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Derry finished with a flourish to claim a critical Allianz Hurling League Division 2A success over Westmeath at Owenbeg.

Westmeath 2-20

A tough hurling year at senior level concluded in an exciting Westmeath win over Kildare in last Saturday’s promotion/relegation play-off at Cusack Park, Mullingar.

Cusack Park, Mullingar will provide the backdrop for Sunday’s revealing Leinster Hurling Championship round robin series fixture for Westmeath, who host Laois.

Westmeath have endured a difficult start in Division 2A of the Allianz Hurling League as Kerry eked out a narrow win at Cusack Park last Sunday.

In the opening game of this year’s hurling championship a physically stronger Antrim side exacted revenge for their defeat in the corresponding fixture last year against a game Westmeath side who gave as good as they got for much of the game. In front of a disappointingly small crowd in Cusack Park the home side showed marked improvement from their lacklustre display in the division 2A final a few weeks before.

While our footballers secured promotion last weekend, Brian Hanley’s hurlers kept their own promotion hopes very much alive with another valuable win, this time over Wicklow.

Galway 4-17

While they say one swallow doesn’t make a summer it is hard not to be enthused by the nature of this win over a fancied Carlow side. Without a win throughout the entire league and having parted company with manager Kevin Martin it is not surprising that most pundits had written off the Lakelanders chances.

Pat Flanagan has been appointed interim Westmeath manager following Brendan Hackett’s resignation last weekend. The Clara native will take charge until the end of this year when the position of manager will then be reviewed. The county board were quick to act to fill the void given that we are only weeks away from our opening championship game.