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.

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.

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.

Moycullen's tough away assignments do not get any easier

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Moycullen’s luckless road run continued on Saturday when falling 95-73 to Tralee Warriors in Basketball Ireland’s Men’s Superleague.

Head coach John Cunningham will be glad to see the end of this long stretch of away games as Moycullen play their last away game next weekend before returning to the NUI Galway Kingfisher gym for a lengthy stretch in the New Year.

Maree enjoy Christmas boost with another double basktball win

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Maree Basketball Club will enjoy the Christmas break after its senior men and women’s sides recorded another double at the weekend.

Christmas cheer for Galwegians after a first league win

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

After eight straight losses, Galwegians managed their first win of the season at home to Nenagh Ormond on Saturday, claiming the points by 20-12.

It was hard earned as they were made to fight every inch of the way, but it is a real Christmas boost for Brian McClearn’s side as they head into the Chrismas break.

Galway's Greene breaks national athletic record

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Many of Galway’s top track and field athletes competed at the AIT Baseline meet last Wednesday in the AIT Arena, but it was Cillin Greene who stole the show,

Connacht prepare for Perpignan backlash in vital Euro clash

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Connacht's European hopes are on the line tomorrow evening in France (7pm) when they face a Perpignan outfit desperate to get a first win of the season.

Ó Cualáin retains league crown after absorbing battle

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Oisín Ó Cualáin of Micheál Breathnachs has retained the handball's premier division title after a tough battle against Williamstown's Kieran Hanley.

Galway coach takes charge at European Cross Country Champs

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

GCH and Athletics Ireland coach Matt Lockett led the Irish Junior and U23 men's teams and the junior women’s squad at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, Netherlands, at the weekend.

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