Improving Westmeath continue to make progress
Thu, Mar 05, 2015
Saturday night in Pairc Tailteann will be Westmeath’s next Allianz Football League Division Two examination, but Tom Cribben’s side will make the short journey to Navan encouraged by last Sunday’s stirring win over Kildare.
Read more ...Town face tricky opening test in Waterford
Thu, Mar 05, 2015
Athlone Town will hope to get off to a good start in Friday evening’s SSE Airtricity League First Division opener away to Waterford United at the RSC.
Eddie Wallace’s team have worked hard ahead of the campaign in pre-season and will be keen to make an impact in the south east.
Read more ...Understrength Buccs suffer home defeat
Thu, Mar 05, 2015
Buccaneers’ home form woes continued at Dubarry Park when they shipped a 43-6 hiding to Belfast Harlequins in their Ulster Bank League Division 1B game played in testing windy conditions on Saturday. With neither promotion nor relegation to stimulate the mid-table Pirates, they were always likely to struggle against Quins - who although just one place behind Buccs were not quite free from fears of dropping into the dreaded relegation dogfight and, consequently, had the greater motivation for this tie. The northerners scored seven tries in what was their best display in the league to date.
The visitors included a quartet with regular Ulster experience in Neil McComb, Michael Heaney, Rory Scholes, and Sean Reidy. Meanwhile, the hosts were missing seven players from the previous week’s win and, for the second time in three matches, had no Connacht players released to them.
Read more ...Westmeath need a win in Tralee
Thu, Feb 26, 2015
Derry finished with a flourish to claim a critical Allianz Hurling League Division 2A success over Westmeath at Owenbeg.
Read more ...Buccs claim fine away win
Thu, Feb 26, 2015
Buccaneers’ hopes of a top four finish were boosted while also consigning Corinthians to bottom place in Division 1B after a hard-fought Ulster Bank League encounter under the Clounacauneen floodlights on Friday night when the Pirates shaded the 17-14 verdict. A decent attendance braved a nippy night with intermittent showers for this Connacht derby and, while it lacked fluency, it was always committed and close.
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Derry to provide far tougher test
Thu, Feb 19, 2015
Buoyed up by a fine opening weekend success, Westmeath will be eager to claim another Allianz Hurling League Division 2A triumph away to Derry at Owenbeg on Sunday.
Derry shared the spoils with Kerry at Austin Stacks Park in Tralee last weekend which demonstrated how resourceful they can be. Despite trailing by five points at the break Derry rallied after half-time with Paddy Henry and substitute Johnny O’Dwyer influential. A late Henry free edged Derry in front, but Kerry’s Shane Nolan responded for the Kingdom as the match ended in a draw.
Read more ...Town continue to prepare for March kick-off
Thu, Feb 19, 2015
With the commencement of the SSE Airtricity League First Division campaign drifting closer, Athlone Town continued their pre-season preparations when playing out a scoreless draw with Bohemians at Dalymount Park on Sunday afternoon.
Bohemians, now being managed by former Town chief Keith Long, had plenty of familiar faces involved featuring four who served Athlone in 2014. Kealan Dillon, James O’Brien, Dylan Hayes, and Derek Prendergast were all named in Long’s matchday squad for this fixture.
Read more ...Manager Cribbin remains optimistic
Thu, Feb 12, 2015
Manager Tom Cribbin is enthused by how Westmeath are progressing despite suffering a Division Two Allianz Football League loss to Galway at Cusack Park last Sunday.
Read more ...Hurlers host London in League opener
Thu, Feb 12, 2015
Buoyed up by spirited displays in the Bord Na Mona Walsh Cup, Westmeath hurlers will be hoping to make a positive start to their Allianz Hurling League Division 2A campaign when hosting London at Cusack Park on Sunday (throw-in, 1pm).
A year ago London and Westmeath divided the spoils when the teams clashed at Ruislip so Michael Ryan’s team will know that the visitors have the potential to cause them problems. London, now under the stewardship of Fergus McMahon, who captained them to Nicky Rackard Cup success in 2005, will be without several key players as Kilburn Gaels are in action at Croke Park against O’Donovan Rossa in the All Ireland Intermediate Club Final.
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