THE Galway v Dublin hurling match in Pearse Stadium last Sunday would always be a major draw from Athenry Show’s footfall. However, that other rival to a good crowd - the weather - mostly obliged.

Even if it had rained, an elated Robbie Fallon would have walked on water after Cashelbay Mellow’s supreme Connemara pony championship win, as the Miceál and Evelyn Higgins Memorial Cup, that went along with the title, had great significance for him.