Round 1 Senior: Coolera v DRP - Draw Tourlestrane v St Marys....Marys by 4 Shamrock Gaels v E.Harps....Draw Easkey v St Molaise Gaels....Molaise by 5
Round 1 Intermediate: Bunninadden v Enniscrone...Bunninadden by 4 Curry v Ballymote....Curry by 8 St Farnans v St Pats....St Farnans by 5 Castleconnor v Cloonacool....Castleconnor by 4
Junior: Coolera v Marys...Marys by 5 Owenmore Gaels v St Michaels....Owenmore by 7 DRP v Molaise....DRP by 2 St Johns v Shamrock Gaels....Johns by 4
Round 1 Senior: Coolera v DRP - Draw Tourlestrane v St Marys....Marys by 4 Shamrock Gaels v E.Harps....Draw Easkey v St Molaise Gaels....Molaise by 5
Round 1 Intermediate: Bunninadden v Enniscrone...Bunninadden by 4 Curry v Ballymote....Curry by 8 St Farnans v St Pats....St Farnans by 5 Castleconnor v Cloonacool....Castleconnor by 4
Junior: Coolera v Marys...Marys by 5 Owenmore Gaels v St Michaels....Owenmore by 7 DRP v Molaise....DRP by 2 St Johns v Shamrock Gaels....Johns by 4"
Winners Drumcliffe. I'm going for them to be the first team to bring the cup across the bridge .
Intermediate. Has to be Curry.
Junior. Owenmore Gaels. They have already tasted success. Hardly any team left that will put it to them.
Drumcliffe by 2 Gaels by 3 Molaise by 7 Mary's by 6
Enniscrone by 5 It's hard to cross the mountain and win. Curry by 4 Castleconnor by 4 Farnans by 6
Mary's by 6 Owenmore by 3 Johns by 5 Drumcliffe by 5
Replying To MrUnderhill: "Is it a fact that owen B has never crossed the river (garavogue)? Must be a curse in there somewhere if its true."
It is true....but then again north Sligo wouldn't be seen as the traditional home of football. Look at the number of clubs and former county players down through the 130 plus years of Sligo GAA history in Southern and eastern divisions. County teams especially are more balanced now if not more skewed towards Northern division.
You must also take into account where there are now two large clubs in DRP & Molaise there were once a lot more smaller clubs operating at Junior level mainly, (before the introduction of intermediate grade which I think was in 80s). They should for sure in the modern era have had some success, but both DRP and Molaise are not that terribly long in senior ranks. Molaise in particular went up and down a lot in the 00's. You could argue similar about Owenmore Gaels, which is now the old Ballisodare and Collooney clubs. There hasn't been a senior title there since the 60s. I can't recall when they were a senior club last, and population has probably increased four if not five fold since then.
Feel like senior championship is a toss up this year between 4-5 teams all closely matched. I'm pick Shamrock Gaels to come good and put behind a disappointing league albeit the lack of firepower during most the league missing the Deignan's and Quinn.
Intermediate looks like it's Curry's to loose they have look strong during the league and look a step above the competition at this grade.
Owenmore gaels should cruise through the Junior championship and might push teams in the Connacht series from other counties.
Round 1 Senior: Coolera v DRP - DRP by 2 Tourlestrane v St Marys....Marys by 6 Shamrock Gaels v E.Harps.... Gaels by 3 Easkey v St Molaise Gaels....Molaise by 7
Round 1 Intermediate: Bunninadden v Enniscrone...Enniscrone by 1 Curry v Ballymote....Curry by 9 St Farnans v St Pats....St Farnans by 7 Castleconnor v Cloonacool....Castleconnor by 3
Junior: Coolera v Marys...Marys by 3 Owenmore Gaels v St Michaels....Owenmore by 12 DRP v Molaise....Molaise by 3 St Johns v Shamrock Gaels....Johns by 5