Knockout feast looms as Westmeath quarter-finals are confirmed
A feast of knockout club football action beckons in Westmeath next weekend - with no less than 12 championship quarter-finals down for decision.
In addition, relegation play-off 'semi-finals' will take place in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior 1 football championships.
Last night (Sunday), the race for the Flanagan Cup (pictured above) was whittled down to eight teams, as the final Westmeath SFC quarter-final place was decided when Tyrrellspass defeated Shandonagh, 0-12 to 1-7.
The Downs had clinched their place in the last eight at Castledaly's expense earlier in the day.
Athlone scraped into the quarter-finals with a draw against Caulry on Saturday night - see more details HERE
In the Westmeath Intermediate FC, Maryland had six points to spare against Kilbeggan Shamrocks at Páirc Chiaráin yesterday, thereby setting up a quarter-final against Moate All Whites.
The SFC relegation semi-finals will feature two local derbies - Castledaly v Caulry and Mullingar Shamrocks v Shandonagh, with the two losers to play each other in the final relegation play-off.
See below for the list of the quarter-finals and the fixture details for next weekend.
Shay Murtagh Precast Westmeath SFC quarter-finals
(A) Garrycastle v The Downs
(B) Rosemount v Athlone
(C) St Loman's Mullingar v Killucan
(D) Coralstown/Kinnegad v Tyrrellspass
*Semi-finals: A v C; B v D.
Writech Westmeath Intermediate FC quarter-finals
(A) St Malachy's v Ballynacargy
(B) St Mary's Rochfortbridge v Milltownpass
(C) Tang v Ballymore
(D) Moate All Whites v Maryland
*Semi-finals: A v C; B v D.
Clarke's Bar Westmeath Junior 1 FC quarter-finals
(A) The Downs v Ballycomoyle
(B) Athlone v St Paul’s
(C) Tubberclair v Garrycastle
(D) Ballinagore v St Loman’s, Mullingar
*Semi-finals: A v C; B v D.
Westmeath GAA Fixtures
Friday, August 28
Writech Intermediate FC quarter-final
St Mary’s Rochfortbridge v Milltownpass, 8:15pm, Lakepoint Park, Sean Carroll.
Shay Murtagh Precast Senior FC relegation semi-finals
Caulry v Castledaly, 8:15, Páirc Chiaráin, Brendan Keena; Mullingar Shamrocks v Shandonagh, 8:15, Kinnegad, Niall Ward.
Saturday, August 29
Shay Murtagh Precast Senior FC quarter-finals
Rosemount v Athlone, 5pm, Moate, Damien Maher; St Loman’s, Mullingar v Killucan, 6:30, TEG Cusack Park, Pat Fox.
Writech Intermediate FC quarter-final
St Malachy’s v Ballynacargy, 6:30, Milltown, Barry Pierce.
Clarke’s Bar Junior FC quarter-finals
Tubberclair v Garrycastle, 6:30, Tang, Alfie Devine; Ballycomoyle v The Downs, 6:30, Clonmellon, Barry Nea.
Writech Intermediate FC relegation semi-final
Bunbrosna v Kilbeggan Shamrocks, 6.30, Ballymore, Keith O’Brien.
Sunday, August 30
Shay Murtagh Precast Senior FC quarter-finals
Garrycastle v The Downs, 3:30, TEG Cusack Park, Barry Kelly; Coralstown/Kinnegad v Tyrrellspass, 6:30, TEG Cusack Park, Alan Coyne.
Writech Intermediate FC quarter-finals
Tang v Ballymore, 3:30, Mount Temple, Mick Murtagh; Moate All Whites v Maryland, 2:30, Páirc Chiaráin, Jim Rock.
Clarke’s Bar Junior FC quarter-finals
Athlone v St Paul’s, 6:30, Springfield, Shane Maher; Ballinagore v St Loman’s, Mullingar, 1:30, Shandonagh, Enda Kelly.
Writech Intermediate FC relegation semi-final
Multyfarnham v Milltown, 1:30, Ballynacargy, Gary Hurley.
Clarke’s Bar Junior 1 FC relegation semi-finals
St Joseph’s v Castletown-Finea/Coole/Whitehall, 1:30, Bunbrosna, Paul McCaughey; Delvin v Mullingar Shamrocks, 6:30, Killucan Ken Gunning.