This weekend sees the second round of matches in this year’s Senior hurling Championship, with both Round 2 ties being contested tomorrow. Defending champions Tooreen host St Ciarán’s at Adrian Freeman Park, with that match getting underway at 5pm. Josie Munnelly Park is the venue for the meeting of Castlebar Mitchels and Ballyhaunis and that one throws in at 6pm. […]
As the club Championships move to the knockout phase, Mayo GAA have now confirmed fixture details for the quarter-finals in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships, as well as the relegation play-offs. These ties will all be played on the weekend after next. The details for the SFC quarter-final matches are as follows: The two SFC relegation play-off matches are […]
The group stages of the Senior, Intermediate and Junior football Championships concluded this weekend and, with all group placings now decided and the draws made for the knockout stages and the promotions play-offs, the shape of things to come over the next few weeks is a whole lot clearer. There wasn’t much in the way of Round 3 suspense in […]
It’s Round 3 in the club Championships this weekend, with places in the knockout stages up for grabs in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior football Championships, while the scramble to avoid getting sucked into the relegation quagmire also reaches a critical point. Over on the Mayo Football Podcast our club Championship coverage continues apace. Our latest pod is a bumper […]
The Mayo LGFA SFL Division One cup final took place last weekend, in which Knockmore emerged victorious after extra-time following a titanic tussle with Westport (match report from the Mayo News here), and this coming weekend the club Championships gets underway. There are opening round matches at the weekend in the Senior, Intermediate, Junior and Junior B competitions. All of […]
Mayo GAA have confirmed all the fixture details for this coming weekend’s Round 3 club Championship matches at Senior, Intermediate and Junior levels. As is always the case, all of these ties (bar the ones in both three-team Junior groups) will be played at neutral venues. Four of the weekend’s matches, all in the Senior Championship, will be streamed live […]
I’ve been fairly inactive here the last while for the simple reason that I was away on holidays. I did pack the laptop alright but it wasn’t opened much over the last two weeks, what with all that switching off and tuning out that needed to be done. Our return from the sun late last night appears to have coincided […]
The weather was vastly improved for this weekend’s Round 2 matches in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior club Championships, such a contrast to the wet and windy conditions that players and fans had to deal with for the opening round ties a fortnight ago. In the Senior Championship, it was a case of the big guns doing for the most […]
Round 2 of the club Championships takes place this weekend, as the pace quickens in the hunt for the Moclair, Sweeney and McDonnell Cups. In the Senior Championship there are a number of tasty encounters on offer for punters. If it’s a local derby you’re after then the meeting of Balla and Breaffy – who both lost in Round 1 […]
It was announced earlier today that Kevin McLoughlin has decided to retire from the inter-county scene. The official statement from Mayo GAA confirming this is here. Kevin McLoughlin’s career as a Mayo player spanned a full fifteen seasons. He made his debut in a National League match against Westmeath in March 2009 – a game played at Charlestown, as the […]