Clonguish retain their title

Longford SHC Final/Clonguish 3-15 Longford Slashers 4-6: Longford football star Paul Barden produced a man-of-the-match performance as Clonguish captured the JJ Duignan Cup for the second successive year at Pearse Park yesterday.

Barden scored 1-3 and his goal goal late in the first half helped Clonguish lead 2-7 to 1-3 at the break. Enda Corcoran scored the winners' first goal in the 23rd minute and he struck again after the interval to extend Clonguish's lead to 3-10 to 1-3. But Slashers never gave up the battle and they added three more goals to their tally before the finish.

CLONGUISH: E Daly; B Mahon, F Daly, D McVeigh; D Brady, J Minnock, S Connolly; B Burke (0-3), A Brady; P Barden (1-3), T Prunty (0-1), A Corcoran (0-1); C. Finnucane, N Casey (0-7, six frees), E Corcoran (2-0). Subs: J O'Brien for Minnock (42 mins); D Kiernan for A Corcoran (60).

LONGFORD SLASHERS: T Hawes; P Waldron, H O'Kane, M Madden; C Gobl, J McDermott, D Trappe; B Stakelum, G Ghee (1-4); R Donnellan, E Donnellan (0-1, free), C Casey (1-0); N Ward, R Stakelum (1-1), S Hackett (1-0). Subs: J Casey for Ward (half-time); K Wall for Madden (37 mins); G Bennett for Hackett (52 mins); T McGoey for Gobl (59 mins).

Referee: R Cornally (Westmeath).