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Two under 8 and two under 9 teams from O'Loughlin Gaels travelled to the annual Roanmore Hurling Tournament, in Waterford City, last Saturday. Each team played three matches of ground hurling. This type of game made for excellent battles in all matches and was really exciting for the large attendance.

All-Ireland Intermediate semi-final

Number three seed, Andrew Harte, was the impressive winner of this year’s Senior Open Week singles which was sponsored by TigerTurf Tennis Court Construction. Only Eoghan O’Connor was able to take a set from Andrew as he went on to defeat Brian Murphy, Tommy Rochford (seed 2) and Simon Clarke (seed 1) to take the men’s title.

This score line would suggest Galway United gained a valuable point before the mid-season interval against the reigning champions, but to those gathered in Terryland Park on Tuesday night the reality was that two points were dropped.

Talking to Galway’s hurling manager John McIntyre during the week about this Sunday’s national hurling league final against Cork was a breath of fresh air. No clichés. No boring “we’ll do our best”. Or the other classic: “It’s only the league, and if we win, we win. And if we don’t, it’s the championship that counts.”

Clonmore 1-8

Palatine 0-8

Mayo 3-14

Galwegians face another tough away fixture on Saturday against Ulster’s Ballymena in the third AIB League division one encounter.

Galwegians 14