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After the conclusion of the group stage, the business end of the race for the Frank Fox Cup really begins this week. Salthill/Knocknacarra, Maigh Cuilinn, Corofin and Annaghdown all consolidated top spot in their groups with wins at the weekend and will skip the preliminary quarter final round. After some games with great entertainment, we know the eight teams to face each other in the preliminary quarter finals this week and the four teams set to fight it out in the relegation semi-finals.

Just three weeks after the disappointment of the men's senior All-Ireland final, the club championship starts back this weekend. Six weeks after the end of the league campaign, all 16 teams will get a chance to start afresh in the chase for the Frank Fox Cup. With four groups back in play for this year’s competition it is much simpler to see how teams can progress through to the latter stages.

The Galway Senior Football Championship heats up this weekend when Maigh Cuilinn play Mountbellew/Moylough and Corofin are up against Milltown in the semi-finals.

After four tight quarter-final games, the semi-finalists for this year's club football championship are decided. Milltown will face Corofin after both sides secured two-point wins in Tuam Stadium, and Mountbellew/Moylough will play Maigh Cuillinn after both teams secured one-point victories in Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Galway Senior Football Championship took place on Tuesday night after the conclusion of the preliminary quarter-final in Duggan Park.

The race for Frank Fox is now hotting up after a twelve-week group stage.

An auctioneer is described as an agent who accepts bids and sells goods at auction. The profession goes back thousands of years. In ancient Babylon, for instance, they used to hold auctions of women for marriage, indeed it was considered illegal to allow a daughter to be sold outside the auction process. In ancient Rome, they regularly held slave auctions. The idea of auctions as we know them today began in England in the late 17th century. They were referred to as English auctions where bids came in an ascending order.

Corofin, Moycullen and Tuam Stars maintained their 100 per cent record in the Galway Senior Football Championsip at the weekend.

A Mayo County Councillor has expressed deep concerns for the future of his native Achill Island, asserting that the Green agenda, CAP policies and government neglect, will see it turn into a habitat for rare birds and plants in 15 years - with no people.

The proposed ban on the sale of turf was a source for much discussion at the recently held Westmeath County Council meeting, emotions to the fore as the divisive issue gave cause for much debate amongst elected representatives present within the council chamber.