Shane Hanley of the Westmeath under 20 football side in action last Saturday in Kinnegad. They face Monaghan next Saturday in round two of the Philly McGuinness Cup (Castledlaney, 2pm), one of many fixtures on a busy weekend.

League fixtures begin in Westmeath

Published: Mon 13 Feb 2023, 5:50 PM

It's a busy weekend on the Westmeath GAA front as the local club leagues get underway next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The All County Football League will see action across five divisions over the three days, with defending champions, The Downs, taking on neighbours Coralstown/Kinnegad in a tasty derby under lights on Friday evening (Kinnegad, 8pm).

There are big inter county games also, not least on Sunday next at TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar, where Westmeath take on neighbours Offaly in round three of the National Football League (2pm).

"Offaly are sitting on top of the table and it's a great game to look forward to. It will sharpen the focus of our lads and it's great to have young players like Danny Scahill and Senan Baker emerging," remarked Westmeath senior football manager, Dessie Dolan, following Westmeath's win over Longford, at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in round two.

"It's still early in the season. We had an important win over Longford, but Sunday will be a tough game. There's always lively debate among the Offaly and Westmeath supporters, for bragging rights. I live in Moate, not far from Tubber, and I know Bernard Allen, a former student of mine, was on fire for Offaly against Fermanagh in the last round!

"The connections are very close; we'd all want to win it, but it will be a tough game," he added.

See the weekend's fixtures in full below.

Westmeath GAA fixtures

Friday, 17th February

ACFL Div. 1 Round 1

Coralstown/Kinnegad v The Downs, 8pm, Alan Coyne; St Loman's Mullingar v Moate All Whites, 8pm, Shane Maher.

Saturday, 18th February

(All games 2pm unless otherwise stated)

ACFL Div. 1 Round 1

Castledaly v Garrycastle, Gary Hurley.

ACFL Div. 3 Round 1

Mullingar Shamrocks v St Loman's Mullingar, Alfie Devine.

ACFL Div. 4 Round 1

The Downs v Tyrrellspass, Ken Daly; Caulry v St Joseph's, Barry Pierce; Milltownpass v Shandonagh, Jim Rock; Rosemount v St Mary's Rochfortbridge, Michael Galvin; St Loman’s v Ballinagore, JP Reynolds.

ACFL Div. 5 Round 1

Killucan v Tubberclair, Kieran Daly; Milltown v Multyfarnham, James Allard; Coralstown/Kinnegad v Kilbeggan Shamrocks, Rob Cornally; St Paul's v Castletown-Finea/Coole/Whitehall, Michael Moran.

Very Ireland Camogie League Division 2A

Kerry v Westmeath, Abbeydorney GAA, 2pm, Aaron Hogg.

Philly McGuinness Cup Group 1 (U-20 Football League)

Monaghan v Westmeath, Castleblayney, 3pm, Pat Clarke.

Sunday, 19th February

(All games 11.30am unless otherwise stated)

ACFL Div. 1 Round 1

Mullingar Shamrocks v Tyrrellspass, Damien Maher; Tang v Shandonagh, Enda Kelly.

ACFL Div. 2 Round 1

St Mary's Rochfortbridge v Tubberclair, Brendan Keena; Athlone v Ballynacargy, Pat Fox; Ballymore v Rosemount, Keith O'Brien; Killucan v Milltown, Michael Murtagh; Milltownpass v Caulry, Barry Kelly.

ACFL Div. 3 Round 1

Bunbrosna v Maryland, Barry Nea; Kilbeggan Shamrocks v Multyfarnham, Sean Carroll; Garrycastle v The Downs, John Gallagher; St Malachy's v Moate All Whites, Mick Gordon.

ACFL Div. 5 Round 1

Athlone v Castledaly, Enda Kenny.

Allianz Football League Division 3

Westmeath v Offaly, TEG Cusack Park, 2pm, David Coldrick (Meath).

Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 2

Roscommon v Westmeath, 2pm, Kiltoom, Garryowen McMahon.