Champs Castlewellan have sights set on yet more glory

5 April 2017

IT’S one down and one to go for Castlewellan.

The Town have secured the Amateur League Division 2C title.

All that stands between them and a league and cup double are Division 2A side Suffolk, who they face in next month’s Cochrane Corry Cup final.

Castlewellan headed to Newtownabbey on Saturday knowing that a point would see them crowned 2C champions.

The Town put the game to bed in the first half with a blistering 25-minute spell leading up to half time. They scored three goals, but in truth it should have been at least twice that number.

4th came out strongly and fought tooth and nail for possession but for all their efforts they never really troubled Town goalkeeper Rory Burns.

All the clear chances were falling to Castlewellan with Trainor, Jarosinski and Flanagan failing to find the net when well placed. Croskery did score on 14 minutes only to have it mysteriously ruled out.

Eventually Stevie Trainor put the Town one up in the 17th minute and from then until half time they laid siege to 4th Newtownabbey’s goal. During this period Jason Croskery had two more goals disallowed. Karol Jarosinski had better luck, however, scoring twice just before half time, ably assisted by Flanagan and Corrigan.

4th redoubled their efforts in the second half and worked very hard all over the pitch to thwart Castlewellan’s attacking options.

They had a few chances and will feel they deserved a goal, but Stratton and McCann in the centre of defence saw to it that their clean sheet was maintained.

After 55 minutes and in the absence of a fire extinguisher the Town brought off the increasingly frustrated Croskery and introduced Fitzsimmons.

Despite having less possession in this period, most of the chances were being created by Castlewellan, with Travers and Jarosinski working well together on the right, but frantic defending

and poor finishing saw the score finish 3-0.

In a game played in the right spirit Castlewellan had star performers in Barry Travers and Karol Jarosinski.

Both teams would agree though that the referee had an interesting interpretation of the rules of football. Fortunately this didn’t affect the result.

So after only their second season in the Amateur League Castlewellan Town find themselves with silverware, promotion and the possibility of more as they take on

top 2A side Suffolk in the Cochrane and Corry Cup final at Seaview on Thursday, May 4.

4th Newtownabbey OB 0

Castlewellan Town 3

AMATEUR LEAGUE DIVISION 2C

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