Castletown ... 4-9 Tinahinch ... 2-4In a very one-sided senior hurling final at Portlaoise yesterday Castletown won their fourth successive title. John Lyons landed an early goal and he added a second after 20 minutes.

Trailing 2-5 to 0-1 at the interval Tinahinch's ... James Young hit three points to sparked a revival. When substitute Diarmuid Walsh scored a goal midway through the half it looked as if they might cause an upset but almost immediately a free by Paul Cuddy was deflected to the Tinahinch net by Darren Rooney. Lyons finished in style with his third goal.

CASTLETOWN: J Lyons; M Phelan, R Delaney, T Phelan; D Keenan, P Cuddy (1-1, capt), J O'Sullivan; J Palmer, C Cuddy; S Lyons (3-4), D Cuddy (0-1), F O'Sullivan; J Kingston (0-1), B McKelvey, P Phelan (0-2). Subs: P Cuddy for F O'Sullivan; J Hogan for B McKelvey; J Delaney for J Palmer; B Ferns for F O'Sullivan,

TINAHINCH: S Corcoran; J Gorman, S Dooley, E Fitzgerald; E Bennett, D Rooney, D Peake; J Rowney, J Young (0-4); D Conroy, R McEvoy, J Conroy; J Dooley, M Rooney, W McEvoy. Subs: D Walsh (1-0) for J Rowney; B McEvoy (1-0) for J Conroy; R Conroy for J Gorman.

Referee: A Stapleton (Rathdowney).