THE ATHLETIC GROUNDS in Armagh has been selected to host Sunday week’s Ulster club senior football final after Crossmaglen Rangers and Kilcoo opted to toss for the venue.
Both clubs agreed to toss between Páirc Esler in Newry and the Athletic Grounds before the Armagh stadium was selected as the venue for the match.
The Munster Council have also confirmed that their club SFC final, which is also to take place on December 2nd, will be held in Páirc Uí Chaoimh as Castlehaven and Dr Crokes face off.
The venue for the third provincial final on Sunday week will not be known until next week. Kilcormac-Killoughey have already booked their spot in the final but must await the outcome of next Sunday’s semi-final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and Oulart-the-Ballagh
Meanwhile there are five key games this weekend in the provincial senior club championships.
In Connacht, the spotlight is on Castlebar next Sunday. Roscommon’s St Brigid’s, chasing their third successive provincial senior title, face off against Mayo’s Ballaghaderreen, who are hoping to lift the first crown in their club’s history.
Sunday November 25th
Connacht club SFC final: St Brigid’s (Roscommon) v Ballaghaderreen (Mayo), Elvery’s McHale Park, Castlebar, 2pm.
In Leinster the last four in the club senior football championship has been reached.
The games see Portlaoise, Leinster champions in 2005 and 2009, meeting newcomers Longford’s Emmett Og Killoe. While Sarsfields, beaten finalists in 2006, square off against Dublin’s Ballymun Kickhams.
There is also hurling action in Leinster with the eagerly-awaited semi-final clash of Wexford champions Oulart-the-Ballagh and Kilkenny kingpins Ballyhale Shamrocks.
The club junior football title will also be handed out in Leinster this weekend with Castleknock, minus Ciaran Kilkenny who has departed for the AFL, facing St Fintan’s.
Sunday November 25th
Leinster club SFC semi-finals: Portlaoise (Laois) v Emmett Og Killoe (Longford), O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2pm; Sarsfields (Kildare) v Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin), St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge, 2pm.
Leinster club SHC semi-final: Oulart-the-Ballagh (Wexford) v Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny), Wexford Park, 2pm.
Leinster club JFC final: Castleknock (Dublin) v St Fintan’s (Wexford), Parnell Park, 2pm.
In Munster the focus will be on hurling matters in a repeat of the 2010 senior decider.
Tipperary’s Thurles Sarsfields, chasing their maiden crown at this level, come up against Waterford’s De La Salle, aiming for their third title in five years, on Sunday.
The intermediate finals in hurling and football are also both down for decision this weekend.
Saturday November 24th
Munster club IHC final: Silvermines (Tipperary) v Ballyduff (Kerry), Semple Stadium, Thurles, 2pm.
Sunday November 25th
Munster club SHC final: Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) v De La Salle (Waterford), Pairc Uí Chaoimh, 2pm.
Munster club IFC final: Finuge (Kerry) v St Vincent’s (Cork), Mallow, 2pm.
