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A decade on and the passion for the game burns as bright as ever in Corofin. It is hard to fathom that it is 10 and a half years since Ray Silke climbed the Hogan Stand steps breathing life back into Galway football as Corofin were crowned All Ireland club kings on a nippy St Patrick’s afternoon in Drumcondra.

With the county championship quarter-finals fixed for next weekend, the last eight teams in contention have a final run out in the league this weekend.

"A great feeling to be back on top of Connacht", was how captain Kieran Fitzgerald described leading Corofin to their fourth Connacht Club SFC title.

The Claregalway Hotel county senior and intermediate championship semi-finals are down for decision this Sunday.

Winning a provincial title at club level is a great honour and Galway County champions Corofin annexed their fourth Connacht title last Sunday by easily defeating Eastern Harps from Sligo. Corofin’s previous provincial successes came in 1991, 1995 and 1997 and they are now second in the provincial honours list behind the magnificent Clann na Gael team that won seven titles, including a sensational six-in-a-row from 1984 to 1989.

2008 has been a marvellously successful year for the Corofin GAA club on the field of play, and to celebrate the club is hosting a special day of festivities on Saturday (December 27).

The boats are in the docks and we are promised a weekend of good weather and a Bank Holiday Monday.What more could you want?

The Galway Ladies Football u-14 team continue their campaign when they face Donegal on Saturday in Tubbercurry at 3pm.

The intensity of club football goes up a few notches when the safety net is taken away and quarter-final places are at stake.

An exciting weekend of Gaelic football is promised with four quarter-finals of the senior championship down for decision, and also the last eight in the intermediate championship,