Final four showdowns set the scene for championship to come

Thu, Jul 20, 2023

The Mayo GAA Senior Football Leagues are down to the final four across the top three divisions, with a feast of knock-out football taking place this coming weekend.

Final four weekend as we watch from the sidelines

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

This weekend, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals take centre stage, along with the Tailteann Cup final, and there is absolutely no doubt that there is a major anticlimax here without Mayo's involvement in those semi-finals.

Lake District athletes head to Tullamore for All Ireland weekend

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

The Lake District athletes had yet another busy weekend in Tullamore competing in the Juvenile All Irelands Day 1 and the Juvenile B All Irelands. Competing on Saturday last was Eoin Jennings, Ryan McCormack, Liam Lynch, David Marrey and Grace Jennings. Eoin Jennings and Ryan McCormack competed in the U15 Boys Javelin and both represented their club and gained invaluable experience on the national stage.

League quarter-finals weekend promises exciting action

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

The Mayo GAA Senior Football League's have reached the last eight stages after last weekend's conclusion of the group stages of the various divisions confirmed the quarter finalist and relegation final places.

Old rivals square off again with no room for error

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

Familiarity can breed contempt, but there will be plenty of respect between the players of Mayo and Galway on Saturday afternoon when they come face to face once again on the field. Both parties will be continuing the GPA led protest by ladies players looking for equality in the game.

It will be the third meeting of the sides so far this year, but unlike their league and Connacht Championship meetings from earlier in the year, there is no room for error this time around, with a place in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals up for grabs for the winners.

Dublin dismiss the dream once again

Fri, Jul 07, 2023

The rotten Monday morning feeling after a championship defeat was fully administered this week after a seismic loss to Dublin on a score line of 2-17 to 0-11.

Dubs down Mayo in merciless fashion

Fri, Jul 07, 2023

Dublin 2-17
Mayo 0-11

Mayo reacted the right way to set up for victory over Galway

Fri, Jun 30, 2023

How were Mayo going to react after seeing a place in the last eight slip though their fingers in the final quarter against Cork a week earlier was the big question heading into Pearse Stadium last Sunday.

Would they be able to shake it off and get right back on the wagon as they have done so many times in recent memory or would they fall to the boys from south of the border and exit the championship while the last embers of Bonfire Night were still smouldering along the rugged coastline of the county?

Little rest for Mayo after a weekend of drama

Fri, Jun 23, 2023

Little did I think that in trying to explain the scoring permutations in last week's column, they would have such relevance for the fate of six teams last weekend. There were frantic finishes to three games in three different venues that had serious consequences for the teams involved.

All on the line for Mayo on Sunday

Fri, Jun 23, 2023

It's do or die from now on in for Mayo. That was always going to be the case no matter what happened last weekend against Cork, but from being six points up and looking like they had two feet in the All Ireland quarter-finals proper after topping their group - they ended up in losing by three points and finishing in third place and now have to hit the road this Sunday, rather than having a week's break.

Mayo look to seal last eight spot

Fri, Jun 16, 2023

The importance of defeating Cork on Sunday in round 3 of the All-Ireland group stages cannot be over-emphasised. If Mayo win, they top the group and go straight through to the All-Ireland quarter finals, ensuring they will avoid an extra game and a quarter final clash against another group winner, which will most likely be Dublin, Derry and Galway. Right now, that's the way it looks anyway.

If Mayo happen to lose to Cork, It will leave Mayo, Cork and Kerry (providing they beat Louth which they will) all on four points, meaning the placings will come down to scoring difference.

Mustangs back on the march

Fri, Jun 02, 2023

Castlebar's Mustangs basketball team made their comeback at the Dublin Masters tournament recently. They played three group games and their first match was against Killester from Dublin, which was a hard-fought victory for Mustangs with a score of 35-20.

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