Championship draws made

Football and hurling draws

THE Sligo GAA club football and hurling draws were made on Wednesday and see some interesting challenges in store as sport resumes after the Covid-19 lockdown.

The weekend of July 18th/19th sees the football action resume with the warm-up competitions including the Kiernan, Benson and Abbott Cups while the Dermot Molloy Hurling league reverts to a knock-out format.

The highly anticipated Senior and Intermediate football championships begin on July 25th/26th, with two groups of five teams in each grade.

The draw, which was broadcast live on Ocean FM, revealed what the routes are for clubs this year.

In the Senior Football Championship, Group 1 consists of; Eastern Harps Drumcliffe/Rosses Point

St Mary’s

Tubbercurry

Shamrock Gaels

Group 2 is;

Geevagh

Calry/St Joseph’s Coolera/Strandhill Tourlestrane Coolaney/Mullinabreena

The top two teams in each progress to the semi-finals, with the bottom 2 teams in each going into the relegation play-offs.

The groups in the Intermediate Football Championship is as follows;

Group 1; Bunninadden

Curry

Ballymote

St Molaise Gaels

Enniscrone/Kilglass

Group 2; Castleconnor

St Farnan’s

St John’s

St Michael’s

Easkey

The Junior A Football Championship has 2 groups of four teams with the Junior B competition comprising 4 groups of three teams. Both are expected to begin on August 1st/3rd.

The Junior A Groups are; Group 1

Eastern Harps Cloonacool

St Patrick’s

St Mary’s

Group 2;

Shamrock Gaels

St Molaise Gaels Tourlesrane

Owenmore Gaels

The Junior B Groups are as follows;

Group 1 Castleconnor Coolaney/Mullinabreena Owenmore Gaels

Group 2;

St Farnan’s

Calry/St Joseph’s Tubbercurry

Group 3 Coolera/Strandhill

Curry

St John’s

Group 4 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point Enniscrone/Kilglass Geevagh

The Senior Hurling Championship is set to begin on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The groups are as follows;

Group 1

Tourlestrane

Naomh Eoin

Easkey

Group 2;

Western Gaels

Calry/St Joseph’s Coolera/Strandhill

The Dermot Molloy Hurling League will began on the weekend of July 18th.19th.

The Dermot Molloy quarter-finals are;

Calry/St Joseph’s v Carrick Hurling Club

Western Gaels v Cluainín Iomaint Tourlestrane v Coolera/Strandhill Naomh Eoin v Easkey. Meanwhile, the fixtures for the ladies club championships have also been announced.

They are as follows; 26-Jul-20 Owenmore Gaels v CT Gaels Drumcliffe/RP v Eastern Harps Bye v Eoghan Rua 02-Aug-20 CT Gaels v Drumcliffe/RP

Owenmore Gaels v Eoghan Rua

Bye v Eastern Harps 09-Aug-20

Eastern Harps v Owenmore Gaels

Bye v Drumcliffe/RP Eoghan Rua v CT Gaels 16-Aug-20

Bye v C T Gaels Drumcliffe/RP v Owenmore Gaels

Eastern Harps v Eoghan Rua 23-Aug-20

Eoghan Rua v Drumcliffe/RP Bye v Owenmore Gaels CT Gaels v Eastern Harps