Mayo LGFA league round-up: Knockmore and Westport continue to impress

IT was a weekend jam-packed throughout the county as the Mayo LGFA leagues round two matches took place. In a high profile fixture in Division One, Westport travelled to neighbors Burrishoole in a repeat-tie of last year's senior championship semi-final, which Westport won, to eventually defend their county title. 

This year, the team managed by Pop Geraghty are gearing up for a three-in-a-row charge and they're showing early on that they are up for the challenge. Westport left Newport on Sunday with their second win in the league campaign after a 2-9 to 1-4 victory. 

A decent win with an eight point margin left Geraghty a happy man after the match: “Obviously we're delighted with the win against a strong Burrishoole team. Delighted with the performance and to have two wins out of two.”

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Westport were able to blood more new talent on Sunday. After giving three players their senior debut in their round one win over MacHale Rovers, it was a premiere for Emma Conway and Maria McDonnell who got their first opportunity with the team in Newport.

Aoife Meaney with 1-3 was Westport's top scorer, as Christina MacEvilly 1-0, Fionnuala McLaughlin 0-2, Larissa Kelly 0-2, Katie Chambers 0-1 and Saoirse Byrne 0-1 contributed the remaining points.

Last year's senior championship finalists Knockmore have confirmed their early form from round one, when they dispatched Castlebar Mitchels 3-8 to 0-7. Last Sunday, Knockmore put another big score on their opponents, Kilmovee Shamrocks.

The team managed by Joe Brolly scored an impressive haul of 6-15 against Shamrocks who only managed to get 0-3 in reply.

If those early results are to be taken seriously, it might just be another year where everything leads towards a senior final between the two heavyweights Westport and Knockmore. 

Furthermore in Division One, MacHale Rovers recorded their first win, beating Carnacon on a full-time score of 2-9 to 0-8. The win is the more impressive as MacHale Rovers had to do without their inter-county players Sinéad Walsh, Kayla Doherty and Charlie Reilly Benson, who were in Athlone with the Mayo senior team.