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Replying To Gaagael15:  "Is the Salthill moycullen game on rte Saturday night?"
It says they are showing the Dublin hurling final next Saturday evening.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2432 - 20/10/2025 18:24:05    2640863

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Minor A final had some fantastic football on show on Sunday, Fair play to both teams.
Game was in the melting pot near the end, red card for Oranmore and a couple of wides for Claregalway but Oranmore finished strongly with last couple of scores.
Good number of u16s involved in it so you imagine the 2 clubs could dominate Galway Minors next year.
Saw second half of the B final. Others there said it was a good first half. Barna looked Athletic and Strong and also finished well with last few scores. Anyone know if they have potential Minors for next year ? Don't know anything about Headfird but was surprised that Tuam didn't win the North Board B.

Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 137 - 21/10/2025 08:33:48    2640902

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Replying To Black+Blue:  "Minor A final had some fantastic football on show on Sunday, Fair play to both teams.
Game was in the melting pot near the end, red card for Oranmore and a couple of wides for Claregalway but Oranmore finished strongly with last couple of scores.
Good number of u16s involved in it so you imagine the 2 clubs could dominate Galway Minors next year.
Saw second half of the B final. Others there said it was a good first half. Barna looked Athletic and Strong and also finished well with last few scores. Anyone know if they have potential Minors for next year ? Don't know anything about Headfird but was surprised that Tuam didn't win the North Board B."
Based on U16 this year and of course last year's U15, Mícheál Breathnach have had the better of both Oranmore and Claregalway, so I'd imagine they'll have plenty representatives on the county minor panel next year.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2608 - 21/10/2025 11:25:19    2640926

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "Based on U16 this year and of course last year's U15, Mícheál Breathnach have had the better of both Oranmore and Claregalway, so I'd imagine they'll have plenty representatives on the county minor panel next year."
Thats very true. I heard that's an exceptional Breathnachs team so I'm sure they will have to be well represented.
Was told Caherlistrane have a strong u16 team aswell so we could have a Minor panel next year that's strongly populated by 4 or 5 clubs.

Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 137 - 21/10/2025 11:36:13    2640929

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Replying To Gaagael15:  "Is the Salthill moycullen game on rte Saturday night?"
It says they are showing the Dublin hurling final next Saturday evening.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2432 - 21/10/2025 15:57:45    2640979

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Replying To Black+Blue:  "Thats very true. I heard that's an exceptional Breathnachs team so I'm sure they will have to be well represented.
Was told Caherlistrane have a strong u16 team aswell so we could have a Minor panel next year that's strongly populated by 4 or 5 clubs."
Dunmore also have a strong u16 team this year but I think they have lads in with Connaught u17s Rugby as well so may not be all available. They are playing MB in the u16 A Q Final this week. Not sure how many are county standard though.

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 71 - 21/10/2025 19:07:50    2641007

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Replying To WonTon5:  "Dunmore also have a strong u16 team this year but I think they have lads in with Connaught u17s Rugby as well so may not be all available. They are playing MB in the u16 A Q Final this week. Not sure how many are county standard though."
It was played this evening. Dunmore only lost by a point, I believe. That's an impressive result.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2608 - 21/10/2025 22:42:47    2641027

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "It was played this evening. Dunmore only lost by a point, I believe. That's an impressive result."
It was supposed to be a cracking game with loads of talent on display, Dunmore led for most of the match but the u16 Ted Webb captain from MB scored a last minute 2 pointer from the ground to win by 1 point. With these two teams, the minor A grade next year won't be dominated by the big teams, great to see the smaller clubs going well.

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 71 - 22/10/2025 11:47:19    2641072

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Replying To WonTon5:  "It was supposed to be a cracking game with loads of talent on display, Dunmore led for most of the match but the u16 Ted Webb captain from MB scored a last minute 2 pointer from the ground to win by 1 point. With these two teams, the minor A grade next year won't be dominated by the big teams, great to see the smaller clubs going well."
That'll be good news for the newly appointed Galway Minor Management team.
Salthill , Tuam and Monivea Abbey should also be strong at Minor next year and may have players in the County Panel.
Would be no harm to see a shake up of the current trend of largely populated clubs contesting the majority of Underage A finals.
Hats off to those clubs for their consistency but also to the likes of Bhreathnachs and Dunmore over recent years at various age grades.

Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 137 - 22/10/2025 12:49:52    2641085

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Williamstown vs Carna Caisil in the junior decider being played as a curtain raiser to senior final . Should be a tight affair both came through tight north and west finals.

MairtinTomSean (Galway) - Posts: 56 - 22/10/2025 13:17:01    2641089

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Replying To WonTon5:  "It was supposed to be a cracking game with loads of talent on display, Dunmore led for most of the match but the u16 Ted Webb captain from MB scored a last minute 2 pointer from the ground to win by 1 point. With these two teams, the minor A grade next year won't be dominated by the big teams, great to see the smaller clubs going well."
For sure. Dunmore have been very competitive at the upper echelons of minor and U19 in recent years too, which bodies well for them and indicates a lot of good work being done underage.
Oranmore edged past Killannin in the other semi-final. Killannin are another smaller club who've been doing very well at certain age groups recently.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2608 - 22/10/2025 13:27:42    2641092

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Predictions for the weekend.
Salthill by 2
Caltra by 1.

I think the Senior game will be a cagey affair and not a great spectacle. As for the intermediate game, expect a cracker.

Also I heard Galway played a recent challenge against UG. Did anyone hear what new players got brought in for a trial ?

Green&Gold2013 (Galway) - Posts: 52 - 22/10/2025 14:39:03    2641105

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