Galway to get clear run at Mayo as club action delayed

The Galway footballers will enjoy an uninterrupted six-week run-in to their Connacht SFC quarter-final against Mayo, with not a single club championship fixture scheduled for April.

In both 2016 and 2017, the first round of the Galway senior football championship was played before the county’s provincial opener, but the decision has been taken this year to postpone club action until after Galway’s crunch Connacht quarter-final meeting with neighbours Mayo on Sunday, May 13.

Kevin Walsh’s side finished up their league with a first Division 1 final appearance in 12 years last Sunday and now have six weeks to prepare for the trip to Castlebar on May 13, with no club championship to serve as a distraction.