Connolly to reunite with old foe in Boston

Numbers drawn: 1, 4, 13, 22

O'Brien expects close contest

Rosemount manager Benny O'Brien is adamant form will go out the window when they clash with local rivals Maryland in this weekend's SFC opener.

Westmeath club pay touching tribute in honour of late player

Westmeath GAA club Garrycastle have paid a touching tribute in honour of their late player Brian Carty.

McDonnell chomping at the bit

Athlone manager Emmett McDonnell is looking forward to the senior football championship finally getting underway.

Ryan tipped for Laois job

Speculation is increasing that former Westmeath manager Michael Ryan is the front runner to be the new Laois senior hurling manager.

HS football team of the week

Here's our standout performers from the opening round of the new All-Ireland SFC Super 8 quarter-finals which saw wins for Tyrone, Dublin, Monaghan and Galway...

HS hurling team of the week

The race for the Liam MacCarthy Cup is down to just four teams after Clare and Limerick prevailed in their respective All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals at the weekend. Here's our team of the week.

U14:  Training Weds @ 7:30pm in Castlepollard.<br />U16/U18: Training Tues @ 7pm in Castlepollard.

Rounds 2 and 3 of the Westmeath Junior Championship coming up this week

We are set begin our Senior Football Championship campaign on Saturday evening in Athlone, where we will face Rosemount.

8Lotto Draw Next jackpot €3,600 on 22/7 in Fitzgerald's Lounge. Thanks again to everyone for their support.  Go raibh míle maith agaibh a chairde.

On Monday evening last we played our first game in Group D of Division 2 Championship.

Our Senior men begin their Championship campaign on Saturday when they travel to Mullingar to take on Coralstown-Kinnegad in the first round of the Shay Murtagh Precast Senior Football Championship in Cusack Park, throw-in at 6pm.

GAA tweets of the week

Here's our round-up of the twitter reaction to an action packed weekend...

Ladies: "I think we let the players do the talking today"

Mayo manager Peter Leahy said he was not one bit surprised to see his team sparkle against Cavan in the TG4 ladies All-Ireland football championship and that his side did their talking on the pitch after a fractious week away from it.

Our underage sides had good championship wins during the week.

On this Sunday July 21st our Intermediate team are taking on Tang in the first round of championship in Rosemount at 2.30pm.

Gaa: championship season is now upon us. On Tuesday the 17th of July , our Juniors are in round 2 action in the JFC vs Garrycastle at 7.30pm in Garrycastle.

MONSTER DRIVE THRU Bingo is on Sunday 22nd of July at 3pm.

Well done to our U16 and Minor boys who both recorded impressive championship wins last week.

Our Junior squad garnered our first piece of silverware since 2012 when we defeated Turin by two points after a close, tough game.

Turin Hurling Club are running a 'Pot Luck Draw' fundraiser with cash prizes.

The Under-12 squad got phase-2 of this years under-12 league off to a great start with a win against Caulry on Wednesday evenin

The boys enjoyed two great games against St Lomans on Saturday last.

All roads lead to Moynihan Park, Ballinacargy on Saturday evening as Ballinagore take on last years Junior Champions and All Ireland Finalists

As it happened: Sunday Match Tracker

The Super 8's continued and the last All-Ireland SHC quarterfinal were the focus of attention this afternoon.

It's a big week in the JFC with two games taking place in the space of five days.

Ladies: Slevin saves late win for Westmeath

Leanne Slevin's last ditch free helped Westmeath take a huge step towards the quarter-finals of the TG4 ladies All-Ireland seniorchampionship as they got the better of Waterford at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh.

As it happened: Saturday Match Tracker

Today we witnessed a bit of history in the GAA as the newly formed All-Ireland SFC Super 8's began.

GAA on TV this weekend: a huge few days of live action lie ahead

There's a huge few days of GAA coverage ahead with a total of ten games being shown live between football, hurling and ladies football.

Ladies previews: bumper weekend of action

IT'S a bumper Ladies Football weekend, with no fewer than 13 games down for decision.

Westmeath to appoint two sub-committees

Westmeath GAA are to appoint two sub-committees as they begin their search to find managers for their senior hurlers and footballers.

Gerry Reilly Leinster U-16 Football Tournament 2018 which is kindly sponsored by Briody Bedding, Ballinrink, Co Meath.

Our members draw is on this coming Saturday 14th. With a €10,000 prize fund please make sure to have your ticket in the drum.

Poll: who do you think will qualify from the Super 8 groups?

The Super 8s start this weekend but who will be left standing after three rounds of matches?

Prince Harry to live Croke Park dream

Wednesday is set to be a massive day for English sport as Prince Harry will make his Croke Park debut.

HS hurling team of the week

Galway celebrated a historic Bob O'Keeffe Cup two-in-a-row while Limerick and Wexford safely negotiated their respective preliminary quarter-finals. It's hurling team of the week time…

HS football team of the week

And then there were eight - here are the players that stood out for us in round 4 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers…