•Connacht junior clubs are gearing up for the first round of the All Ireland Junior Cup which take place on October 30. 2008-2009 champions Tullamore enjoy home advantage over Sligo for their opening game, while Corrib and Ballina are also on the road to face Cooke and Dromore respectively. The only club at home is Monivea, semi finalists last season, and they will host Cashel. There are four clubs from each province with the teams from Connacht, Leinster and Ulster qualifying through their position in last season’s qualifying league, while the Munster clubs are drawn from the four semi-finalists in this season’s Junior Club Cup.
•Domestic fixtures, Sunday October 17 (all matches 12 noon ): Women’s Connacht League 2010/11, UCG v Buccaneers; Carrick v Sligo; U-19 Junior League, Ballinasloe v Westport; Monivea v Loughrea; Buccaneers v Dunmore; Sligo v Corrib; U-19 division 1, Galwegians v Buccaneers; Ballina v Monivea; U-17 div 1, Ballina v Ballinasloe; Monivea v Galwegians; Buccaneers v Connemara; Westport v Sligo; U-17 division 2, Loughrea v Ballinrobe; Ballyhaunis v Carrick; Creggs v Sligo; U-14 North, Ballina v Westport; Ballinrobe v Sligo; Carrick v Creggs; Castlebar v Ballaghadereen; U-14 South, Ballinasloe v Loughrea Corinthians v Gort; Galwegians v Monivea; Tuam v Buccaneers.
•Domestic results: Junior Division 1A, Corinthians 63 Galwegians 0; Corrib 32 Ballinrobe 5; Westport 15 OLBC 27; Monivea 23 Tuam 16. Junior Division 1B, Connemara 15 Carrick 21; Ballyhaunis 10,Buccaneers 43; UCG 35 Dunmore 15; Gort 34 Portumna 12; Ballinasloe 3 Creggs 5. U-19 Junior League, Dunmore 7 Ballinasloe 25. U-19 division 1, Monivea 24 Corinthians 17. U-17 division 1, Galwegians 22 Westport 5.
