Connacht take pole position after victory in France

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

France once again proved a happy hunting ground for Connacht with their victory over Montpellier securing them pole position in pool 2.

Sitting on top with nine points from their two games - at home to Olympus and away to Montpellier - they have given themselves a real boost ahead of the crucial December fixtures with pool favourites Worcester.

Corofin’s late late show shatters Mountbellew

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

The first player we met when entering the pitch at Tuam Stadium last Sunday after a flurry of late Corofin points had blown away Mountbellew’s dream of collecting their first senior title in more than two decades was young Stephen Boyle.

Join past and present football stars in Tuam

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Galway’s Padraic Joyce, former All-Star Michael Donnellan, and a host of national football greats such as Kerry’s Seamus Moynihan, Armagh’s All-Ireland winning captain and current Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney, Kildare’s Glen Ryan, Anthony Rainbow, John Divilly David Heaney, Derek Savage, Conor Mortimer, Paul Clancy, Richie Fahey, and Maurice Sheridan will all be in action this Saturday at Tuam Stadium at 3pm when they take on the current Galway football panel in a charity game.

St James win West Board minor final replay

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

St James won their third West Board final in four years last Saturday at Pearse Stadium when they comprehensively defeated Michéal Breathnach’s in the SuperValu minor final by seven points.

The city side led for the whole game and got off to a blistering start to lead by three points after only five minutes.

Maigh Cuilinn’s second win

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

•Maigh Cuilinn and An Spidéal won the spoils in the finals of the Bearna-Na Forbachas annual u-10 hurling tournament in Na Forbacha on Sunday morning. This was Maigh Cuilinn’s second time to win the cup in its 16-year history and An Spideal’s first competition win. Bearna-Na Forbacha’s u-13 hurling team collected the City League Cup thanks to a three-point victory over Salthill.

Fractious semi-final goes Loughrea’s way

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

A tight and tempestuous Galway Senior Hurling Championship semi-final concluded in dramatic circumstances as teenager Neil Keary nudged over a last-gasp free to guide Loughrea into another decider with Portumna.

Salthill family celebrates success

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

A Galway family is celebrating a triple success at the Ulster Junior Squash Open.

A good start for Maree’s National League debut

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Maree produced an encouraging start in their first National League fixture against the 2009 champions Ballon on Saturday, and while Ballon’s greater experience prevailed at the end, this was a game that could have gone either way.

SPORTS SHORTS

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

•The Bish Rowing Club recently celebrated its 75th anniversary and to mark this occasion the club is organising a celebration in the Westwood House Hotel on Sunday (October 25). The dinner and dance commences at 7.30pm. Tickets €25 each. For further information contact [email protected], 086-6982009 or www.bish.ie/rowing.

Pressure mounts for a United victory

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

As the League of Ireland season drifts towards an interesting conclusion Galway United find themselves requiring a positive result from tomorrow’s Terryland Park test with Derry City.

Maree youngsters come of age

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Oranmore Maree, well-established as Galway’s basketball nursery, is set to embark on a new development with a men’s team in the National League.

Connacht’s Euro qualification at stake in France

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

The stakes are getting higher for Connacht’s European qualification hopes as they head into familiar territory for tomorrow night’s joust with Montpellier (7pm).

Not so common, however, is that this French outfit just pulled off a shock away win in last weekend’s Amlin European Challenge Cup. And in posting a first away victory over pool 2 favourites Worcester, Montpellier now have a spring in their step and believe qualification is within their grasp.

Gort’s late flurry fails to stop Portumna

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

A strange Sunday afternoon in Kenny Park eventually ended with a Portumna victory as the All Ireland champions survived despite a flurry of Gort goals.

Cup action for Galwegians and Corinthians

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Irish domestic rugby takes a break from league action for round two of this season’s AIB Cup.

Galwegians will open their campaign with a fixture against Dublin University, while Corinthians are on the road again when they meet UCC. Matches will be played on Saturday (2.30pm).

Moycullen continue to improve

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Moycullen have a two-week respite following their baptism into Superleague basketball.

Corofin should have power and experience to collect in replay

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Mountbellew/Moylough will have learnt much from their first county final in more than 20 years. They will believe also they are capable of producing a much more sustained and polished performance than the one they produced two weeks ago.

Meet the captains

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Patrick Gardiner (Ballinahowna, Mountbellew)

All Ireland success for Galway camogie

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Galway celebrated All Ireland success this week with the intermediate camogie players claiming this year’s honours in Saturday’s replay over Cork at McDonagh Park, Nenagh.

Stalemate at Tuam Stadium

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Mountbellew/Moylough and Corofin will have to do it all over again on Sunday week in Tuam Stadium to decide the winners of the 2009 football championship after a tense, but poor quality, first offering last Sunday afternoon.

Tickets too expensive

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

A large number of disgruntled and annoyed Galway GAA people mentioned one thing to me last Sunday and all this week. Some even took the time to email me and phone me to voice their displeasure about the €20 entry cost.And there was also much disquiet about the fact that the Luach for the Clár Oifigiúil was a saucy €5.

As one dedicated and most decent GAA woman who attended the game as a neutral pointed out to me early on Monday morning at work, it had cost €50 for herself, her husband, and their Leaving Cert daughter to get in the gate, a tenner for two programmes, and €2 to park in the Tuam mart.

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