Ladies to face the Royals

THE draws for the ladies football championships took place recently and the Wicklow Senior side are faced with the difficult task of playing Meath in the Leinster Intermediate quarter-final on June 3.

The full list of championship fixtures are as follows: Intermediate Championship (knockout) quarter-finals, June 3 - Wicklow (H) v Meath, Kildare v Wexford, Offaly v Laois, Longford BYE.

Semi-finals on June 10 - Wicklow/Meath v Longford, Kildare/Wexford v Offaly/Laois. Final will take place on Saturday, June 23.

Minor championship, Preliminary round, March 11 - A: Wicklow v Laois, B: Wexford v Carlow, C: Longford v Kildare, D: Offaly v Kilkenny. Quarter-finals, March 18 - A v Dublin, B v Meath, C v Westmeath, D v Louth.

Under-16s - Wicklow in Group 3, Kilkenny, Longford, Wicklow, Carlow, March 4: Carlow v Wicklow, March 31: Wicklow v Kilkenny, April 8: Wicklow v Longford. Semi-finals, April 29, finals, week of May 30.

Under-14s - Wicklow in Group 3, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Carlow, Louth, March 3: Kilkenny v Wicklow, March 24: Carlow v Wicklow, April 7: Wicklow v Louth. Semi-finals on April 28, Finals on May 7. ‘C’ final midweek of May 7, ‘C’ Shield final midweek of April 24.

Club Championship - A: Wicklow v Carlow, September 29; B: Laois v Longford; C: Meath v Westmeath; D: Kildare v Louth. Quarter-finals: 1: Kilkenny v Wexford, 2: Dublin v Offaly; 3: A v C; 4: B v D. Semi-finals: 3v4,1v2.

Intermediate - Preliminaries, September 29 - A: Wicklow v Westmeath; B: Dublin v Laois. Quarter-finals - 1: Louth v Offaly; 2: Kildare v Meath; 3: B v Longford; 4: C v Wexford. Semi-finals: 3 v 4, 1 v 2.