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As ever, the expectations are high when a county minor hurling team coached by Mattie Murphy heads into championship action, and this year is no exception.

There have been thirty-nine games in the Salthill Hotel senior hurling championship so far this year, and the twenty-one sides that started out in the championship race have now been whittled down to the last eight, after last weekend’s action.

Cyril Donnellan, one of the stars of Galway’s win over Offaly last weekend, ranks a Leinster medal as a huge prize for the county.

It may seem churlish to nit-pick when a team wins a championship game by 10 points, but the Galway management team and the Galway players will know they will have to be much more imposing and tight at the back when they face Offaly on June 17 in Portlaoise in the Leinster semi-final (2pm throw-in).

Galway head to Cusack Park in Mullingar on Sunday (2.30pm) for a crucial game against Westmeath in division two of the NFL. If Galway win, they will have five points in the bag and will have taken a huge step in maintaining their status for the coming year.

The hurlers of Newbridge and Ballygar were defeated by four points, 1-10 to 0-17, last Sunday in Nenagh in the All-Ireland junior hurling semi-final.

Clarinbridge qualified for a second consecutive county final last Saturday when they saw off Craughwell comfortably enough in Duggan Park on a score-line of 0-18 to 0-13.

If ever there was a salient argument for playing senior club championship hurling in this county during July and August, it was made on Sunday in a rain-drenched Kenny Park.

There is a gush of expectation and excitement in Galway football circles this week in anticipation of a first county final between Tuam Stars and Corofin for 16 years.

The finalists for the 2011 county senior hurling final are expected to be known by 5pm this Sunday afternoon, barring any draws.