Galway senior footballers to jet off for warm-weather training camp this week
THE GALWAY senior footballers will depart this week for a warm-weather training camp in Portugal.
Padraic Joyce’s side are heading to the Quinta do Lago Sports Complex in the Algarve to crank up their preparations for the upcoming Connacht senior football championship.
After Galway’s Allianz Football League campaign came to an end , Joyce and his squad have now taken the opportunity to fly out to Portugal on warm weather training camp.
The Tribesmen secured their Division One status with a 0-20 to -1-15 victory over Dublin in the National Football League. Joyce’s side recorded victories over Armagh, Dublin and Monaghan played out draws with Kerry and Donegal and suffered defeats to Mayo and Roscommon in Division One.
Galway await the winners of Sligo or Leitrim in the Connacht SFC semi-final. The provincial semi-final will either take place in Pearse Stadium or Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada on Saturday April 25th at 3:30pm.
Sligo and Leitrim meet in the Connacht SFC quarter-final on Sunday April 12th at 3pm. Mayo travel to London, while Roscommon make the trip to New York on the same day with the two winners facing off in the other Connacht SFC semi-final on Sunday April 26th.
The Quinta do Lago Sports Complex has been used by numerous inter-county GAA teams as well as the Irish rugby team in the past. The campus provides teams with access to pitches, a high performance gym, recovery pools, changing rooms, studios and bike sheds.