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This weekend’s senior hurling championship action commences on Friday evening at 7.15pm in Ballinasloe with hot favourites for the county cup, Portumna taking on last year’s Intermediate champions Padraig Pearses.

Kevin Walsh's Sligo team start their Connacht championship campaign on Sunday when they take on Leitrim in Markievicz Park. The Yeat's men were unlucky to be relegated from division two of the NFL this year, but, even without the injured David Kelly, they should have too much power and class for Leitrim.

Clarinbridge’s new management team of Johnny Lee, Monty Kerins and Martin Kennedy will have been pleased to get their 2011 championship off to a winning start last weekend when they defeated Sarsfields by 2-14 to 0-13.

There are some fabulous games down for decision this weekend in the county hurling championship.

Padraig Pearses GAA Club members are mourning the loss of club vice-president, Fr Nicholas Murray.

Croke Park will be the centre of attraction for junior and intermediate players this weekend when the AIB GAA All-Ireland club hurling and football finals take centre-stage on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The junior and intermediate football finals take place on Saturday night with their hurling equivalents on the Sunday agenda.

Padraig Pearses lost out by three points (1-10 to 0-10) to Ballymartle (Cork) in the All-Ireland intermediate hurling semi-final last Sunday in Templetouhy.

Pádraig Pearses will have it all to do to advance in this Sunday’s All Ireland Intermediate Hurling Club Championship semi-final at Templetuohy, Tipperary (2.30pm).

A - Athlone GAA Club celebrated their 125th year in existence. It was an honour for me to be captain 50 years on from the first of the famous six-in-a-row wins. Unfortunately we added no silverware at senior level. Making the knockout stages was progress and hopes are high that we can build on that in 2011. Our u14s won the Feile and u16s won the county title indicating a bright future for the club.

The big talking point following last weekend’s Roscommon u21 semi-finals was the fact that St Brigid’s record breaking run of county titles at this grade had come to an end. Having held the cup from 2002 to 2009 their hopes of adding a ninth successive title came unstuck at the hands of a well balanced Roscommon outfit. Considering the holders could call on 11 of the team that won last year’s decider it was going to take an exceptional performance to beat them.