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Predictions- Round 3
Senior
Lomans v GCastle- Lomans by 6
Caulry v CK- CK by 8
Downs v Mullingar- Downs by 4
Tubberclaire v Killucan - Tubberclaire by 5
MAW v Tang - Tang by 4
Tyrellspass v Athlone - Athlone by 5
Intermediate
Milltown Rathconrath vs Milltownpass - Milltown Rathconath by 2
Malachy's vs Castledaly - Mals by 12
Multy v Shandonagh - Shan by 8
The Bridge v Maryland - Bridge by 5
CFCW v Ballymore - Ballymore by 4
Rosemount v Ballinagore - Draw
Junior 1
Bun v Kilbeggan- Kilbeggan by 4
Joeys v Ball - Ball by 2
MAW v Downs - Maw by 4
Mullingar v St Paul's - Mullingar by 8
Lomans v Athlone - Lomans by 18
CK v Killucan - Killucan by 6

tparker120 (Westmeath) - Posts: 3 - 15/08/2026 15:58:33    2689997

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Replying To jamsie:  "South probably not referred to as it's geographically inaccurate. Kinnegad is further south than Tubberclair. When people say South Westmeath for GAA, what they mean is West Westmeath."
South is South unless you dont like the word. Loads of clubs along the Offaly border that in any normal discussion would be referred to as South. St Josephs club reaches into Offaly albeit only slightly. They and their neighbours are South Westmeath

Darragh (Westmeath) - Posts: 372 - 15/08/2026 16:39:17    2690002

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Replying To WHLeinster2026:  "I think people need to realise there are massive differences between Mullingar & Athlone towns for a number of reasons

Moate are doing very well at underage, play in Division 1 at most ages and won U20 recently. Tubberclair had a good run and won two minor & U20 championship but are now in Division 2 & 3 at underage. Garrycastle won U15 Division 1 a few years ago but play in lower divisions. Athlone won U15 feile this year but minors are in Division 4.

Culturally & historically Mullingar is a GAA town, Athlone is not. Athlone is a garrison town and soccer you could argue is the most popular sport in the town, a lot of people don't follow GAA. There are a number of soccer clubs Willow Park, St. Peter's, Temple Villa, AC Celtic, Athlone Town along with smaller adult clubs compared to two in Mullingar. There was hardly a flag in the town when Westmeath were in the Leinster final. Compare that with Moate where residents raised a couple of grand for flags & bunting. Athlone has a league of Ireland soccer team, an AIL rugby team and a national basketball division 2 team. None of these are in Mullingar.

There is a bigger spread of clubs in Athlone & surrounding areas so numbers are spread across more clubs with Garrycastle & Athlone, Caulry, Tubberclair, Castledaly & Maryland. Where as Mullingar is split over 4 clubs, Lomans, shamrocks, The Downs & Shandonagh. And that doesn't include half of the town of Athlone being in a different province! Clann na Gael & St. Brigids are two massive clubs and the largest populated area of Athlone town, Monksland is in Roscommon.

There is a split in schools too. Anyone playing GAA in Mullingar is going to Colaiste Mhuire. Athlone is split across Athlone CC, Marist and Colaiste Chiarain. You could include Moate CS here with players from Caulry & Castledaly going here, while Colaiste Mhuire often have players from places like Milltown & Clonmellon"
Great post

DelaneyCup2026 (Westmeath) - Posts: 25 - 15/08/2026 19:54:51    2690010

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Shamrocks poor tonight, had a good opening 15mins then The Downs took over. Shane Ormsby was a loss, it was like watching a hot knife through butter how easy The Downs cut through them, they had no answer to their running game. Shamrocks ran into tackles and lost turnovers, lost the midfield, some of the more experienced defenders were caught out again, haven't enough in forwards either apart from number 15 who was good at times. Some of the subs made awful mistakes. The Downs getting players back and starting to tick. Positives for Shamrocks is they are blooding lots of youngsters. It will take them time to get experience. The Downs looking good

dec (None) - Posts: 316 - 15/08/2026 21:18:21    2690016

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Replying To dec:  "Shamrocks poor tonight, had a good opening 15mins then The Downs took over. Shane Ormsby was a loss, it was like watching a hot knife through butter how easy The Downs cut through them, they had no answer to their running game. Shamrocks ran into tackles and lost turnovers, lost the midfield, some of the more experienced defenders were caught out again, haven't enough in forwards either apart from number 15 who was good at times. Some of the subs made awful mistakes. The Downs getting players back and starting to tick. Positives for Shamrocks is they are blooding lots of youngsters. It will take them time to get experience. The Downs looking good"
I was in the stand tonight chatting a Shamrocks man, he told me from the Shamrocks team and subs that came on that played the semi final last year against The Downs there are ten lads missing either through injury retirement or travelling. I can't see to many clubs competing with that turnover ,The Downs are a lot further down the road in their journey. It was men against boys really from a S&C point . I think Ty Masterson is going to make the step to inter county looking at him tonight .

