LAST SUNDAY was a good day at the office for Wicklow with the footballers and hurlers both winning. At Aughrim Mick O'Dwyer's men got their league campaign back on track by beating Leitrim while the hurlers had the honour of putting the first silverware on the sideboard in 2010 as a result of winning the Kehoe Shield title.

Following the defeat away to Clare the previous week the footballers needed this win over Leitrim if they were to maintain interest in league honours in Division 4 and this victory over Leitrim keeps the door ajar for a possible promotion bid.

Both the footballers and hurlers are again in action this weekend with the footballers in London on Saturday to play the exiles in the league, and the hurlers also away to Fingal in their opening league match in Division 3B.

And another double victory is very much on the cards with the hurlers possibly having the tougher task again the Dubliners.

Kilkenny are the only county weaker than London in football and Micko's men are not expected to experience great difficulty in beating the exiles who have already lost their opening two matches in the league.

Mick O'Dwyer is using the league to build towards the championship and his team has still to get up to speed, but nevertheless they have shown in their first two matches that they are capable of being up there with the best in Division 4.

Indeed they should have beaten Clare in their opening match, allowing a seven points lead to slip in the second-half, which shows that you cannot afford to take the foot off the pedal or you will be severely punished for such lapses.

Yet London should not pose such a problem on Saturday, but winning will not be just enough for Wicklow, they must also go out to win by the biggest margin possible as score difference could come into play in a tight finish in deciding the two promotion places.

Casey O'Brien's hurlers can expect a much tougher test from Fingal in their opening league match but if they continue to play with the passion and determination that marked their displays against Roscommon and Armagh then victory over the Dubliners should be their reward.

Armagh beat Fingal in the semi-final of the Kehoe Cup shield but lost the final to Wicklow, albeit by a point and to an injury-time goal by Jonathan O'Neill, but nevertheless the Garden County men should have enough in the tank to record their third successive win.

There's no doubt but that winning the Kehoe Cup shield will be a huge boost to the morale of the Wicklow hurlers and they will be keen to maintain that momentum on Sunday.

Wicklow has a third team in inter-county action at the weekend with the U-21 footballers at home in Aughrim to Longford in the Leinster championship. The U-21 footballers took part in a Carlow tournament in recent weeks and had quite a good run to reach the final.

They were only beaten by Dublin in the qualifiers and again in the final and the experience they gained in these matches and against Carlow and Wexford should stand to them as they take on Longford.

We are looking forward with some confidence to all three teams, Micko's men, the hurlers and the U-21 footballers, winning at the weekend, but the players must produce the goods on the field of play as that's where games are won and lost.

- MARK KENNEDY Sports Reporter