The LGFA Championship got underway for Mayo this afternoon as they took on Galway in the Connacht SFC final at Tuam Stadium. It was a game that Galway led in throughout and won at the finish by four points. The opening quarter was ultra cautious, the only score coming for a free from Galway for a technical infringement in the […]
The county’s hurlers this afternoon made it a happy return to MacHale Park when they got the better of Derry by 2-23 to 2-18. The win confirms Mayo’s place – for the first time ever – in the final of the Christy Ring Cup. The decider takes place at Croke Park next weekend where Kildare will provide the opposition. Today’s […]
After three wins on the spin in the round-robin phase of this year’s Connacht U17 Championship coming into this game, Mayo’s meeting this evening with Galway at Tuam Stadium was expected to be a step up for them. If it was, then it was a challenge they were ready for as they blew their opponents away, winning emphatically by fourteen […]
No sooner had we got some welcome clarity on the qualifier draw, I’m now hearing that the Round 1 qualifier draw will NOT after all be made this coming Monday morning and that it is instead being shunted down the road for a further week. The reason for this is, so I gather, the GAA’s desire to give more airtime […]
We’ve named our match day panel for this evening’s Connacht U17 Championship clash with Galway at Tuam Stadium (throw-in 7pm). Here’s the list of the starting team and subs we’ve named for this Round 4 fixture: We’ve made one change to the team that got the better of Sligo last weekend. Back into the starting team comes James Maheady – […]
There’s been some confusion about the qualifier draw so it was good to hear Colm Keys of the Irish Independent provide a clear and succinct outline of it on the latest episode of the podcast. If you haven’t yet listened to this pod, it’s available here and Colm’s explanation of the draw gets underway at the 2:55 mark. The qualifier […]
As the football Championship begins to gather pace, in this episode of the Mayo News Football Podcast Mike and Rob are joined by Colm Keys of the Irish Independent to chat about the summer campaign and Mayo’s possible place in it. They start by looking at the qualifiers and kind of draw that Mayo can expect in it. Colm then […]
It’s midweek so already it’s time to be thinking about the matches involving the county that are on this coming weekend. This time there are four such matches, one in U17 football, two in hurling and one in women’s football, with one game on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Here are the details you need on all […]
I’m coming late to the party on this one – two days late, in fact – but it’s still worth noting the announcement made the other day about the Mayo LGFA Senior panel for this year’s Championship – which is here. Here’s the panel that was announced on Friday: A total of fourteen clubs from across the county are represented […]
Mayo GAA confirmed earlier on today that next Saturday’s crunch Christy Ring Cup clash with Derry next Saturday will be played at MacHale Park. The official announcement on this is here. In that announcement, Saturday’s game – which throws in at Castlebar at 1pm – has been styled as a Ring Cup semi-final. In competition terms that’s not strictly speaking […]