Colaiste Na Coiribe win national basketball crown in thriller

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Colaiste na Coiribe of Galway bagged the second national cup title for the west of Ireland when winning the Subway Schools U19 B boys' final.

Bish edge local rivals Calasanctius in dying seconds to basktball final

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Bish captain Brian Gaffney was the hero for St Joseph’s College when they won the schools U16A National Cup by two points over fellow Galwegians, Calasanctius College, Oranmore.

Walsh looks to league campaign to build momentum

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

The Galway footballers kickstart their 2019 league campaign with a home game against Cavan on Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium (2.30pm).

Unbeaten Maree women prepare for basketball cup final

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Maree Basketball Club’s senior women’s side look to land the first piece of silverware of the season on Sunday when they take on Ulster University Elks in the division one cup final at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght (2pm).

Moycullen bounce back to winning ways in Superleague

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Moycullen’s Superleague basketball team finally got back to winning ways at the weekend when they overcame Killorglin by 82-57 in the NUI Galway Kingfisher Gym.

Galway athletes battle it out for honours

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

Three Galway athletes were in top form at the 2019 National Juvenile Combined Events Indoor Championships in Athlone IT on Saturday, bringing home three medals.

Galway leave it late, but pip Mayo on penalties to advance to final

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

For the second week in a row Mayo faded out in the second half and were brought to penalties, but this time they were the ones to lose out, going down 4-2 to the Tribesmen on penalties.

Inis Mór wins handball award

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Connacht’s finest handballers were honoured in Claremorris on Saturday night in what was a successful night for Galway Handball.

Martin Mulkerrins was named Connacht Men’s Player of the Year for 2018 after becoming the first Galway man to win the senior 40x20 All Ireland Championship. He also captained Team Ireland at the World Championships in Minnesota where he reached the 40x20 final, losing out in two tight games to Killian Carroll.

A big day for Galway teams in club semi-finals

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

The west and east of the county are represented in All Ireland semi-finals on Sunday. An Spidéal take on Naomh Eanna in the intermediate club football championship in Pairc Tailteann, Navan; Oranmore Maree face Noamh Gall in the intermediate hurling championship at Parnell Park, both at 2pm.

Huge fixtures for both clubs, An Spidéal became the first Galway club to claim the Connacht crown in eight years when they overcame Roscommon outfit Feurty by 1-14 to 0-16, while Oranmore Maree are favourites to advance to this year's decider.

Moycullen tee up clash with Belfast Star in U18 National Cup final

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Moycullen Basketball's U18 men's team has advanced to the 2019 Hula Hoops National Cup final.

Records broken at indoor champs

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

A record entry of 1,000 athletes from all Galway clubs competed at both juvenile and adult level at the 2019 Galway Indoor Championships at Athlone IT Arena last weekend.

History on Connacht's side when they face Bordeaux in key Euro fixture

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

There is no rest for Connacht Rugby in their bid to achieve Champions Cup rugby this season. Still in the hunt in two competitions, they now return to Bordeaux where they became the first Irish team to win on French soil.

Local derby gets new season up and running for Walsh's Galway

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Galway's season gets underway in the country's traditional home of football on Sunday against their most traditional of rivals.

Sunday's meeting with Mayo in the FBD League in Tuam Stadium will be Kevin Walsh's side's first outing since last year's All Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin in Croke Park. And there is no room for error in the FBD League this year. If Galway slip up against Mayo, they will not have a game again until they start the league campaign at home to Cavan a fortnight later.

Mooney claims the honours in first race of the year

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Craughwell AC’s Kevin Mooney was the winner of the first race of 2019, finishing the Resolution Run in a superb time of 15:57.

Maree's winning form continues at Moycullen's expense

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Maree came out on top when the west of Ireland’s two premier basketball sides went head-to-head in a hotly anticipated local derby in the Superleague on Saturday.

Maree women fancied to continue unbeaten run

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Maree women will be in confident form when they take Swords Thunder in the National Cup semi-final in the Neptune Stadium in Cork on Saturday (4pm).

Maree defeated the Dublin side 88-59 in the first game of the season in Dublin, and they will be hotly fancied to advance to the cup final, with either Ulster Elks or Portlaoise Panthers providing the opposition at the end of the month.

Galway hosts its first She’s Ace competition

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

For the first time, Galway Handball hosted a county She’s Ace Competition with some 80 women handballers playing in venues across Galway.

Proud coaches

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Proud coaches of the Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing Gym Clodagh & Pete Foley from Annaghdown with their eleven year old son Finn who passed his Junior Black Belt Grading test recently with an A+ result.Finn will have to wait until he turns 16 before being eligible to test for his 1st Dan Black Belt but he is well on track.Finn has been training in the sport of Kickboxing for seven and a half years and is an active fighter with the club.He will fight on the undercard of the upcoming International Ireland V France Team Event in the Clayton Hotel on Saturday February 23 where he will face off with a Mayo opponent.

European rugby action returns to the Sportsground

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

The stakes are increasing as the penultimate European pool fixtures take place this weekend, and the Sportsground will host a key game when Sale arrive in Galway on Saturday (3pm).

Connacht ready to test their growing confidence in the RDS

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

After Connacht's important victory over Perpignan last Saturday, coach Andy Friend instructed his players to savour the moment because next up was a massive challenge against the champions of Europe and the PRO14 title holders.

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