It will be a special occasion on Sunday afternoon when the three Kelm brothers, Oisin, Ultan and Aoghan run out together onto Brewster Park for the Senior Championship Final.

It is the first year the three brothers have started games together due to a number of factors and they have already got their hands on silverware with the Division One league title and they are determined for a bit more.

“With different factors - the age gap, injuries, etc - this is the first year the three of us have started championship games together. So, to win a league and get a chance to play in a championship final isn’t a bad start,” explained Oisin.

The Kelms are part of an Erne Gaels side which boasts several sets of brothers and cousins, and Oisin believes this has helped to create a strong bond within the squad: “Including us, there are five sets of brothers in the squad and a few sets of cousins as is usually the case with rural clubs.

“Even the lads who aren’t family, we’ve all grown up and played football together from a young age, it’s a very close-knit group, so to win a first championship for the club since 1981 would be something special.”

To do that Kelm and co. have to get over the challenge of Enniskillen.

Having played them already in the league and seeing how they have come through to the final, Kelm who is a vital part of Belleek’s all-action style of play knows the challenge that lies ahead.

“I suppose like any team they have the standout names - Conor Love and John Rehill inside. Conor McShea is involved in everything. Eoin Beacom and Brandon [Horan] around the middle are well able to take scores and Johnny [Cassidy] driving from deep.

“But I think they had ten different scorers’ against Derrygonnelly so it’s not as easy as just shutting down one or two players.”

But he knows that there is plenty of danger among the Erne Gaels side as well and if they can perform it could take them over the line: “[We] Just [have to] treat it as any other game and don’t get caught up in the occasion.

“If we play to our strengths, and individuals get the better in our match-ups, hopefully, we can come out on the right side of it.”

Kelm and Erne Gaels have had the experience of winning finals in recent seasons.

Last year they beat Devenish in a dramatic Intermediate championship decider and have claimed the league title this season.

But as well as that there is still the experience of losing such as the Senior decider in 2016 and relegation to Intermediate in 2020.

“Last year’s Intermediate title, was the first medal as senior players for the vast majority of the team, so is not hard to keep pushing on.

“We still have a good number of players that lost by a point against Derrygonnelly in the 2016 final and ran them close again the following year but lost by two.

“We probably went from thinking we were close to getting over the line, to end up relegated to the Intermediate championship. So, we have first-hand experience of how easy it can be to fall away, so you want to maximise every chance you have to get silverware.”

They have certainly made that experience count and in big games, they have come with big moments even when not playing particularly well, like in the semi-final against Kinawley.

Kelm knows they did not reach their potential and another last-minute goal won them the game.

But since then they have been working hard in training to make sure when Sunday comes around they can reach the levels they are capable of.

“As you would expect, with a final coming up, training goes up a notch or two. Probably the fact that so many of us didn’t perform but still made it through, it gives an added energy as we have the chance to go and correct it and hopefully get over the line,” he concluded.