Christy Ring Cup/Kildare  2-17 Wicklow  1-17:Kildare finished much the stronger side to claim a first win in this year's Christy Ring Cup at Clane on Saturday evening. The home side took a 0-4 to 0-2 lead in the early stages but Wicklow's SeáKeogh started a scoring blitz which yielded eight scores before Kildare could muster a reply.

Former Tipperary senior Paddy O'Brien sent a free to the net but Wicklow led by 0-12 to 1-6 at half-time.

The Kildare recovery began when Colm Buggy got their second goal to close the gap to a point. They hit three more scores and although Geoffrey Bermingham got a goal for Wicklow it came too late to make a difference.

In Saturday's other matches there were wins for Meath, Westmeath and Derry over Mayo, Down and London respectively.

KILDARE: C Cunningham; T Finnerty, P Reidy (0-1), R Tynan; D Harney, D Kennedy (0-1), R Hoban; M Maloney (0-2), B White (0-7, four frees); K Divilly (0-1), C Buggy (1-0), P O'Brien (1-1, 1-0 free); M O'Dowd (0-1), A McAndrew (0-1), O Lynch (0-2). Subs: B Byrne for O'Brien (35 mins), T Spain for McAndrew (42 mins).

WICKLOW: T Finn; E O'Neill, G Keogh, W Collins; G Bermingham (1-0), E Kearns, B Stynes; A Tiernan (0-2), L Glynn (0-1); S Keogh (0-7, six frees), G Doran, J O'Neill (0-1); D Hyland (0-3), T Collins, L Rickerby (0-2). Subs: E Glynn (0-1) for Rickerby (51 mins), S Kelly for Doran (56 mins), R O'Donovan for Kearns (66 mins), S McGrath for Tiernan (68 mins).

Referee: B Sweeney (Cavan).