Moycullen handballer scoops top GAA award

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Moycullen's handball ace Martin Mulkerrins picked up three awards at the recent provincial GAA awards ceremony.

Connacht focus on discipline for visit of champions Ospreys

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

BY LINLEY MACKENZIE

Connacht focus on discipline for visit of champions Ospreys

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

Connacht return to the Galway Sportsground for the first time since last month's Heineken Cup win over Zebre when they host the current Celtic League champions tomorrow evening (7.45pm).

Loughnane calls it a day after glorious career

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

Ireland’s most successful race walker Olive Loughnane has announced that she is to retire from athletics. The Loughrea woman competed at the highest level, and won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships.

Ms Loughnane believes that the time is right for her to retire and hand the torch to a new generation: “My feeling was that I would quit while I was ahead and that I would know that the time was right from a personal and performance point of view. That time is now.”

Vital win for Wegians in hard-fought battle

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

Galwegians came away with four vital points in a hard-fought battle away to Old Crescent in this re-arranged Ulster Bank Division 2a fixture in Limerick on Saturday.

The Blues came into this game on the back of four successive league wins, and they were favourites to add another scalp in their late push for promotion. However they were pushed all the way by a dogged home team, whose performance belied their lowly league standing. The hosts took the lead in the fourth minute after Wegians were penalised at the first scrum, and Padraig Quinn split the uprights to give his side a 3-0 lead. Remarkably this was to prove their only score of the game, as a massive disciplined and defensive effort was required from Wegians for the next 76 minutes.

No doubting Thomas’s ahead of club replay

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

The St Thomas hurlers and their loyal band of supporters and management team are off to Parnell Park again this Saturday (5.45pm), for the replay of the All-Ireland senior club hurling semi-final.

Vital win for Wegians in hard-fought battle

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

Old Crescent 3
Galwegians 8

Loughnane calls it a day after glorious career

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

By Sinead Farrell
Ireland’s most successful race walker Olive Loughnane has announced that she is to retire from athletics. The Loughrea woman competed at the highest level, and won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships.

St Thomas take another step forward in All-Ireland club semi-final

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

St Thomas head to Parnell Park on Saturday to take on the current All-Ireland champions Loughgiel Shamrocks (4pm) in the All-Ireland semi-final with many supporters believing the club is in bonus territory.

Timely return of key players as Conncht head to Wales

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Connacht will be boosted ahead of tomorrow night's RaboDirect Pro 12 fixture against the Scarlets with the return of three front-line players.

Henshaw hoping to make Ireland u-20 debut

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Connacht fullback Robbie Henshaw is hoping to make his Ireland u-20s debut tomorrow evening at his home ground in Athlone.

The dynamic u-19 fullback, who featured in all Connacht's Heineken Cup matches, has been released from RaboDirect duty this weekend to enable him to play for the u-20s, and if u-20s head coach Mike Ruddock selects the former Marist College player, he will return to his home pitch for Friday Six Nations encounter with defending champions England.

Moycullen look to repeat earlier win over Killester

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Moycullen Basketball are back on the road this weekend in search of their sixth SuperLeague win, and they will face Killester with confidence when they clash in Clontarf on Saturday (8pm).

Ladies face Waterford in confident mood

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Galway Ladies, forced to settle for a draw with Kildare on opening day of their NFL division 2 campaign, now host Waterford in Tuam Stadium on Sunday (2pm).

Renmore see off Portlaoise in extra time

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Cian Garrett was the hero for Renmore’s u-15 soccer team which qualified for the last 16 of the FAI Evans Cup at the weekend.

Entries open for Gort Road Race

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

The second Gort Road Race race will take place in Gort, Co Galway, on Sunday February 17.

Hurlers’ focus now turns to opening league joust with the Cats

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

After last weekend's 2-19 to 1-21 defeat to Dublin in the Walsh Cup semi-final at Parnell Park, Galway now turn their attention to the first round of the National Hurling League in a fortnight’s time when they face Kilkenny in Pearse Stadium (Feb 24).

Positive first-half propels Galway over the line

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Galway collected their first two points from the 2013 NFL on Sunday at Pearse Stadium with a three-point win over Brian McIver's Derry.

Footballers target another two points in Louth

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Galway footballers are hoping to build on last weekend’s encouraging victory over Derry in round one of the National Football league when they face Louth at the Gaelic Grounds in Drogheda on Sunday (2pm).

The game this Sunday is due to be refereed by Derek Fahy (Longford) who referred Sligo and Roscommon last weekend, and was mentioned in most reports from that game as he gave a penalty against Philip Greene, the Sligo keeper for alleged barging with the ball.

New look Galway open National League against Derry at Pearse Stadium

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

The Galway senior footballers kick start their National Football League campaign this Sunday when they face Derry in Pearse Stadium at 2pm.

And to start the 2013 NFL season, Galway footballers will be sporting their new jerseys bearing the Supermac’s logo.

One jersey, one crest as Supermac’s sponsors GAA

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

Galway GAA is celebrating something of a new beginning this week - one sponsor for both football and hurling, one jersey and one crest, and a revamped county board committee that involves every club in the county.

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