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All attention now turns to the Senior Championship and although Thomastown have installed themselves as favourites, Freshford will not relinquish their title without a fight. In last year’s decider Freshford halted Railyard’s search for a fifth championship in a row and will put up a royal battle to retain their title.

The 2011 Bord Gais Energy Ladies Football National League kicks off on Sunday with Kilkenny hosting Westmeath in Urlingford. The sides last met in 2008 when the Cats had a one point win in the Leinster semi final but the girls from the Lake County reversed this result with a three point win a month later in the All-Ireland series. Westmeath struggled in the League last year to cope with the powerhouses of Cavan, Fermanagh and Waterford resulting in relegation to Division 4 where they will hope to be better matched with Kilkenny, Carlow, Offaly, Louth, Roscommon, Antrim and Derry.

The Railyard senior ladies team made the trip to Blessington at the weekend to take part in the annual Mick Reid seven-a-side competition which was hosted by Blessington ladies football club with the proceeds going to local cancer fundraising.

Ladies football junior ch’ship final

Two youth clubs represented Kilkenny in the All-Ireland national games in Letterkenny last weekend. Hugginstown and Mooncoin youth club trained hard for the event since February of this year. Both clubs had to come out tops of the Kilkenny competition and the regional competition to get there.

Local ladies from the Callan and Muckalee ladies football teams will feature on RTÉ’s ‘Road to Croker’ programme tonight.

Kilkenny and Wicklow clashed at Jenkinstown last Sunday in round 2 of the Bord Gáis Energy ladies football national league. While both sides have had their share of good fortune in recent meetings lady luck was on the side of the visitors on this occasion. Wicklow were in a determined mood having lost to Antrim three weeks ago while the Cats had every right to be confident after a resounding 13 point win over Derry in round one.

Kilkenny ladies welcome Roscommon to Jenkinstown this Sunday in the Division 3 Bord Gais Energy National Football League quarter final. The sides have never met before in competitive action so this will be new territory for the Cats.

Kilkenny ladies could be forgiven for facing Roscommon somewhat with intrepidation in this TG4 intermediate ladies football fixture, having suffered a heavy defeat to the Rossies in the national league semi final in April. The Cats were well beaten by Longford in their opening game of the championship while Roscommon managed a draw with Longford a week earlier. However the form book was well and truly torn up and the Cats were unlucky not to come away with a win at Larchfield on Sunday last.