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St Thomas’ and Loughrea will contest the Galway senior hurling final after both clubs recorded convincing wins over Sarsfields and Clarinbridge respectively in the semi-final double header at a windswept Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

Hurling enthusiasts have two mouth-watering semi-finals in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Championship to look forward to this Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium.

Hurling enthusiasts have two mouth-watering semi-finals in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Championship to look forward to this Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium.

An intriguing Senior B play-off between Moycullen and Liam Mellows takes place this evening in Ballinasloe as the last two places in the preliminary quarter-finals of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship are decided in the coming days.

Sarsfields and Clarinbridge served up the game of the weekend in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Hurling Championship when they played out a thrilling draw in Duggan Park on Sunday evening.

Clarinbridge and Tommy Larkins were among the big winners in round two of the Brooks Galway Senior Hurling Club Championship when they got the better of Turloughmore and Gort respectively in the highest profile Senior A matches of an action-packed weekend.

The first round of the Brooks Group Senior Hurling Championship went to script for the main contenders. Five-in-a-row chasing St Thomas’, perennial challengers Turloughmore, and last year’s beaten finalists Clarinbridge, all registered wins as the race for the Tom Callanan Cup got underway.

Supporters of the Galway senior hurlers will be hitting the road to Thurles early on Saturday morning to see the Tribesmen take on Cork in the first of this weekend’s All-Ireland quarter-finals (1.45pm).

For the fifth time in eight years Galway and Kilkenny will contest the Leinster senior hurling championship final in Croke Park this weekend, with the Tribesmen favoured to lift the Bob O’Keeffe cup for the fourth time on Saturday evening (7pm).

The Galway senior hurlers were involved in yet more late dramatics last Sunday, this time coming out the right side of a controversial refereeing decision as Conor Cooney proved the hero in a one-point, 1-27 to 3-17, win over Kilkenny.