Crisis-hit Offaly restored some pride with a battling, if uninspiring win over Carlow in the Leinster SHC Round Robin series at Tullamore.

St Mullins 0-9 Naomh Eoin, Myshall 0-7

Carlow 4-17 London 2-13

Carlow 4-17 London 2-13

Antrim 0-15 Carlow 0-11

Limerick 3-10 Carlow 1-13

Wexford 2-15 Carlow 0-16

Wexford 2-15 Carlow 0-15

Carlow 1-9 Galway 2-15

Rhode 0-15 Clara 1-06

Carlow hurlers, the unbeaten leaders of Division 2A, had to rely on an injury-time point by substitute Shane Kavanagh to secure a draw with gutsy Wicklow in their final game at Aughrim yesterday.

Carlow hurlers reeled off their fourth successive Division 2A win as they put visitors Derry to the sword by a 15-point margin at Dr Cullen Park yesterday to ensure a divisional final and a shot at promotion.

AN excellent start to the second-half was the catalyst for Belgooly to initiate a turnaround and claim the county JBFC title with victory over Charleville at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday evening.

THIS could have been an afternoon fraught with tension for the Clare hurlers but transpired to be a carefree stroll in Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday.

Carlow 2-13 Westmeath 0-16

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-9 Clara (Offaly) 0-3

MARK McCALLON netted a golden goal in Mullingar yesterday to keep Garrycastle on track for an historic Leinster Club SFC football title. Not alone has the Westmeath club never won the provincial title, but no team from the Lake County has ever managed to annex the provincial crown.

Garrycastle (Westmeath) 1-8 Ballyboden St Enda’s 0-6

CLARA (Offaly) 1-5 PORTLAOISE (Laois) 0-7

THOMAS DEEHAN scored 10 points to inspire 14-man Clara to a deserved victory over Rathvilly and book a Leinster club SFC semi-final against Portlaoise in the process.

JOHN REYNOLDS was the hero as comeback kings Clara repeated their county final heroics by overcoming an eight-point interval deficit to win this Leinster Club SFC game in Newbridge.

AFTER a fortnight of energy sapping action, Ballyboden St Enda’s put their fatigue to one side to claim a remarkable Dublin SFC title at Parnell Park.