Mayfield (Cork) 1-14 Calry St Joseph’s (Sligo) 1-7: Mayfield are one step away from AIB All-Ireland Club Junior Hurling Championship glory after this workmanlike victory over dogged Calry St Joseph’s.

Fermanagh 3-16 Sligo 1-17: John Paul McGarry remembered an absent friend as Fermanagh finally claimed the Lory Meagher Cup title they’ve craved.

Kerry strode to a 1-20 to 0-12 victory over Derry in the Christy Ring Cup final, lifting their second title and avoiding a third successive defeat in the Croke Park decider.

Nicky Rackard Cup champions Donegal got their campaign back on track in Letterkenny on Saturday when they easily overcame Monaghan,3-26 to 0-15, to secure a quarter-final place against Louth next weekend.

Ballysaggart (Waterford) 4-13 Calry/St Joseph’s (Sligo) 0-08

Calry-St Joseph’s 5-13 Coolera-Strandhill 0-06

Monaghan and Roscommon booked semi-final places in the Nicky Rackard Cup, with goals key in their quarter-final wins over Sligo and Louth respectively this afternoon.

Longford 1-8 Sligo 0-9

Fullen Gaels (Lancashire) 0-17Calry/St Joseph’s (Sligo) 0-12 (AET)

Calry-St Joseph’s (Sligo)1-12Skehana (Galway)1-11

Donegal and Armagh claimed wins in the Nicky Rackard Cup today, while Warwickshire made their long journey to Leitrim count, with victory over the hosts at Ballinamore.

Donegal maintained their NHL Division 3A status with a narrow win over Sligo at Brewster Park yesterday.

Donegal 2-12 Sligo 0-16

Monaghan are top of Division 3A of the Hurling League following their victory over Tyrone on Saturday, while Fingal and Louth were winners elsewhere in the division this afternoon.

Tyrone took top spot in Division 3A of the Allianz Hurling League with the Red Hands and Monaghan taking wins today, while Sligo and Louth shared the spoils.

Tyrone got off to a flying start in the Allianz HL Division 3A with a 3-18 to 2-9 win over Sligo at Healy Park in Omagh yesterday.

The hurlers of Tyrone, Monaghan and Fingal all recorded wins in the opening round of Allianz League Division 3A today.

Next Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 3B final will be an all-Connacht affair despite today's defeat for 13-man Mayo at Clones.

Willie Hyland's injury-time goal earned Laois a 3-16 to 3-13 Allianz Hurling League Division 2 victory over Clare, before an attendance of 300 spectators at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise.

Roscommon, Mayo and Fingal all gained wins in Division 3B of the Allianz Hurling League, with Mayo maintaining their 100% record at the top of the table.

Sligo and Mayo both registered one-point wins in Division 3B of the Allianz Hurling League, while Fingal were also victorious.

LOUTH made it three wins from three in Division 3B with a 1-14 to 0-14 point win over Fingal at Swords.

Louth maintained their unbeaten run in Division 3B of the Allianz Hurling League, while there were wins also for Roscommon and Donegal.

There was a trio of home victories in the opening round of Division 3B in the Allianz National Hurling League.

Calry St Joseph's 2-6 Western Gaels 1-6

Sligo 1-13 Monaghan 2-8 (aet)

MICHAEL SHIELDS continues at full-back, with Ray Carey and Anthony Lynch holding down the corner-back positions as Cork announce the same starting side that defeated Armagh in their final group qualifying game for Sunday’s Allianz NFL Division Two final against Monaghan at Croke Park.

Table-toppers Monaghan took a late victory at Inniskeen as Leitrim and Sligo also recorded wins in Division 4 of the Allianz National Hurling league this afternoon.

Fermanagh 2-11 Sligo 0-15

THE seaside in Salthill is the only sand the Munster hurlers will see this spring after they blew a seven points lead in the final quarter of this M Donnelly Interpro semi-final at Pearse Stadium on Saturday.

Connacht 2-20 Munster 2-18, Pearse Stadium

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte introduces one newcomer for tomorrow’s floodlit NFL opener against Dublin at Croke Park.

TEAK-TOUGH Bishopstown back Noel O’Donovan and stylish Ballincollig winger Patrick Kelly have been drafted into the Cork team to play Meath in the opening round of the Allianz National Football League at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

Cushendall were crowned the first provincial club champions of 2008 thanks to a 1-14 to 1-13 victory over Down champions Ballygalget in the Ulster club SHC final at Casement Park, on a day which saw 13 county finals around the country, and also action in the Ulster and Connacht provincial club championships.

Ireland's U21s came out on top in the Hurling/Shinty International at Durrow this afternoon. However, luck was not on the side of their senior camogie counterparts who succumbed to Scotland by a point following a late injury-time goal.

The GAA have announced the squads which have been selected for the U21 and senior hurling/shinty internationals against Scotland on Saturday next, October 18.

HURLING was in short supply on a football weekend at Croke Park but the brilliance of Keith Raymond did the small game’s stock no harm as Sligo claimed Nicky Rackard Cup honours.

Sligo 3-19 Louth 3-10, Croke Park

The M Donnelly-sponsored All-Ireland Poc Fada final, which takes place next Saturday on Annaverna Mountain in Ravensdale, County Louth, boasts a high quality range of hurlers and 2007 champion Brendan Cummins will have quite a job to hold onto his title.

Sligo 2-15 Tyrone 2-11

NICKY RACKARD CUP GROUP 3D: WARWICKSHIRE 2-10 SLIGO 1-15

Monaghan's hurlers beat the South Down selection 2-10 to 3-03 at Clones this afternoon to record their first win of the 2008 NHL Division 4.

Roscommon 1-13 Sligo 0-15, Breffni Park

Roscommon 1-13 Sligo 0-15