SHC final headlines weekend with Intermediate football and hurling to boot

Naas star Rian Boran in SHC action against Conor O'Grady of Maynooth | FREELANCE

placeholder image — Naas star Rian Boran in SHC action against Conor O'Grady of Maynooth | FREELANCE

Naas and Maynooth are the main attraction of the weekend in the UPMC Senior Hurling Championship final

It is finals galore across a tantalising weekend of Kildare championship action with an unforeseen blend of mostly hurling but some football action too.

The small ball game has Senior, Intermediate and Minor finals while the football contingent have occupied the main event slot on Saturday evening in Cedral St Conelth’s Park where the previously inseparable Milltown and Suncroft will do battle again with extra-time and winner on the day provisions applied this time around.

The winner of the National Electrical Wholesalers IFC final replay will play Longford champions Moistrim in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in the first round of the Leinster championship next Saturday, October 31.

First on the docket in this exciting weekend however is a game about survival instead of glory as Clane and Confey do battle to retain their UPMC SHC status. Clane were the fresh faces in the SHC this year’s having won what was Senior ‘B’ and is now the Intermediate title in 2025 after emerging victorious in a cracker against finalists Leixlip.

Speaking of, Leixlip have in fact managed to return to the SHC this time around but face Naas’ second-string to decide who will lift this year’s IHC crown in a game that promises to excite.

The weekend’s headline act is of course the UPMC Senior Hurling Championship final between Maynooth and Naas. The Maynooth footballers have already ignored the odds to send a Naas team packing but it will take an even bigger upset if they are stop Naas winning their eighth Kildare SHC on the bounce. There will be a full preview of the final out on the Kildare Now and Leinster Leader websites at 7pm on Thursday, October 22.