Newmarket enter the fray of senior championship football at Mallow next Saturday evening, May 5th and a historic fixture for the club against St. Finbarrs at 7pm.

Newmarket return to the same venue where their remarkable championship crusade of 2011 ended last November in the Munster Intermediate Semi Final against eventual All Ireland champions, Milltown Castlemaine of Kerry. However, the reward for county championship success is now a tilt at the senior grade.

Newmarket enter the contest on the back of good league form recording five wins from six outings in Division 3, however they will face a stern examination against Division 1 side and championship aristocrats St. Finbarrs. Newmarket’s preparations haven’t been helped due to a growing injury list, exam and work commitments, but a well prepared team will enter the dawn of a new era for the club.