Tullaroan 4-12 Graignamanagh 2-7

The Tedcastle Oils Roinn C decider saw two previously unbeaten teams go head to head. Tullaroan had won the northern section of the league, and Graignamanagh/ Skeoughvosteen had won the south without either side losing a game.In the end the title went to the northern champions and there was no doubting the merit of their victory. They led from start to finish and hard though the Graig lads tried, they could never quite get on terms. Tullaroan set about their task from the throw in with points from Bill Cuddihy and John Walton giving them an early lead. Graig goaie Patrick Nolan made a great save to deny Tullaroan but he had no chance when  Bill Cuddihy soloed through and buried the sliotar in the sixth minute. Graignamanagh got off the mark with a point from a free by Sean Cahill but Tullaroan hit back with two points.A quickly taken free gave Bill Cuddihy a point scoring opportunity and he made no mistake and John Walton pointed from a free in the thirteenth minute. Graignamanagh dug deep and Jamie Dunne scored a great point to rally his side. Tullaroan hit back quickly with four points; two frees from John Walton and two from play from Jason O' Riordan. Just before half time Graignamanagh were handed a lifeline when Jamie Byrne's shot went all the way to the net. Tullaroan led by 1-8 to 1-2 at half time.
Graignamanagh/Skeoughvosteen came out in determined fashion in the second half and after great work by Jamie Byrne Sean Cahill finished the sliotar to the net. The gap was now down to a single score and it was all to play for. John Walton steadied the ship for Tullaroan with an excellent point from a free. Graig' responded and Jamie Byrne took on the Tullaroan defence and scored an excellent point.  Another quickly taken free saw the unmarked Jason O'Riordan slot over another point for Tullaroan. The southerners response was swift with a point from a '65 by Sean Cahill. John Walton again demonstrated his free taking prowess with a fine effort for Tullaroan..Within a minute Jamie Byrne scored another excellent point for Graignamanagh. Tullaroan went on the attack immediately and a goal from Martin Keoghan saw them stretch their lead. Within a minute Graignamanagh replied with a pointed free from Sean Cahill.  Then came the turning point. A two goal salvo from Bill Gaffney shot Tullaroan into a commanding lead and they never looked back. Graignamanagh never stopped trying and Jamie Byrne scored another fine point but Tullaroan had the final score when John Walton pointed just before the end. Tullaroan were worthy champions and had an excellent centre back in Jack Keoghan. Liam Teehan and Jason O'Riordan hurled well at midfield while up front they had excellent players in John Walton and Bill Cuddihy. Graignamanagh/Skeoughvosteen had an excellent goalie in Patrick Nolan. Edward Murphy was outstanding at full back. Martin Kelly and Jordan Brett worked tirelessly at midfield. Sean Cahill, Jamie Dunne and the excellent Jamie Byrne hurled well in attack.
                                 
Scorers: Tullaroan: John Walton (0-7, 0-6 frees), Bill Gaffney (2-0), Bill Cuddihy (1-1) , Jason O'Riordan (0-3), Martin Keoghan (1-0), Jack Keoghan (0-1).
Graig/Skeoughvosten: Jamie Byrne (1-3), Sean Cahill (1-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65), Jamie Dunne (0-1)
Tullaroan: Shane Joyce, Niall Buggy, Diarmuid Doheny (Capt.), Dylan Simpson, Tommy Walsh, Jack Keoghan, Bob Cuddihy, Liam Teehan, Jason O'Riordan, John Walton, Bill Cuddihy, Sean Buggy, Martin Keoghan, Robert O'Flynn, Bill Gaffney.
Subs: Patrick Grace, Aidan Cleere, John Dooley, Kevin Maher, Joey Walsh, Anna Walpole, Martin Hennessy, Eva Walpole, Evelyn Walsh.
Graignamanagh/Skeoughvosteen: Patrick Nolan, Keith Culleton, Edward Murphy, Neal Jordan, Patrick Cushen, Sean Dowling, Terry Dreelan, Martin Kelly, Jordan Brett, Jamie Dunne, Sean Cahill, Stewart Maher, Eoghan Doyle, Jamie Byrne, Niall Hayden.
subs: David Fitzgerald, Ciaran Kavanagh, Jack Carroll, Shane Hayden, Dean Culleton, Seamus Lanigan, Killian Phelan.
Referee:  Sean Cleere