FBD Connacht League - NUI, Galway 1-21 Mayo 2-16: The record books will show NUI, Galway came out on top in this fixture for the first time in eight years at MacHale Park, Castlebar yesterday. But the students’ manager Maurice Sheridan was the first to admit there were mitigating circumstances. 

Castlebar Mitchels 4-10 Breaffy 0-9: Three-goal hero Neil Douglas shone for Castlebar as they hammered neighbours Breaffy in the Mayo SFC final but Mitchels’ manager Declan Shaw was most pleased by his side’s airtight defensive display.