The Raymond Hurley-trained 2006 Cheltenham Foxhunter winner Whyso Mayo went down fighting on what was his final career race at yesterday’s Carbery Foxhounds Clonakilty point-to-point meeting on the picturesque Inchydoney Island when beaten two and a half lengths into second spot by Kaitlin’s Fancy in a vintage renewal of the open lightweight.

The Sean Aherne-trained Kaitlin’s Fancy lit up Saturday’s 10-race Tipperary Foxhoundspoint-to-point meeting at Lisronagh by recording a battling success in the featured four-mile open lightweight.

Tipperary footballers are likely to be without midfielder Brian Jones as well as Barry Grogan for the forthcoming championship season due to emigration.

Thomas Codd and Murty Dempsey have been chosen to assist new Wexford senior hurling manager Liam Dunne for his first season in charge.

NEW Galway hurling boss Anthony Cunningham has dropped one third of the team which started the All-Ireland quarter-final against Waterford this year in a massive clear-out.

AS is traditional, the sky looked as threatening as the bookies on the first day of the Galway Races in Ballybrit.

TO say this was a Lazarus-like performance from Waterford in Thurles yesterday is stretching things.

The Galway hurling team is unchanged ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Waterford in Thurles.

Galway are set to field an unchanged team in Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Cork at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 4pm).

Fit-again duo Ger Farragher and Iarla Tannian have been added to the Galway attack for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Clare in Salthill (throw-in 7pm).

FERMANAGH captain Barry Owens has sensationally claimed there were county board officials wishing the team were going to be beaten by London in last Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier.

WHEN Joe Connolly made his now famous All-Ireland-winning speech after Galway had bridged a 57-yr gap in 1980, it seemed to signal the end of what had been a hugely frustrating period for a county that is steeped in hurling history and tradition.

Galway 4-14 Kilkenny 3-13

THERE’S a day in golf, the third day, that they call ‘moving day’, fellas getting into position for the final push on the last day; this is ‘moving weekend’ in the Allianz Hurling League.

THIS game told us more about how far Wexford hurling has gone back rather than how far Galway have moved forward from last year.

Galway 1-24 Wexford 0-06, Pearse Stadium

FIRST Croke Park, now Portlaoise.

GER FARRAGHER is one of the purest strikers of a ball in hurling, a midfielder in the mould of Cork’s John Fenton from the 70s and 80s – poetry in motion.

SMALL things, Keith Rossiter had said last week, that’s what has cost Wexford so many times over the years.

WHAT were the Leinster Council thinking when they fixed this game for 7pm on a Saturday evening in Kilkenny?

With injuries clearing up, Galway manager John McIntyre has made just one change to his team for tomorrow night's Leinster SHC quarter-final against Wexford at Nowlan Park (throw-in 7pm).

MICHAEL CAHILL and Brian O’Meara will make their championship debuts for Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The Galway hurlers might have to begin their Leinster SHC bid without veteran defender Ollie Canning, who is currently nursing an ankle injury.

An unprecedented number of injuries forced manager John McIntyre to postpone last night's training session for the Galway Senior hurlers.

GALWAY hurlers last night cancelled a training session as their mounting injury crisis left them with just 12 fit players a week and a half before the championship opener against Wexford.

LEAGUE champions Galway have suffered a major blow ahead of the hurling championship with the confirmation experienced defender Fergal Moore has been ruled out for the season.

HIS Galway underage hurling days yielded plenty of success yet it was not until Sunday evening that Ger Farragher reached the milestone of a national triumph at senior level.

A FANTASTIC league final in Thurles yesterday, and great credit to the players on both teams for that, but the first people I want to talk about here are the Galway management team of John McIntyre, John Moylan, John Hardiman and Joe Connolly.

IF this is a sign of things to come later in the summer, bring it on!

Galway manager John McIntyre has made 13 changes to his team for Sunday's Allianz NHL Division 1 final against Cork at Semple Stadium (throw-in 7pm).

FARMS so close to Cork city don’t come up very often, says Dónal Barry of BMK auctioneers, about a 97-acre holding at Kildinan, Co Cork, just 20 minutes’ drive from Cork city.

Galway defender Conor Dervan is in line for his first start for the Tribesmen's senior hurlers since the 2008 Championship, after being named as one of two changes to the side to face Tipperary at Semple Stadium this Sunday (2.30pm)

DEFENDER Conor Dervan makes his first appearance for Galway since the 2008 championship when he starts against Tipperary in the Allianz NHL at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

Galway manager John McIntyre will hand five players their National Hurling League debuts when the Tribesmen take on a depleted Limerick side on Sunday in Kilmallock (throw-in 2.30pm).

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny crashed out of the Walsh Cup on a day when Offaly, Galway and Wexford advanced to next weekend's semi-finals.

THE first re-sale in the small scheme of just 14 houses, says estate agent Donal Barry of No 9, is a smart stand-alone Glenville home in Glen Dule.