The Connacht GAA Centre hosts the final of the AIB Connacht GAA Club Junior Hurling Championship. This game pits the Sligo Champions, Calry/St. Josephs against the Galway team of Annaghdown.
The reigning Connacht Champions in this grade, Calry/St. Josephs defeated St, Marys, Carrick in the semi-final on a score line of 1-9 to 0-8. The Sligo champions will be hoping to secure their third title in as many years this Saturday.
Their opponents, Annaghdown, represent Galway, having won the Galway Junior 1 Championship defeating Ballygar last Saturday on a score line of 4-8 to 1-10.
Saturday 8th November 2014
AIB Connacht GAA Club Junior Hurling Championship
Final
Annaghdown(Galway) v Calry/St Josephs(Sligo)
Throw in: 2pm
Venue: Connacht GAA Centre
Referee: Kevin McGeeney(Rosccomon)
The final of the AIB Connacht GAA Club Intermediate Hurling Championship is set for Athleague on Sunday 9th November. It will see the Mayo Champions Ballyhaunis, who defeated Roscommon’s Four Roads in the semi-final 2-10 to 1-10 take on the Galway Intermediate Champions.
Who the Galway champions are, will not be decided until next Saturday as the final of the competition has gone to a replay. The two teams Cappataggleand Ahascragh/Fohenagh could not be separated last Sunday in Duggan Park, with both teams finishing on a scoreline of 0-11 each after normal time. The replay is scheduled for next Saturday 8th November at 2.30pm in Duggan Park.
Ballyhaunis, who last contested the final of this competition in 2010, and lost narrowly to Galway’s Padraig Pearses, will be hoping for improved fortunes next weekend following the disappointment of their defeat in the semi-final of the AIB Connacht GAA Club Intermediate Football Championship to St. Croans.
Sunday 9th November 2014
AIB Connacht GAA Club Intermediate Hurling Championship
Final
Ballyhaunis v Cappataggle/Ahascragh-Fohenagh
Throw in: 2pm
Venue: Athleague
Referee: Damien Fox (An Clár)
The AIB Connacht GAA Club Senior Football Championship semi-finals are down for decision this weekend. In MacHale Park on Sunday,Ballintubber(Mayo) will host the Roscommon champions, St. Brigids, whileAughawillan(Leitrim) take on Corofin from Galway in Pairc Sean MacDiarmuida, Carrick on Shannon.
Aughawillan who scored, what many believe was a surprise victory over Sligo’s Tubbercurry in the quarter final, (2-12 to 0-13) will have home advantage for their clash with Corofin. Aughawillan who last competed in Connacht was in 1994, when they reached the final of the competition, losing out to Tuam Stars. They had impressive display in their defeat of Tubbercurry and will be hoping to build on that and be lining out for a Connacht final on the 16th November.
Corofin who have captured the last two titles in Galway, will be hoping for better fortune this year in their provincial campaign after going down to Castlebar Mitchels in the semi-final of the competition in Tuam Stadium last year. They had an impressive win over Galway city side St. Michaels in the Galway County final, winning on a score line of 5-12 to 0-9 and will be hoping to carry on the good form shown in the Galway club campaign to Connacht.
The other semi-final sees Ballintubber return to the provincial championship having played in it in 2010 and 2011. On both occasions they were defeated by Galway opposition by a single point, (2010 Killererin 0-9 Ballintubber 1-5, 2011 Corofin 1-11 Ballintubber 2-7). Their success in Mayo in the county final was over last year’s All-Ireland Club finalists Castlebar Mitchels, (2-9 to 1-9).
St. Brigid’s have just completed a five in a row of County titles in Roscommon and will be aiming to recapture the provincial title they held in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Last year saw them defeated in the provincial final by Castlebar Mitchels after extra time, (3-13 to 2-12) and the Kiltoom side will be eager to return to the provincial decider to capture their fourth Senior club title.
Sunday 9th November 2014
AIB Connacht GAA Club Senior Football Championship
Semi-Final
Aughawillan v Corofin
Throw in: 2pm
Venue: Pairc Sean MacDiarmuida, Carrick-on-Shannon
Referee: Jerome Henry(Maigh Eo)
AIB Connacht GAA Club Senior Football Championship
Semi-Final
Ballintubber v St. Brigids
Throw in: 2pm
Venue: MacHale Park
Referee: Ray McBrien(Liatroim).
