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Mon 11 Nov 2002Athenry never troubledAthenry ... 1-19 Four Roads ... 0-9 Athenry never had to move up a gear against Roscommon champions Four Roads at Ballyforan yesterday to win another Connacht title. Athenry led 0-9 to 0-3 at the break but relied on freetaker Eugene Cloonan for all but two of those scores.Four Roads played their best hurling during the first half but missed a number of chances and never looked like getting the goals they needed to make it a contest.