First time in club’s history a football and hurling double championship success has been achieved in same season
Castletown sealed a famous club double last Sunday by winning the Wexford intermediate A hurling final. The game went all the way to extra-time atThe previous Sunday, the Castletown footballers had battled out a 0-9 to 0-6 victory over Gusserane O’Rahilly’s in the Wexford senior football decider at the same venue.
Leinster Council have tried to put in place contingency plans this season to accommodate dual clubs by having alternative midweek dates on standby should fixture clashes arise.However, they must travel to Mullingar on Tuesday evening to face St Loman’s under lights at Lakepoint Park with a 7.30pm throw-in.
Last Sunday’s small-ball triumph was the first time in 57 years the club claimed an adult hurling championship, and it was achieved just seven days after many of the same players had won the senior football crown. The celebrations after the hurling triumph on Sunday were parked by Tuesday as the players undertook a recovery session and some light football training. It will be hurling training on Thursday night, and then the first of the two quick-fire provincial matches takes place on Saturday.
If the hurlers beat Moorefield, then they would be in action again the following weekend against Wolfe Tones of Longford. The footballers would at least have a two-week break before any potential provincial semi-final. No Wexford club has ever contested a Leinster senior football final so Castletown are trying to break new ground in the weeks ahead.
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