All-Ireland Club IHC Final: Clonkill (Westmeath) 4-15 Tommy Larkins (Galway) 3-14: Clonkill claimed the intermediate club hurling title on Saturday evening at Croke Park.
First-half goals from Brendan Murtagh and Larry Donoghue helped to open up a 2-8 to 1-7 interval lead after Declan Garvey had netted for Tommy Larkins after 13 minutes.
Daragh Ayres supplied a third Clonkill goal seven minutes after half-time. Clonkill were on their way 17 minutes from time when Donoghue banged home his second goal. Goals from Barry Shiel and Eamonn Hayes ensured a nail-biting finale. Clonkill's Alan Dowdall and Tommy Larkins Damien Kelly traded scores before Murtagh secured the win with a free.
CLONKILL: E Price; S Cleary, A Price, F Fagan; M Healy, A Mitchell (0-2, frees), J Fagan; C Reilly (0-1), P Dowdall (0-1); A Dowdall (0-2), B Murtagh (1-6, two frees), E Loughlin (0-1); D Ayres (1-1), L Donoghue (2-0), L Folan (0-1). Subs: C Austin for Ayres 57 mins, S Owens for Reilly 62 mins, S Power for Folan 62 mins.
TOMMY LARKINS: D Starr; P Flynn, R White, J Rohan; D Kelly (0-1), C Fahy, E Gorman; T Cavanagh, A Garvey (0-1); P Moroney (0-2), E Hayes (1-8, 1-0 pen, five frees), K Hooban (0-1); D Garvey (1-0), N Kelly (0-1), M Fahy. Subs: B McCormack for Gorman 30 mins, O Rohan for Cavanagh 40 mins, R Dervan for C Fahy 46 mins, B Shiel (1-0)for M Fahy 53 mins.
Referee: C McAllister(Cork)
