THE slate is wiped clean for Antrim's ladies who begin the defence of their Ulster Intermediate crown on Sunday at Glenavy against Down (2pm throw-in).
AS the midweek throw-in times edge backwards, it's a sign that summer is just around the corner and the heat is also being cranked up in the Antrim football leagues.
Gerard Walsh hadn't played in a competitive hurling game since a county quarter-final last September, but he needed no time to get up to speed in Saturday's win over Wexford.
FROM the lowest of lows in Nowlan Park six days previous, Antrim's hurlers produced an heroic performance at Corrigan Park on Saturday to stun Wexford and grab their first points of this year's Leinster Hurling Championship.
THE manner of their defeat in Nowlan Park last week spoke for itself, Antrim’s hurlers must ensure they don't dwell on it as they welcome Wexford to Corrigan Park on Saturday.
St Gall’s continue to remerge as a strong force in Antrim football and in Creggan on Wednesday, they recorded their fifth win in five starts to move proudly to the top of the league after a win over Kickham’s on the Staffordstown Road.
SEVEN points from the boot of PJ Toal helped Éire Óg make it back-to-back wins in Division Three on Wednesday and deny St Malachy's their first points of the campaign.
The nights are getting longer and at last, days getting warmer as the Antrim Football Leagues begin to take shape with a full midweek programme seeing all but one game take place on Wednesday.
ASSIGNMENTS in championship hurling don’t get much tougher than Kilkenny away, but Antrim will relish Sunday’s trip to Noreside for their opening fixture in Leinster’s round robin.
IT'S a big hurling weekend in Antrim with the Saffrons facing Kilkenny at Nowlan Park in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship on Sunday, so the majority of this week's club fixtures take place on Saturday (times and dates subject to change).