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As a return to intercounty training awaits in late November, the Westmeath senior football panel united en masse on Sunday morning to complete the Tailteann Trail, members of the playing squad and management completing a sponsored relay on the greenway from Athlone to Kinnegad, realising funds for the Lake County’s team holiday to Mexico this month.

Galway senior football star Shane Walsh has confirmed his request to join Dublin GAA Club Kilmacud Crokes.

The quest for Flanagan Cup success commenced this past weekend as local clubs contested their opening fixtures in the Westmeath senior football championship.

A competitive season which commenced with a National Football League Division 3 victory over Wicklow in January will culminate in the surrounds of Croke Park on Saturday evening as Westmeath aim to become the inaugural winners of the Tailteann Cup.

A selector in 2004 when Westmeath historically won their first Leinster senior football championship, Lake County manager, Jack Cooney, is aiming to replicate silverware success in Croke Park on Saturday afternoon in the Tailteann Cup final.

The population of Westmeath has surpassed 90,000 for the first time since the foundation of the State.

It wasn't easy for the supporters and it wasn't any easier for the man on the sideline either last Saturday evening in Croke Park.

We have been put through the wringer on several occasions in the last number of years in nail-biting games, you would think we would be used to it by now.

This weekend will realise the conclusion of the round robin phase of the All County Football Leagues in Westmeath, the top two clubs in each division advancing to a final fixture prior to the start of championship season in July.