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Once all the drama of the last day of the group stages of the Mayo club championships had been put to bed, only the third placed teams in the groups could rest on their laurels for the rest of the season, as the qualifiers into the last eight in of the various competitions and the bottom placed teams all waited to discover their fates.

There was a palpable sense of excitement in the Royal Theatre on Wednesday night as delegates, managers, and interested parties gathered to see the draw for the 2009 Royal Theatre Mayo football championships. And when the dust had settled there was plenty to talk about on the journey home to the four corners of Mayo. As always the senior championship draw was the highlight of the night as the 16 teams who went into the draw waited to find out what obstacles they were going to overcome in the group stages of the competition. The four semi-finalists were drawn out first (one in each group) and those who fell at the quarter final next, with the final eight the last to come out. The process of the draw meant that one group would include a semi-finalist, a quarter-finalist, and the ominous figure of Ballina among the quartet. That group when drawn drew gasps from those in attendance as Group B pitted Crossmolina, Knockmore, Ballina, and Ballinrobe in one of two groups of death that were pulled out of the hat.

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Friday May 15

The intermediate championship threw in for 2009 last weekend and Tourmakeady are already playing catch up after getting a 10-point trimming at the hands of Kilmaine in south Mayo last weekend. The vast majority of the field will be gearing up for action this weekend with 10 more teams getting involved in action, and with games spread out over the entire weekend from Saturday to Monday there is a feast of intermediate action to take in.

The weekend could see things sorted out in section A if Killala and Kilmaine are able to pick up the points on the road leaving both sides to battle it out for top spot in the table on the final day. Last year’s beaten finalists gave Tourmakeady a 10-point trimming in the first round, while Killala had enough to hold of Hollymount by two points in their first game. This weekend sees Killala make their way to Tourmakeady for a do or die battle for the Gaeltacht men. Tourmakeady would have fancied their chances of coming out of Kilmaine with some points on the board last time out and came home with their tail between their legs, so they will be all guns blazing on Saturday to take the points. Despite having a win in the bag already, Tourmakeady should take this one.