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The Galway Senior Camogie team travel to Cork this weekend as the top two of Division 1A face-off in a bid to make the league final. Galway can only be caught by Tipperary who sit two points behind going into the last game of the group phase.

GAA heroics

GAA heroics

These end-of-year bashes are fun but they’re just not the same without a silver guest of honour.

St Thomas and Sarsfields have booked themselves a spot in the semi finals of the Windows and Rooflights LTD Senior A Championship while Ardrahan will take on Athenry and Oranmore Maree will take on Mullagh in the quarter finals. Carnmore and Davitts will have to go to battle in the relegation final.

It was an exciting weekend in the Senior A, B and Intermediate camogie championships with some close battles throughout the games. Sarsfields, Mullagh and Athenry made it two wins from two while Ardrahan registered their first win of the championship. There were back to back wins for Salthill Knocknacarra and Shamrocks in the Senior B championship while Castlegar came late to overcome Eyrecourt for their first points and Craughwell and Clarinbridge shared the spoils. Meanwhile in the intermediate championship, there were wins for Killimor, Ahascragh Caltra and Pearses while Abbeyknockmoy and Liam Mellows had to split the points.

The Galway Senior, Intermediate and Junior championships kicked off over the last week with some very interesting ties taking place.

A controversial goal awarded to Cork despite looking like it had been thrown over the line ultimately proved the difference between victors Cork and a determined Galway side in an enthralling decider at Croke Park on Sunday.

There's still a magic to Aoife Donohue — the maestro at the heart of Galway's camogie successes over the past few years. The star who once won a senior and intermediate title for Galway in the one day, eleven years ago.

There is no transfer window in camogie, but if there was, Galway's capture of Niamh Mallon would be hovering around the multi-million mark given the stature and threat the former Down player carries at the sharp end of this Galway team.