Annacurra faced Arklow Geraldine’s Ballymoney, (AGB), in the championship qualifier in Aughrim on Friday the 9^th of August, for the winner there was place in the last 12 of this years championship, the losers faced the Keating Cup and the prospect of having to fight for their place in the senior championship next year. Needless to say there was a lot at stake and with the recent spate of injuries only having been compounded by the loss of Paul McDonald to a serious injury that will keep him out of football for several weeks. Get well soon Paul.

The backdrop to Annacurra’s opening Senior Football Championship match against St Mary’s was a blissful weather conditions. While the morning of the match was a little cooler with predicted temperatures of 19 degrees and some cloud cover in Baltinglass where the match was to be played the later afternoon kick off happened under beautiful conditions without much protection for the players against the sun. It was going to be an important day for the water carriers.