Westmeath GAA buck national trend on referee recruitment
Westmeath GAA have bucked a national trend by recruiting 58 new match officials who will begin their careers at under-age level this season.
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Westmeath GAA have bucked a national trend by recruiting 58 new match officials who will begin their careers at under-age level this season.
Down and Westmeath battled their way to a draw in the third round of the Joe McDonagh Cup on Saturday in the Ards and while it wasn't much use to the visitors, Down are still in with a chance, with Offaly to come in the last round.
Offaly overcame ferocious early odds to get the result they had to in a must-win Joe McDonagh Cup shootout in Tullamore on Saturday afternoon.
On Sunday, one of the great scoring defenders of his generation will take to the field for newly-crowned Division 3 champions Westmeath in their championship opener against Wicklow.
Westmeath manager Dessie Dolan questioned the GAA's fixtures scheduling after his side won the Allianz Football League Division 3 title, just eight days before they have to play a Leinster SFC quarter-final.
Jonathan Lynam was the two-goal hero as Westmeath heaped yet more final misery on Down by capturing the Allianz League Division 3 title.
The effects of the GAA calendar and a defeat to Sligo put a taint on Westmeath's promotion to Division 2 as an out of contention Yeats County took the positive of extra time to prepare for their provincial championship opener.
There are good reasons to be optimistic as a Westmeath football supporter.