Predictions for this weekends senior games?

BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 25 - 18/08/2026 10:52:08    2690269

A disappointing weekend in Senior championship with a lot of big beatings given. DRP have the semi booked but I actually think Harps will pip Gaels to first and win the remaining two games, leaving Gaels 2nd and Marys 3rd. Coolera and Molaise game in round 5 will decide who is 2nd but I think Coolera.

In intermediate no major surprises either as the race to join Curry in the final continues. In junior St Michaels have blown their shot at a semi final so Owenmore could well be joined by a second team in the final.

This weeks predictions.
Senior:
Tubber v Shamrock Gaels....Gaels by 8
Mullinabreena v DRP....DRP by 12
Coolera v Easkey....Coolera by 15
Harps v Tourlestrane...Harps by 4

Intermediate:
Ballymote v Castleconnor...Ballymote by 2
Calry v St Farnan's.....Draw
Geevagh v Curry....Curry by 7
St Pats v Enniscrone...Enniscrone by 6

Junior A
Eastern Harps v DRP....DRP by 2
St Molaise Gaels v St Johns....St Johns by 1
Tourlestrane v Coolera....Coolera by 3
St Marys v Owenmore Gaels....Owenmore by 8

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 715 - 18/08/2026 10:55:39    2690272

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 304 - 18/08/2026 11:40:38    2690279

Predictions for Round 4 - 22/23 Aug

Senior:
Shamrock Gaels by 10 over Tubber
DRP by 8 over Coolaney
Coolera by 10 over Easkey
Harps by 5 over Tourlestrane

Intermediate:
Castleconnor by 1 over Ballymote
Calry by 2 over St Farnan's
Curry by 10 over Geevagh
Enniscrone by 3 over St Pat's

Junior A
Eastern Harps by 7 over DRP
St Molaise by 3 over St John's
Coolera by 5 over Tourlestrane
Owenmore by 10 over St Mary's

SLGO (Sligo) - Posts: 13 - 18/08/2026 12:38:09    2690295

BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 25 - 18/08/2026 12:57:54    2690299

Game 4 on the bounce for some teams.
I was in favour of abandoning the break that we used to have after round 2. Players want the group stages done and dusted before college starts to minimize travel home for training.
Drumcliffe are home and hosed but there is no way they are going to relax now so Coolaney might get the brunt of another beating. Drumcliffe by 8
Coolera will also get the win against Easkey. I was having problems trying to both pronounce and spell the new kid they have acquired, thankfully everyone now seems to just call him Fola. I felt in the first championship match against Drumcliffe he was a bit disinterested and wondered if Coolera would get more from his talents. They certainly did the last day. Coolera by 12
Shamrock Gaels had a great win over a disjointed Marys who were very disappointing. Gaels will have no problem beating Tubber whose morale must be on the ground after last weekend. They have injuries to deal with along with a suspension.
I expect Gaels to finish the round robin with style and win by 15
And so we are down to the only game that I can see any bit of of a competitive edge to. Tourlestrane will be anxious to prove that there is life in the old dog yet. They finished the league very well, should have beaten the Gaels in the championship and will have no fear of the Harp's. They still have Cathal Henry, John Kelly, Adrian MC Intyre, Barry Walsh etc etc that all know how to win tight hard games. In the other corner you have a much younger team but a team brimming with confidence and self belief. Mulligan and Kiernan are going well, Dylan Walsh is beginning to turn into the player that we all expected he would be. Matt Henry is flying, he is scoring but it's nothing like what he lays off to the other forwards and then young Healy that was never heard of before kicks 10 points the last day.
This is a big game.
If Harp's win they will make the knockout stage.
If they lose they will have to beat Mary's in the last game which could be beyond them.
If Tourlestrane win they will be very confident that they will take Tubber in the last game and thus get to the knockout phase. I am finding it very tight to call but a very hesitant vote to Harp's by 4.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2567 - 20/08/2026 12:03:21    2690584

Coolera by 10
Drumcliffe by 8
Tourlestrane/Harp's Draw
Gaels by 9

Ballymote by 2
Calry by 6
Curry by 8
Enniscrone by 3

Drumcliffe by 2
Mary's by 1
Coolera by 2
St. Johns

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 304 - 21/08/2026 09:31:22    2690711

BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 25 - 21/08/2026 11:31:53    2690744

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 304 - 21/08/2026 17:01:39    2690801

Back again to finish the predictions.
I will go for Castleconnor to beat Ballymote this evening by 4.
I don't see Curry having any problems against Geevagh and will win by 8
Calry should have enough to see off Farnans by 5 and finally Enniscrone will beat Pat's by 4.
The junior games will be wins for
Harps
Owenmore Gaels
Coolera
Johns

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2567 - 21/08/2026 18:43:07    2690811

A few surprises eventually in the championship yesterday. Harps find themselves in a winner takes all game now with St Mary's and could have ended up top of the group if they had won. I bought the stream for it and seemed a healthy crowd there but management didn't help Harps case by not running in any fresh legs when the game was in the melting pot at the end. Easkeys draw was a massive shock and will set off alarm bells in Coolera that they really need to pick up. Pats then put Enniscrone to the sword showing that Group 2 in Intermediate really is at a lower standard than group 1.

I see fixtures out for round 5 and true to form CCC look after the West again…Coolera and Molaise in Castleconnor. But more concerning is that they don't have senior groups finishing at the same time. So in theory were Molaise to beat Coolera..Easkey have nearly 19 hours to work out how much they need to win by to grab 3rd.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 715 - 24/08/2026 08:32:55    2691029

Hi. I from within 500 mtrs from the Yeats County but on the Leitrim side of the Duff River.
Are St Molaise Gaels out of the Senior Championship. I think they are. Can someone confirm whether I'm right or wrong.

leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 87 - 24/08/2026 10:35:34    2691043

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 715 - 24/08/2026 12:29:05    2691052

Will be interesting to see how many people travel to C/S against Molaise in Castleconor. I dont think there is a pitch further away for both clubs that they could have selected, Something has to be done with the CCC and these pitch selections, it ruins what would have been a great local derby in Scarden or Kent Park. They should just move to 2 home games and 2 away games if the CCC are incapable of doing their job and will encourage more clubs to bring their facilities up to scratch so all pitches are available for championship games. I make it that the furthest distance 2 pitches are apart in the county is roughly 68km, so teams who are averaging 40km+ across 4 games is really insane and takes away the notion of selecting neutral venues.

For the group stages, distances teams will have to travel for group games

Senior
Easky 170km (avg 43km)
DRP 166km (avg 42km)
SMG 147km (avg 37km)
St.Marys 128km (avg 32km)
SHG 123km (avg 31km)
C/S 108km (avg 27km)
Tour 102km (avg 26km)
C/M 95km (avg 24km)
E Harps 91km (avg 23km)
Tubber 74km (avg 19km)

Intermediate
Geevagh 133km (avg 33km)
St.Farnans 118km (avg 30km)
Cloonacool 112km (avg 28km)
Castleconor 109km (avg 27km)
Bunnanadden 105km (avg 26km)
Enniscrone 105km (avg 26km)
St.Pats 102km (avg 26km)
Calry 98km (avg 25km)
Ballymote 26km (avg 16km)
Curry 57km (avg 14km)

Does anyone have the 2025 or 2024 distances to see how much worse it has gotten?

muscles (Sligo) - Posts: 492 - 24/08/2026 15:05:02    2691098