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The Mayo senior ladies' football team will be looking to pick up the pieces of their heartbreaking loss to Galway in the Connacht final a couple of weeks ago when they take on Tyrone tomorrow in the All Ireland qualifiers series with a place up for grabs in the All Ireland quarter-finals.

The finest of margins separated these two sides in MacHale Park on Sunday afternoon, after looking like they were on the verge of a trimming 12 minutes in when they trailed by 0-7 to 0-1, Mayo came within inches of knocking Galway of their throne as the Queens of Connacht with a heroic display that came up just short in the final few minutes, where Galway’s greater composure in front of the posts saw them edge this battle.

The Mayo Ladies senior football team will be looking to bounce back from their opening day defeat to Cork in Swinford on Sunday when they head to the midlands to take on Laois.

Mayo overcame Dublin in a tense encounter at Naomh Mearnog last Sunday to book their place in the league semi-final. Mayo were the quickest to settle and they had two points on the board before Dublin were able to get any sustained possession thanks to good scores from Aileen Gilroy and Niamh Kelly who benefited from great work by Claire Egan. Dublin’s first score came from Lindsey Davey who struck a good point on the run but again Mayo replied well with a great score from corner back Kathryn Sullivan. However Dublin settled thanks to the growing influence of Noelle Healy in the Dublin midfield. Healy scored two points herself as Denise McKenna added two points from frees, and Leah McCaffrey added a fine score after turning over Mayo in their own half back line. However Mayo replied well with the half time whistle fast approaching, scoring the last two points of the half, one from Aileen Gilroy and another from Deirdre Doherty to leave the scores at half time Dublin 0-6 to Mayo’s 0-5.

It has been an up and down couple of years for those involved with the Mayo ladies senior football squad. Last year it all came to a head on the league front when they were relegated from division one without winning a single game. On Sunday in Parnell Park, they will be looking to make it back to the top table of football when they take on the near neighbours Galway in the division two final in Parnell Park in Dublin. In the league stages of the competition Mayo saw off almost all comers winning six of their seven games with the only minor blot on their copy book coming with a draw against Fermanagh.

Loreto Kilkenny and BCS Lismore served up a fascinating camogie All-Ireland Colleges Senior A final at Ardfinnan during the week. While the Kilkenny girls played into a stiff breeze in the opening half this didn’t affect their scoring.

Results from the July medal event are as follows: 1. Jim Cradock (9) – 65; 2. PJ O’Neill (16) – 67; 3. Kevin Gahan (16) – 69; Gross: Jimmy Leahy (5) – 75; 5. Noel Skehan (13) – 69; 6. Kenny MacIver ((9) – 69. 7. Nial Griffin (17) – 70; Junior: Billy Leyden (16) – 74.

Run for Fun in Castlebar

Kilkenny under 14 girls made the short trip to Old Leighlin last week to face neighbours Carlow in the opening round of the Leinster under 14 football championship. The girls have been training for the past month under the guidance of PJ Whelan and Barry Hayes and made the perfect start to their campaign with a resounding win played under lights.

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