Deserving Portumna nail another title

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Portumna validated their credentials as Galway’s top hurling club when they claimed back-to-back titles and their fourth in six years.

Eight jump into the ring

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

The search for a new hurling manager to succeed Ger Loughnane is coming to a close with eight candidates having been nominated. The task now for the county board chairman Gerry Larkin, hurling board chairman Miko Ryan, and secretary John Fahey, is to start the assessment and interview process before final decisions can be made.

The latest to join the growing list of potential managers is former Offaly boss and Connacht Tribune sports editor John McIntyre. McIntyre has twice before put his hat in the ring, but this time he does so with a strong team that includes successful former Galway minor manager John Hardiman, Beagh’s John Moylan, and former county star Joe Connolly.

Ahascragh return to senior camogie ranks

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Ahascragh-Caltra have won the Galway Intermediate Camogie Championship after beating Mountbellew-Moylough in the county final recently.

A tight match all the way, the teams were level after half time by Ahascragh-Caltra 0-4, Mountbellew-Moylough 1-1, and again at full time, 1-5 to 2-2. However in extra time Ahascragh-Caltra stepped up a gear and eventually came out winners by 4-6 to 2-3, scoring 3-1 in extra time.

Kevin Walsh appointed Sligo Football manager

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Galway’s triple All-Star of 1998, 2001, and 2003, Kevin Walsh, was ratified on Tuesday night as the new manager at u-21 and senior level with the Sligo footballers for 2009.

Corofin expected to advance to Connacht final

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Galway senior county champions Corofin will be favourites to see off Castlerea in the Connacht club championship semi-final in Hyde Park on Sunday at 2.30pm.

St Michael’s on the road again this Sunday

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

St Michael’s are on their travels again this Sunday when they face Kilbride at 12.45pm in Hyde Park in the Intermediate Connacht club football final.

Connacht host first-time visitors Portugal on Sunday

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

First time visitors to the Galway Sportsground, Portugal, provide the unusual opposition for Connacht Rugby on Sunday (6pm).

Moycullen can leap to pole position

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

An exciting weekend of basketball is promised for An Cearnog Nua, Moycullen as they head into a tough double-header at home in the Kingfisher NUIG gym.

Sporting scholars

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Eighty students at NUIG will receive funding to pursue their sporting interest this year.

RUGBY SHORTS

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Corinthians produced a solid team effort against struggling Buccaneers to remain in the top quarter of the Connacht Junior League division 1A table with a 37 - 10 victory at Corinthian Park on Sunday.

In perfect conditions both teams relished the physical encounters, with Buccs dangerous around the fringes and Corinthians finding space wider out.

Galway rider excels at Kill

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Oranmore’s Olive Clarke (above) added another win to her growing list of achievements this year when she won the Leading Rider Prize at the Allianz Champions of the Year Show at Kill International Equestrian Centre.

Gort face Goliath in Pearse Stadium

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

All-Ireland, Connacht championship, and minor medals decorate his walls, but Gort stalwart Ollie Fahy would gladly hand them all back for a county final win.

Impossible to look past Portumna on Sunday

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

And Galwegians have another such opportunity this Sunday when Gort take on the might of Portumna in the county senior hurling final at Pearse Stadium.

Connacht footballers to annex Railway Cup for the first time since 1969

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Over the past few weekends there has been much made of the huge decline in spectator interest in the Railway Cup.

Only the greying generation can really remember and appreciate the days when the Railway Cup, now re-branded and known as the M Donnelly Interprovincial series carried any real weight within GAA circles.

Dispiriting first half display proves costly for Connacht

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Three weeks ago Connacht were celebrating the win of the season against Leinster; on Friday night in the Sportsground it was Edinburgh who were doing the highland fling.

Wegians move up table with third win on the trot

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Galwegians won an enthralling contest when they edged out their Dublin visitors in this Division 1 game played in atrocious wet and windy conditions at Crowley Park.

Corinthians slip-up in Dublin

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Old Wesley came up trumps against Corinthians in a bruising encounter at Donnybrook on Saturday.

Revitalised Galway can still avoid the dreaded drop

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Over the past couple of months respect has certainly been earned by Galway United, but it is points rather than praise that are needed in the final three weeks of a critical campaign.

Mervue take control over Galway United

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

In the first game played under Mervue's new floodlighting system at Fahy’s field, it was the home side that took the game to their more illustrious opponents GalwayUnited in the Eircom u-20 League.

Early dominance from Mervue was rewarded when Mervue opened the scoring after a good build-up down the left flank involving Kenny Farrell, Shane Maher, and Michael Lundy. Lundy’s inviting cross found Maher again and he finished in style to give Mervue a well-deserved lead.

Gold for Galway at World Champs in Italy

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Two gold, five silver, and two bronze medals was the medal haul achieved by Pete Foley and his team of Black Dragon Fighters who competed in the World Martial Arts Games in Italy at the weekend.

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