Galway SHC: Turloughmore and Loughrea fail to make last eight

Pearse Stadium in Salthill, Galway. File photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Four-in-a-row chasing Galway hurling champions St Thomas’ will face the recently crowned intermediate champions Kilconieron in the quarter-finals of this year’s competition.

The four preliminary quarter-finals at the weekend threw up a number of shocks, not least the collapse of last year’s county finalists Turloughmore who led at one stage by 10 points before being caught at the death by Kilnadeema-Leitrim.