Westmeath went top of the Allianz National Football Division 2 as they defeated Kildare 0-15 to 0-12 at Newbridge.

The Kildare venue was escaped a fixture schedule ravaged by the atrocious weather conditions around the country.

John Heslin was the star for Westmeath and he got six points, all from frees to inflict Kildare’s third defeat in three games.

The Lilywhites are now second from bottom in the standings after they trailed 0-8 to 0-5 at half-time.

Fergal Conway opened the scoring for Kildare but Westmeath hit the next four scores with Lorcan Smith, Ger Egan and John Heslin hitting two frees.

Westmeath led 0-7 to 0-2 after with ten minutes left in the opening half but Kildare struck three of the next four scores.

But they were 0-8 to 0-5 in arrears at the break and Denis Glennon kicked the first point of the first-half.

Eoghan O’Flaherty and Padraig Fogarty got Kildare to within a point but Westmeath found another gear and the win puts them top.

Donal O’Hare goaled as Down moved up to third in the table with a 0-8 to 1-9 victory over Cavan on Saturday.

He was the star for the winners, his team led 0-5 to 0-2 at half-time with O’Hare’s personal tally of 1-3 the highlight.

Elsewhere heavy snow prevented Galway against Laois (Tuam) and Roscommon versus Meath (Hyde Park) from going ahead.