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With the games arriving thick and fast the Galway SHC is entering a crucial stage, and clubs throughout the county will be eager to land crucial victories next weekend.

This years National Hurling League Final has received mixed reviews. Most people like myself thought it was a cracking contest between two of hurling kingpins, it was also a much needed boost for the code ahead of the championship. However, there seems to be a minority out there who think the game was too physical. Okay, a couple of tackles shouldn't have happened but these have been dealt with since. Eddie Brennan and Hugh Maloney received a months suspension each when the CCCC met last week. Both players will take it on the chin, simply because they wont miss a championship game.

Kinvara GAA is hosting its second annual Kinvara Road Hurling Festival this June. This road hurling event, which proved a huge success last year, will be held from June 12 to 14, showcasing some of Galway’s finest hurlers.

Looking for a fun family day out this weekend, then look no further than the Cillin Hilll, where Africa Day will take place on Sunday, May 24.

Galway will face red hot championship favourites Kilkenny in the semi-final of the Leinster SHC. The game takes place in Tullamore on Saturday week.

Galway will encourage a new generation of children to get involved in Gaelic games through an innovative initiative by the GAA, and supported by AIB.

Is it true that Henry Shefflin sleeps with a sliothar under his pillow? Is Joe Canning a Weetabix or porridge man? How fast can Shane McGrath do a lap around Semple Stadium? Which Eoin Kelly is Ollie Moran related to? These questions and many other issues of profound importance about your county’s top hurlers will be answered this summer…

There is a lot of water under the bridge since the founding members of the Gaelic Athletic Association met in the now famous Hayes Hotel in Thurles back in 1884. I don't think Michael Cusack, Maurice Davin and his associates who gathered on that momentous occasion could ever in their wildest dreams have envisaged how significant an association they were just about to form and what an impact it was going to have on the people of Ireland.

John Power was born in 1966 and played hurling with Kilkenny from 1986 to 2002.

Last Saturday’s bad weather put paid to a challenge match that my own club Young Irelands, had pencilled in for preparation for round three of the league, so I found a bit of spare time on hands.