Newcastle West back for final tilt
The winners led by two points (0-7 to 0-5) at the break before James Kelly fisted a rebound to the net to put five points between the sides.
Ballysteen battled bravely to the end with Danny Neville, Ray Hayes and Declan Nash to the fore but the experience of Newcastle West saw them hold out.
Scorers for Newcastle West: J Kelly 1-1, T Quilligan 0-3 (1f), Mike Quilligan (1f), Stephen Kelly, S McAuliffe, M O’Keeffe 0-1 each.
Scorers for Ballysteen: D Neville 0-4 (4f), R Hayes 0-2, B Hayes (1f), P Ranahan, D Nash 0-1 each.
NEWCASTLEWEST: JJ Sheehy; M O’Keeffe, D Woods, M Dowling; S McAuliffe, S Browne, P Hannan; I Corbett, S Nix; Stephen Kelly, S Lyons, J Lee; T Quilligan, J Kelly, M Quilligan.
Subs: B O’Doherty for S Lyons (ht), Shane Kelly for J Kelly (45m), G Reidy for J Lee (51m), B O’Sullivan for S McAuliffe (57m).
BALLYSTEEN: D Fitzgerald; K McMahon, P Moran, R Somers; J O’Meara, S Gallagher, P Ranahan; R Hayes, P Vaughan; D Nash, S Hallinan, M Neville; D Neville, B Hayes, A Ryan.
Sub: J Collins for S Hallinan.
Referee: M Meade (Ballylanders).
