin (2f) before Ballykelly got on the scoreboard courtesy of David Moore. Eoin O’Donoghue hit back for the north Kildare side and then McNally found the net for the first time as his shot deceived John Forde and dipped below the crossbar.
Ballykelly centre back Ger Byrne raided to split the posts before McNally tagged on a point a minute later. The contest was very stop start in nature with both sidelines venting at the man in the middle. With both sides missing chances the score was just 1-5 to 0-2 at the interval.
The second half was barely a minute old when Cathal McNally found the net again as he rounded the ‘keeper and kept cool to place past the defenders rushing back on the line.
The Bridge would then fail to score for over 20 minutes as Ballykelly came back at them, but failed to really threaten.
Derek McCormack hit a free to leave five in it with ten minutes to play. His side had wasted a number of earlier chances, but so too had Johnstownbridge and Paul Cribbin was very unlucky to see his shot creep wide earlier.
The Kildare minors then stood up for the Bridge as Sean Hurley swung over from a tight angle and then Cribbin got two on the trot. There was now eight in it and the game was as good as over. However, Cathal McNally was still on the prowl and he fielded a ball across the square to finish from close range.
Now we’ll all have to wait and see when the next round is on as the Lilywhites take centre stage.
JOHNSTOWNBRIDGE: David Maguire, James O’Connor, Noel Cawley, Des Holton, Aenghus Gannon, Brian Flanagan, Paul Mooney, Barry McNally, Padraig Hurley 0-1, Seamus McNally, Keith Cribbin 0-2 (2f) Sean Hurley 0-1, Eoin O’Donoghue 0-1, Paul Cribbin 0-2, Cathal McNally 3-1.
BALLYKELLY: John Forde, Andrew Buckley, Paul Muldowney, Chris Merlehan, Damon Howard, Ger Byrne 0-1, Ronan Stafford, Alan Hickey, Dean Dempsey, Andrew Kelly, Derek McCormack 0-2 (1f), Daryl Cullen, Willie Nicholls, John Lawler 0-1, David Moore 0-2 (1f).
Subs: Liam Behan for Stafford (46mins), Mick Behan for Lawler (57mins), Brian Fennin for Merlehan (59mins).