Newtown were comfortable winners in this rearranged league tie at Ballyhea tonight. The visitors got off to a flying start leading 1-6 to 0-0 after 6 mins . Ballyhea though replied with 2 points from Jonathon O'Sullivan and a well taken goal from Christopher Hanley after good play by Ryan Hanley . By half time though Newtown had stretched their lead 3-11 to 1-4. TJ Garvey did well to deny Newtown a fourth goal before the break .Ballyhea tried to break through for another goal in the second half but the Newtown defence stood firm and were full value for the victory .          Scorers : Christopher Hanley 1-2, Ryan Hanley 0-3 (2 fr), Jonathon O'Sullivan 0-2, Daniel Relihan 0-1. Team: T J Garvey , Liam O'Shea , Ken Kennedy , Kieran O'Riordan , Niall Crowley , David O'Riordan , Jonathon McCarthy , Kevin Copps , Daniel Relihan , Diarmuid O'Shaughnessy , Christopher Hanley , Ryan Hanley  , Darran Ronan , Jonathon O'Sullivan , Shaun Murphy : subs Mikey Mortell (used), Thomas Meehan (used), Martin Moloney , Ian Mortell ,Kieran   O'Donoghue.