Connacht’s new ‘culture’ produces winning performance over Munster

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Connacht coach Pat Lam believes there is much more to come from his young squad after celebrating the New Year with a 24-16 victory over Munster at the Galway Sportsground.

Galway clubs head south in search of cup final spots

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Busloads of supporters from three Galway Basketball clubs will head for Cork this weekend to cheer on their teams in the National Cup semi-finals.

SSE Airtricity Moycullen will compete for silverware on three fronts, in the u-18, u-20 and senior men’s national cups.

Galwegians need to get back on track

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Galwegians head to Limerick to face struggling UL Bohs on Saturday, but will not be taking anything for granted after suffering their third successive loss last weekend.

Corinthians host promotion chasers Garryowen

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Corinthians struggle in this season's Ulster Bank League does not get any easier this weekend when they host promotion chasing Garryowen at Cloonacauneen Park on Saturday (2.30pm).

 Having suffered their seventh defeat in division 1B when losing by 27 - 13 to Malone in Belfast, Corinthians dropped closer to the relegation spot, just three points ahead of bottom-placed Belfast Harlequins.

Pat Egan gave a lifetime of service to the GAA

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

There was a sense of an end of an era in Galway football circles in many regards last week when the news filtered through that former Galway football chairman Pat Egan had died following a long battle with illness.

Pat, who was one of the longest serving GAA officials in the country, had given a lifetime of unstinting service to Gaelic football at numerous levels of the organisation, including his club Corofin, Galway, Connacht Council and Croke Park

Fallon’s on form in Resolution Run 2015

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Local athlete Keith Fallon was the winner of the annual Resolution Run on New Year’s Day.

Connacht look to avoid post Christmas blues in Belfast

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Connacht head to Kingspan Stadium looking for some rare Christmas cheer from the traditional local derbies in the Guinness Pro 12.

Elwood returns to Connacht Rugby in new domestic role

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Eric Elwood is returning to Connacht Rugby as the province’s new domestic rugby manager.

Elwood, who has spent a year working with pharmaceuticals company Omega Pharma after resigning as head coach, will take up his new role in January.

County hurling stars come out to play for Console

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Galway’s senior hurling stars will face a county selection in Gort on December 28 (3pm) to help national charity Console provide suicide prevention training for members of nine local GAA clubs.

Join the Fields of Athenry on St Stephen’s Day

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

One of the highlights of the athletics road race season takes place on St Stephen’s Day in Athenry.

GMIT students receive sports scholarships

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Twenty-five sports scholarships have been awarded to GMIT students who have excelled in individual sports. The programme is worth €32,000 in scholarships and bursaries across all five GMIT campuses, in addition to a complete range of support for the students’ sport and academic requirements.

Time is ripe for a first Connacht win at RDS

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Connacht head to Dublin for tomorrow’s pre-Christmas interprovincial with Leinster with momentum and confidence, while also treating this Pro 12 fixture with Leinster as their “international”.

Brancott Estate and Connacht Rugby bear fruit

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Kiwi nectar: Brancott Estate, creator of the original Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, will continue as the official wine sponsor of Connacht Rugby for the third year running. Pictured with two of Connacht’s New Zealand players Jake Heenan and Mils Muliaina is Niall Beatty of Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard.

Maree look to close the gap on Moycullen

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Local rivalry in Galway is adding a distinct flavour to the Basketball Ireland National League with six derbies in the men’s division one this season.

 SSE Airtricity Moycullen and Maree are the top two sides in the league respectively, while J&L Auctioneers Titans are also through to the cup semi-finals along with Moycullen.

Like father, like daughter as young O’Flaherty joins Galway soccer ranks

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Galway WFC’s Ellerose O’Flaherty made history on Sunday, becoming the youngest person to play senior national league soccer for a Galway side.

Tuam to host national cross country event

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Tuam will host National Cross Country Championships next February - the first time since 1999 a national event has been held in County Galway.

Gort’s greater hunger is rewarded in county hurling final

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

1. Gort's greater hunger and desire for victory
It may be a cliché, but the truism about the hungrier team winning has stood the test of time.

Corofin do enough to book semi-final place

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Galway county football champions Corofin went to Ruislip with one job and one job only - qualify for the upcoming All-Ireland semi-final for the sixth time in the club's history.

They did that by virtue of an uninspiring 0-9 to 0-2 victory over Tir Chonaill Gaels on a heavy, slippery, and wet Ruislip pitch on Sunday.

Expectant Gort head to Kenny Park to face the kingpins

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

This Sunday at Kenny Park (1.30pm) the county senior hurling championship final sees Gort, the 2011 champions, take on Portumna, the 2013 champions, in what promises to be an epic battle to see which club takes home the Tom Callanan Cup for 2014.

Portumna have been outstanding Galway champions on four of the six occasions they have won the county cup since 2003, having progressed to win the All-Ireland title four times.

Canning hopes Portumna will hit the ground running

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Ollie Canning has played senior club championship hurling for more than 20 years, and with six county senior medals and four All-Ireland club medals in his collection, he knows what it takes to win on big championship days.

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