Short odds and long

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

Current county champions Portumna are extremely short odds at 1/7 to win the county hurling championship yet again in 2010.

Dates for all Galway football finals

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

The Galway football board has announced the dates for all the county football finals in junior, minor, intermediate and senior grades over the coming weeks.

Thornton keeps pace at Great Northern Run

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

Galway City Harrier's Gary Thornton produced another fantastic run when finishing 14th in the prestigious Great Northern Run won by Ethiopian legend and world marathon record holder Haile Gebresalaisse last weekend.

Kickboxing success for Galway club

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

Gort’s two well-known kickboxing exponents were successful at the recent IKF kickboxing show on Saturday night in the Gort Community Centre.

United primed for classic cup tie with Rovers

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Defiance is always needed in domestic football and Galway United will head to Tallaght for tomorrow night’s FAI Cup quarter-final intent on replicating the courage and commitment shown at Terryland Park on Monday.

Injuries take their toll in Connacht’s preparations for Glasgow joust

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Struggling with a host of injuries, Connacht head to an inhospitable Firhill for their second successive away fixture, once again determined to get something from tomorrow evening’s clash with Glasgow (7pm).

Coach Eric Elwood, while satisfied with the six-points return from their opening two matches, wants to continue that momentum, but given Connacht’s track record - they have not beaten Glasgow since their 2003 Hughenden 30 - 19 victory - he believes it will be a “roll your sleeves up night”.

Experienced Corofin advance after Barna push them close

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Corofin 0-11
Barna 0-9

Barna 0-9

Killererin and Mountbellew/Moylough end all square

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Killererin 0-10

Another harsh All-Ireland final defeat for Galway camogie girls

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Wexford 1-12
Galway 1-10

Galway u-21s blown away by rampant Tipperary

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Tipperary 5-22
Galway 0-12

Galway 0-12

Salthill girls add cup crown to make it a treble

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Salthill Devon’s u-14 squad capped a memorable season with a fine 5-1 victory over Colga in the Galway Cup final.

Kickboxing champs headline Gort fight night

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Two of Ireland’s top fighters who hail from Gort will headline an exciting 15-bout kickboxing card in their home town on Saturday evening.

golf results

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Cregmore Golf Club: Cregmore celebrated success at the weekend, becoming Cecil Ewing Connacht champions. The team was: Conor Killeen and Philip Gallagher; Conor O'Shea and Mike Kearns, Pat Gavin and David Burke,J ohn McGrath and Brendan Cleary,Eoin Corcoran and Karl Hughes, Mike Greally and Fiachra Murphy, Ciaran O'Donnell and Sean Cloonan, and team captain Mossie Sheehan.

SPORTS SHORTS

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

•Power Soccer School of Excellence is now offering birthday parties for children with a sportingbent. The school’s main theme is soccer, but it boasts skilled coaches who can provide other sports birthday parties if needed. According to John Power, the idea is simple - a gentle warm up with fun active games, skills work, and then matches in a World Cup Tournament. The parties are available for all ages, and advanced booking is advised. Power Soccer has been providing soccer coaching in schools and crèches in Galway county for 10 years with all-year-round indoor coaching centres in Barna, Bushypark, Claregalway, Clifden, Headford, Killannin, Lettermore, Loughrea, Moycullen, Oranmore and Salthill. For further information contact 091-865350, 086-1956424, email [email protected], or visit website at www.powersoccer.ie

High time Galway won another camogie crown

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

Galway has only once won the All-Ireland senior title in camogie.That success was in 1996 and the current squad is keen to change that statistic this weekend when they take on Wexford for the O’Duffy Cup in Croke Park at 4pm.

U-21 hurlers face a battle in Semple Stadium

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

Even as late as yesterday afternoon the storm over the exceedingly unfair fixing of the All-Ireland u-21 final between Galway and Tipperary for Semple Stadium in Thurles on Saturday evening at 7pm had not fully abated and Galway will fulfil the fixture under protest.

Galway Hurling Board chairman Joe Byrne has expressed his outrage and annoyance at the mean-spirited and unfair decision of Galway having to travel to play Tipperary in their own back yard.

Connacht expect backlash in first away test

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

Connacht’s away form, so poor in previous seasons, gets its first test on Saturday when they face the Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlets (3pm).

Supermac’s supports Connacht Rugby

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

Supermac’s will be a main sponsor for the Connacht Youths and Connacht Junior and Senior Schools Rugby tournaments.

This new sponsorship deal means that Supermac’s will sponsor Connacht underage rugby for the next two seasons.

Five in the hat for football job

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

With the withdrawal of John Divilly and Frank Doherty from the race to be the new Galway senior manager earlier in the week, there are currently five nominations for the position.

Gerry Fahy and Peter Warren are considered by some sources as the favourites to get the job.