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While the quarter-finals will take top billing this weekend, off-Broadway there is still plenty of games of consequence being played out across the county in the senior and intermediate championship relegation play-offs.

The Mayo GAA Egan Jewellers Intermediate Football Championship is proving to be tight as always as we head into the final round of group games, with plenty still to play for for the majority of clubs.

Following the announcement this week that the Electoral Commission recommends the Mayo constituency be changed from a four-seater to a five-seater and that south mayo areas added to the Galway west Dáil constituency be returned to the Mayo Dáil constituency - reaction was swift from some political quarters around Mayo.

The ad men for the sponsors of the All Ireland Minor Championships came up in recent years with the tag line 'This is Major' for their advertising campaign - to emphasise how important the minor championship is for its young stars. Well, for each of the teams battling to become Mayo GAA Intermediate champions, there is no tougher competition to call in Mayo football than the intermediate championship, with at least a dozen, if not all 16 sides, having their eyes set on taking the big prize.

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.

New Mayo manager Kevin McStay will have to continue his planning for the upcoming season without the services of Oisin Mullin after it was announced last week he would be heading for the AFL in Australia.

Children’s cancer charity, Cancer Fund for Children has recruited a Connacht-based regional fundraiser to join their team.

Once again the unpredictable nature of the Mayo intermediate championship raised its head again last weekend after a barnstorming weekend of action in the competition.