Shark Swimming Club wins award
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Galway's Shark Swimming Club has been named the Connacht Swim Club of the Year for 2017 for overall excellence, and also won the Clubmark Award for corporate governance.
Read more ...Injury-hit Corofin will take nothing for granted Ruislipgranted
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Recently-crowned Connacht football champions Corofin will travel to London this weekend to play Fulham Irish in the All-Ireland quarter-final in what is a novel pairing for both teams.
Fulham Irish won their first London championship this year and will be hopeful of catching Corofin on the hop this Sunday when they meet in Ruislip at 1pm.
Read more ...Canney’s late strike seals Connacht success for Medtronic
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Medtronic regained the Connacht Senior Interfirms title when they defeated reigning champions Mayo Teachers in the Connacht final by 2-8 to 0-11 at the Connacht Centre Of Excellence recently.
Medtronic, due to wayward shooting, trailed for large portions of the match until two second-half goals clinched a fourth title in five years at this grade.
Read more ...Fantasy Football round 16 preview
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
It is December which means the Premier League matches are coming thick and fast.
Read more ...Mellows aiming for first senior title in forty-seven years
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
In December 1970 the number one single in the charts was "I think I love you" by the Partridge family. Jack Lynch was taoiseach, Éamon de Valera was president, and Everton won the division one league title in England that season.
Read more ...Keane starts to crack the whip as Connacht head to Italy
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Kieran Keane returns to Italy for the first time in 38 years when he takes his Connacht squad to Parma for Saturday's PRO 14 joust with Michael Bradley's Zebre.
It is something of a nostalgic return for Keane who was a member of the 1979 All Blacks side that played a first international match against Italy in Rovigo at the end of a tour to England and Scotland.
Read more ...Connacht Women face stern opening test against Munster
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Connacht Women open their interprovincial rugby campaign with a visit from Munster to the Galway Sportsground on Saturday (2.30pm).
Read more ...Galway United underage trials
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Galway United will hold U17 trials for players born in 2001 and 2002 on Sunday at East United, Castle Park, starting at 2pm.
Read more ...Corofin are Connacht champions for the eighth time
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Corofin went to the top of the roll of honour for Connacht club triumphs with their eighth title since 1991. Last weekend's win over Castlebar Mitchels saw them pass out Roscommon’s Clann na nGael who have seven gongs from the 1980s.
Read more ...Galway athletes make national breakthrough
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Harriers coach Matt Lockett has been appointed Irish U20 team coach for the European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia on December 10.
Read more ...Moycullen's late effort not enough
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Maigh Cuilinn were forced to bow out of the All-Ireland ladies' club intermediate semi-final, losing 0-18 to 2-11, despite an heroic late effort.
Read more ...Galway athletes shine
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Galway athletes will compete across the 10-race programme of this season National Cross Country Championships in Abbottstown, Dublin.
GCH junior men’s squad will be challenging for honours, with Eanna Folan, James Frizzell, Joe Tannian and Michael Healy on the team, backed by U18s Thomas McStay and Aaron Brennan, who all have the potential to make the podium.
Read more ...Challenges mount for Super League sides
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Moycullen face one of their biggest challenges of the season when they travel to Dublin for a clash with Super League leaders UCD Marian on Saturday (8pm).
After two defeats on the trot after a super start to the season, Moycullen will be looking to regain that winning form to keep alive their hopes of a league semi-final.
Read more ...Connacht girls claim historic first interpro crown
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
The Connacht Schools U15 girls soccer team captured the interprovincial title for the first time, and they did so with a clean sweep over their fellow rivals.
Read more ...Western boys are best
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
The Western Regional Boys Basketball team won the Basketball Ireland Post Primary Schools U17 Tom Collins Inter Regional in Sligo.
Read more ...Fantasy Football round 12 preview
Fri, Nov 17, 2017
Praise the Lord the Premier League is back. Tuesday night was arguably one of the biggest disappointments Irish football has ever seen and many of the team's supporters need club action to distract them from the awful thought of missing out on football's big jamboree next summer and painting Red Square green.
Read more ...Cregmore girls advance to national cup semi-final
Thu, Nov 16, 2017
Cregmore Claregalway FC have succesfully made it into the last four of this year's FAI Women’s U18 National Cup.
Read more ...Home win is vital for Moycullen's Super League hopes
Thu, Nov 16, 2017
Moycullen return to NUIG Kingfisher on Saturday (8pm) for an important fixture in their hopes of making this year's Super League basketball play-offs.
Read more ...Breakthrough for Maree in Super League
Thu, Nov 16, 2017
Maree basketballers have given themselves a huge confidence boost after winning their first men’s Super League fixture since promotion from division one.
Read more ...Galway ladies blitz Mayo in U21 All Ireland final
Thu, Nov 16, 2017
A superb performance from Emma Reaney helped Galway romp to victory over Mayo in the Aisling McGing All-Ireland U21 ladies' football final.
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