Moorehead (Westmeath) - Posts: 150 - 15/08/2026 21:35:31    2690018

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Replying To Moorehead:  "I was in the stand tonight chatting a Shamrocks man, he told me from the Shamrocks team and subs that came on that played the semi final last year against The Downs there are ten lads missing either through injury retirement or travelling. I can't see to many clubs competing with that turnover ,The Downs are a lot further down the road in their journey. It was men against boys really from a S&C point . I think Ty Masterson is going to make the step to inter county looking at him tonight ."
A fair few missing for different reasons and some of the more experienced not performing. Ty Masterson looks a good talent, Adam Buckley, Adam Glynn and Cristoir Ormsby will also get a call in. Absolutely The Downs way more seasoned team but Shamrocks will be good in a couple of years

dec (None) - Posts: 316 - 15/08/2026 22:46:16    2690024

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Tubberclair certain to qualify for quarter finals after an impressive comeback win over Killucan. A score difference of + 26, head to head results and six points in the bag means guaranteed qualification, Killucan not helped by injuries tonight, Tang vs Tyrrellspass looks like relegation decider, Killucan's matches with Athlone and Moate will be crucial

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2746 - 15/08/2026 23:29:00    2690026

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Replying To Moorehead:  "I was in the stand tonight chatting a Shamrocks man, he told me from the Shamrocks team and subs that came on that played the semi final last year against The Downs there are ten lads missing either through injury retirement or travelling. I can't see to many clubs competing with that turnover ,The Downs are a lot further down the road in their journey. It was men against boys really from a S&C point . I think Ty Masterson is going to make the step to inter county looking at him tonight ."
That can't be right 10 lads missing seems very high. I checked Shamrocks' team sheets and could only see Conor O'Brien, Paddy Fagan, Darragh Daly, Jordan Warde, Marc Rivers and John O'Reilly missing from last year I'm nearly sure Marc and John were listed tonight too. Unless he's counting fringe players no club bar Lomans or The Downs could compete or even field with 10 senior lads missing On other notes I don't think Moate are as ahead tang we're fairly close to get on top of them neary was looking good just thought they lost the legs a bit but I wouldn't surprised if tang beat Tyrellspass by the way things are going

TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (Westmeath) - Posts: 13 - 16/08/2026 00:37:40    2690030

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Replying To Moorehead:  "I was in the stand tonight chatting a Shamrocks man, he told me from the Shamrocks team and subs that came on that played the semi final last year against The Downs there are ten lads missing either through injury retirement or travelling. I can't see to many clubs competing with that turnover ,The Downs are a lot further down the road in their journey. It was men against boys really from a S&C point . I think Ty Masterson is going to make the step to inter county looking at him tonight ."
On that point too I thought ty and Buckley were superb keepers; they made two great saves to keep it competitive but I think Shamrock's were going to get caught out sooner or later the two goals they got v Loman's are shots that dropped short and they got something onto it
When the likes of Moran Martin Murtagh ran at them from deep they opened cracks

TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (Westmeath) - Posts: 13 - 16/08/2026 01:01:13    2690031

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Replying To Moorehead:  "I was in the stand tonight chatting a Shamrocks man, he told me from the Shamrocks team and subs that came on that played the semi final last year against The Downs there are ten lads missing either through injury retirement or travelling. I can't see to many clubs competing with that turnover ,The Downs are a lot further down the road in their journey. It was men against boys really from a S&C point . I think Ty Masterson is going to make the step to inter county looking at him tonight ."
accurate - but how many of those missing would actually improve them now? Marc Eivers the only one under 30 that is obvious to me. These young players are better - just not going to be physically ready to compete with a team like The Downs for a couple more years. They might still make a semi yet - but that's their limit.
The Downs will continue to improve. Two nice games remaining to see them in to the knockouts.

jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 527 - 16/08/2026 09:27:25    2690034

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Replying To dec:  "A fair few missing for different reasons and some of the more experienced not performing. Ty Masterson looks a good talent, Adam Buckley, Adam Glynn and Cristoir Ormsby will also get a call in. Absolutely The Downs way more seasoned team but Shamrocks will be good in a couple of years"
Calm down a little bit, good prospects and may well feature but absolutely not certs. Ormsby has another year of U20 and needs to make an impact there.

Killucan missing Eoghan Keyes but Tubberclair I'm told missing 5 players that started the Leinster Intermediate Final only last December.

DelaneyCup2026 (Westmeath) - Posts: 25 - 16/08/2026 13:28:59    2690053

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Shamrocks don't have mobile enough defenders. Some of them don't look fit

valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1935 - 16/08/2026 13:53:26    2690056

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Michael Ennis doing some job with Ballinagore, not often a side from junior wins 2 out of first 3 games in intermediate, huge win over Rosemount today, group wide open with Ballymore leading on 6 points and the bridge, Rosemount and Ballinagore on 4. Ballinagore were playing junior 2 two years ago, now one win away from Section A in intermediate. Rosemount had David O' Reilly back too.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2746 - 16/08/2026 15:48:02    2690061

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Was at Caulry - Kinnegad. Caulry were shockingly bad. No attacking threat whatsoever. Their first point from play I think was about ten minutes from the end. Kinnegad weren't hectic either but did what was required. Probably one of the worst games I've seen over the past few years.
The Downs looked sharper last night. Mullingar were callow and are way off the top three. I saw nothing other than an enthusiastic first 15 minutes to say they will mount any challenge. Downs Kinnegad final again I think.

Iarmhisamhi (Westmeath) - Posts: 67 - 16/08/2026 18:38:34    2690084

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Replying To Iarmhisamhi:  "Was at Caulry - Kinnegad. Caulry were shockingly bad. No attacking threat whatsoever. Their first point from play I think was about ten minutes from the end. Kinnegad weren't hectic either but did what was required. Probably one of the worst games I've seen over the past few years.
The Downs looked sharper last night. Mullingar were callow and are way off the top three. I saw nothing other than an enthusiastic first 15 minutes to say they will mount any challenge. Downs Kinnegad final again I think."
Agree Caulry we're not good enough. Baker ,Mylnn,McCormack and Doyle all missing 4 from your first choice forwards missing without these players they are bound to struggle. Now facing in to 2 dead rubber games the way the championship format is this year . Advantage to The Downs and Lomams not very well structured when you study it. Tuberclair really kicking on will fancy playing anyone at moment.

Undertheroad (Westmeath) - Posts: 96 - 16/08/2026 18:57:52    2690088

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