White seals it for Celbridge

KILDARE SHC Celbridge 0-18 Coill Dubh 0-16: CELBRIDGE CLAIMED their first title since 2005 with a late victory at St Conleth's Park yesterday.

Coill Dubh looked to have secured a draw when John Byrne, chasing his 10th medal at this level, equalised, but Billy White struck two frees in injury-time to secure the honours for Celbridge.

SCORERS

Celbridge– B White 0-4 (two frees); D Heffernan, T Murphy 0-3 each; C Kenny, M Moloney, P Moloney (frees), S O'Carroll 0-2 each. Coill Dubh– T Byrne 0-8 (six frees); A McAndrew 0-3; C Byrne, D Behan, A Sullivan (sideline), M Delaney, J Byrne 0-1 each.