Championship round-up: A quick word on each of tonight's games

The following are the results from this evening’s opening games in the Mayo Club Championship.

Senior Group 1

Aghamore 0-12, Ballintubber 1-9

It took a late equalizer from Ciaran Gavin for Ballintubber to take a share of the points against Aghamore.

Breaffy 1-13, Kilmeena 0-12

A brave effort from Kilmeena in their first ever Senior Championship game but a Tommy O’Reilly goal at the start of the second half kept them at arm’s length for the remainder.

Senior Group 2

Mayo Gaels 0-9, Ballina Stephenites 0-20

As expected, Ballina began their Moclair Cup defence with a win against Mayo Gaels in ruthlessly efficient style.

Balla 0-12, Westport 0-14

Westport were made to work extremely hard for this win against a much-improved Balla side, who will fancy their chances at avoiding relegation this year.

Senior Group 4

Castlebar Mitchels 0-13, Charlestown 2-7

A brilliant result for Charlestown to open their Championship campaign against a wasteful Castlebar Mitchels team.

Ballyhaunis 0-11, Garrymore 3-11

Conceding two goals in the opening five minutes ensured this was always an uphill struggle for Ballyhaunis, who were not as bad as the scoreline suggests.

Intermediate Group 1

Lahardane MacHales 0-9, Crossmolina 0-16

James Maheady and Fionnan Duffy were in fine scoring form for Crossmolina as they got off to a winning start against neighbours Lahardane.

Intermediate Group 3

Ballinrobe 0-15, Parke KC 1-12

It was one of the tougher games to call and it ended in a draw between two of Intermediate’s heavy-hitters.

Junior Group 1 

Cill Chomain 0-8, Swinford 0-3

Liam Maloney was outstanding in defence and attack and Justin Healy scored three points as Cill Chomain breezed past Swinford in a low-scoring game.

Junior Group 2

Ballycroy 1-12, Northern Gaels 2-11

A second win of the campaign for Northern Gaels. Niall McDonnell and John McLoughlin both hit the back of the net to make sure of the two-point win.

Junior Group 3

Ballycastle 1-5, Eastern Gaels 3-13

David Smith, Evan Godfrey and Jack Madden all hit the back of the net for Eastern Gaels in a massive win against Ballycastle.

Pick up Tuesday's Western People for full match reports and analysis from all of these games.

Sunday’s fixtures (1pm start unless otherwise stated):

Mayo SFC Group 3: Ballaghaderreen v Knockmore (12pm), Claremorris v Belmullet (3pm)

Mayo IFC Group 1: Moy Davitts v Louisburgh (3pm)

Group 2: Kiltimagh v Hollymount-Carramore, CoE Bekan, Castlebar Mitchels ‘B’ v Davitts

Group 3: Kilmaine v Kiltane (3pm)

Group 4: Ardnaree Sarsfields v The Neale (3pm), Burrishoole v Islandeady (3pm)

Mayo JFC Group 1: Bonniconlon v Kilmovee Shamrocks

Group 2: Shrule/Glencorrib v Tourmakeady

Group 3: Killala v Achill (3pm)