Westmeath crushed Wexford 4-19 to six points to lift the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate championship.
Sarah Dillon and Anna Jones scored 1-6 each as Westmeath were crowned champions at Croke Park.
Sean Finnegan’s side were 2-11 to 0-3 in-front at half-time after goals from Leona Archibold and Lucy McCartan. There was no comeback from Wexford as further goals from Sarah Dillon and Jones saw Westmeath power to victory.
Westmeath were in front by the second minute through Sarah Dillon, but she could have had a goal shortly afterwards. Fiona Claffey and Ciara Blundell created the opening only for Wexford keeper Sarah Merrigan to pull off a brilliant save.
Westmeath looked dominant and points from Jones and Tracey Dillon widened the gap before Sherene Hamilton scored Wexford’s first point on eight minutes.
The teams traded scores before Merrigan produced another excellent save to deny Ciara Blundell from point-blank range.
Westmeath were 0-5 to 0-2 ahead but the game soon turned further in their favour. Loren Doyle pulled down Sarah Dillon for a penalty. Archibold blasted the ball into the top left corner in the 16th minute.
Westmeath were already six points in front at the first water break and just after the restart McCartan found herself in space and fizzed another sensational shot into the roof of Merrigan’s net.
From there Westmeath scored all but one of the seven points before half-time. Jones and Sarah Dillon helped themselves to two each and they led by 2-11 to 0-3 at the break.
Sarah Dillon scored the first three points of the second-half and Westmeath led 2-16 to 0-5 into the final quarter.
Sarah Dillon scored a third Westmeath goal in the 49th minute before Jones palmed home the fourth four minutes from time.
After conceding a penalty late on Merrigan was shown a yellow card and captain Aisling Murphy went into the Wexford goals before stopping an Aoife Connolly strike, but Westmeath had plenty in the tank.
Westmeath: L McCormack; N Spellman, L Duncan, T Fagan; F Coyle, A Brady, L Power; V Carr, T Dillon; F Claffey, L Archibold, A Jones; C Blundell, L McCartan, S Dillon. Subs: K Hegarty for Blundell (48), A Connolly for S Dillon (50), J Maher for T Dillon (50), E Kelly for Duncan (51), J Rogers for Brady (52).
Scorers: S Dillon 1-6, A Jones 1-6 (3f), L McCartan 1-1, L Archibold 1-0 (1-0 pen), F Claffey 0-2, T Dillon 0-1, C Blundell 0-1, A Connolly 0-1, K Hegarty 0-1.
Wexford: S Merrigan; L Doyle, A Halligan, S McCarthy; C Donnelly, S Murphy, S Harding-Kenny; K Kearney, R Murphy; S Hamilton, C Murray, C Banville; A Wilson, A Murphy, A Neville. Subs: D Doyle for McCarthy (35), J Rossiter for Wilson (37), E Tomkins for Neville (37), A Byrne for Hamilton (37), A Cullen for Murray (53).
Scorers: C Murray 0-2 (2f), S Hamilton 0-1, A Wilson 0-1, C Banville 0-1, E Tomkins 0-1.
Referee: Shane Curley (Galway).
