Awesome Athlone claim third successive title

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The midlanders drawing on players from both Westmeath and Roscommon have dominated this competition for the past number of years. Before that they won several Leinster titles in both league and championship with the assistance of current inter-country stars as Frankie Dolan and Jonathan Dunning.

However, they were never so impressive as yesterday, when they thoroughly outclassed a strong Clonakilty side that did well to hold them to five points in what, for them, was a frustrating first half. Clonakilty's only serious attempts at goal came in that period, when they scored their only point to open the scoring in the sixth minute, and their only wide of the game also came in this early period when it appeared as if they might do damage.