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The Mayo senior hurlers failed to get their NHL Division 3A campaign under way last Sunday, after the pitch in Crossmaglen was deemed unplayable after an overnight fall of snow. The Mayo management of Martin Brennan and Pete Finnerty left no stone unturned in their preparation for the tie, having travelled up to Armagh on the Saturday evening before the game. The travelling party were very disappointed that no game was played on Sunday, after completing a 330 mile round trip to the North.

While the footballers have been doing the business on the field picking up two wins from their opening games in the national league, it is now the hurlers’ time to go into competitive action this weekend. Martin Brennan and Pete Finnerty are back on board for this year following initial murmuring that they were not going to take charge of the side again following their exit from the Christy Ring Cup at the semi final stage last term.

Mayo 3-16

While many would have been lining the pitches in Breaffy, Shrule, Claremorris, and Burrishoole or easing themselves into watching Joe Canning put ona legendary display but still end up on a losing side last Saturday night, there was a bit of history being made in Aughrim, County Wicklow.

Results from the 4 person classic are as follows: 1 Colm Meagher (12), Peter Donnelly (10), Adrian O’Neill (8), Michael O’Draighneain (13) Kinsale 104 points; 2 Seamus O’Connor (17), Martin Holohan (10), Mary Brophy (22), Breda Phelan (15) 103 points; 3 Eamonn Breen (12), John Brennan (15), Gary Kirby (16) Kilkenny, Con Delaney (14) Abbeyleix 103 points; 4 Mick Daly (14), Shay Kennedy (12), Martin Brennan G (13), John Kelly (13) 101 points b9; 5 Eddie Kenny (12), Tony Carr (17), John O’Driscoll (18), Aoife Carr (32).

Results from the ladies 18 hole singles stableford are as follows: 1. Jean Jackman 41 points; 2. Margaret Geoghegan, Borris 38 points back 9; 3. Marie Gannon 38 points; Gross Emer Foley 37 points; 4. Kathleen Hogan 37 points; Front 9 Jenny Wallace, Kilkenny 20 points; Back 9 Helen Conway 19 points.

A little over six months on since they tasted a defeat of the bitterest kind to swallow, the Mayo senior hurling side will be getting back into competitive action this weekend. With a place in the final in their grasp a late surge from Carlow saw Mayo lose their footing on their home patch, and with it a chance to make it to the final of the second tier competition. Seeing their chance to appear in the Christy Ring Cup final slip through their fingers in McHale Park against Carlow late last July will have left the Mayo squad eager to put things to right in 2009.

Joe Togher was born in Headford on September 8, 1898. His father was a shopkeeper and his mother was from Carlow, and they had three more sons and a daughter. His father died when he was very young, so in 1910 his mother moved the family into Francis Street in Galway where she opened a small hotel (see photograph) to support them. She was very busy with the business so it was Joe’s sister Nell who looked after him. He went to ‘The Mon’ where a nationalistic Brother Leo was a major influence. Joe was a good oarsman, a champion sculler.

While the rest of the country was fighting off the chill last Sunday and the pre-eminent side in the game couldn’t make it to Galway for their league game, Mayo made the long trip to Derry to open their account in division 3A of the National Hurling league. And despite a brave battle by their defence and midfield they came out on the wrong side of a 0-9 to 0-6 scoreline. Martin Brennan along with Pete Finnerty is again patrolling the sidelines this year and Brennan was disappointed with the result last weekend. “Well it was played in terrible conditions and we didn’t even think it would be played at all, but that’s no excuse for the scoreline. The conditions were the same for us as they were for Derry. Our defence and midfield put in a fantastic display, but it was up front where we had our problems and it’s something we need to get sorted out.”

NHL div 3A round 5 Sunday March 29