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There will be a general meeting of Club members at the Clubhouse on Tuesday the 17th August 2010 at 9.30pm. This meeting will be to discuss the club structures and County Board structures with a view to feeding any recommendations back to the County Board as part of its review. It will also consider the appointment of a manager to the Mayo County Senior Football team.

A huge crowd were in attendance at Gilmartin Park, Kiltimagh on Friday evening 30^th July 2010 to be present at the last ever hosting of the Club’s tournament held in memory of the Henry Byrne and John Morley. 2010 is the 30^th anniversary of the deaths of Henry and John, both of whom played football for Kiltimagh, and the club thought it fitting to do something special to honour their memory. The club were delighted to welcome Anne Byrne and Frances Morley and members of the Byrne and the Morley families; Bob and Nancy McCallion and the members of the McCallion family; Superintendent Ronan Galligan on behalf of Chief Superintendent Tom Curley; former Chief Superintendent Johnny Carey; former Garda Derek Kelly and many more. Michael McDonnell, formerly manager of Bank of Ireland, Kiltimagh attended on behalf of the Bank who sponsored the event. Special guest on the night was Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy and the Club presented the Byrne/Morley cup to him, on behalf of the Gardai, and it will be displayed from here on in Swinford Garda Station. Commissioner Murphy spoke movingly of the wonderful contribution John and Henry made to the Gardai, the GAA, their families and their community before their untimely deaths and he re-iterated that they and their families would never be forgotten by An Gardai Siochana.

Tomas Morley, Kiltimagh Club captain and nephew of John Morley, spoke of the legacy of John and Henry and how the tournament has been special for the families over the years and while it was sad to see it come to an end, he knew that John and Henry would always hold a special place in the annals of the club. Michael McDonnell reminded those present of the horrible events that led to the deaths on John and Henry and Sgt Donal Duignan, manager of the Garda football team, spoke of how honoured the Gardai were to have participated in the tournament over the years.

The final duty of the Garda Commissioner, on the night, was to unveil a mounted photograph of John and Henry. This will be a permanent reminder in the Clubhouse of our two deceased clubmates and their special position within the Club.

The evening was rounded off with a very enjoyable function in the Cill Aodain Court Hotel.

There was a match too and what an exciting match it was. Kiltimagh, holders of the trophy for the last 3 years were intent on retaining the trophy and fielded their strongest team. It was nip and tuck and, despite playing with a strong breeze, the Gardai only led by a point at the break, 0-4 to 0-3. Kiltimagh started the better in the second half and a goal from Noel Lydon saw them go a goal ahead and both teams then exchanged points a number of times until, with 2 minutes remaining, there was still 2 points between the sides. A goal at that point put the Gardai a point up and, try as they might, Kiltimagh could not overturn that margin. The Gardai were deserving winners on the night and it was fitting that the cup, on its last outing, should be presented to the captain of the victorious Gardai team, former Mayo County player, Declan Sweeney.

The final game of the group stages of this year's intermediate championship will take place in Gilmartin Park on Sunday 8th August 2010 at 5pm. The opposition on this occasion will be Mayo Gaels and Kiltimagh are only too aware of the danger they can pose, having been relegated following defeat to the same oppostition in 2008. A win over Mayo Gaels will secure a quarter final slot for Kiltimagh so the stakes are high.

The final round robin game in the 2010 U21 championship, against Garrymore, has now been brought forward to Sunday 1st August 2010. The game will take place at Gilmartin Park at 6.30pm

Kiltimagh had a great victory over Ballaghadereen in the East Mayo U16 Championship quarter-Final. They now play Swinford in the semi-final and that will take place at Charlestown at 7.45pm on Wednesday the 28th July 2010.

Kiltimagh 3-14 Moy Davitts 2-12 (after extra time). Kiltimagh had a thrilling win over hot favorites Moy Davitts in the East Mayo U14A championship semi-final. This was some consolation for their defeat at the hands of the same opposition in the County championship the previous week. They now go on to meet Ballaghadereen in the final.

This year there will be a special commemorative occasion to mark the deaths of Henry Byrne and John Morley. It will be the 30th anniversary of the deaths of the two gardai, who were murdered following a raid on the Bank of Ireland in Ballaghadereen, and Kiltimagh will be marking the occasion with a special event in Gilmartin Park. On Friday the 30th July 2010 at 7.30pm, Kiltimagh senior team will take on a team from Mayo Gardai and Garda Commissioner, Fachtna Murphy, will be the Guest of Honour for this special occasion. The Bank of Ireland are kindly sponsoring the tournament once again. As this will be the last year of the tournament, the Byrne-Morley trophy will be presented to the gardai afterwards and will then be displayed in the Garda Station in Castlebar. The Garda Commissioner shall accept the cup on behalf of the gardai and he shall unveil special commemorative photographs of Henry and John in the Club dressing rooms. This will be followed by a function in the Cill Aodain Court Hotel.

Kiltimagh 1-10 Naomh Padraig (Round Towers) 1-10: Kiltimagh could only manage a draw in Ballycastle and they now require a win against Garrymore in the final game to advance to the quarter finals.