Galway’s O’Connor wins again

Thu, Dec 16, 2010

Galwayman Derek O’Connor won the Point to Point Award at Horse Racing Ireland’s annual awards in the Leopardstown Pavilion.

United Player of the Year Awards

Thu, Dec 16, 2010

Galway United will hold its Player of the Year Awards tomorrow evening.

Casey is special guest at Olympic tournament

Thu, Dec 16, 2010

Newly-crowned European professional boxing champion, Willie 'Big Bang' Casey, will be guest of honour at a boxing tournament in Galway on Saturday.

Organised by the Olympic Boxing Club, the tournament will feature a Galway amateur selection taking on their counterparts from Dublin at the Westside Boxing Gym at 5pm.

Corinthians edge Connacht Cup in dying minutes

Thu, Dec 16, 2010

Corinthians retained the Connacht Senior Cup in dramatic fashion when they denied city rivals Galwegians in the dying minutes of extra time in a thrilling cup final.

Connacht face big test against old rivals Harlequins

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

Connacht and Harlequins renew European rivalry on Sunday when the two sides meet at the Twickenham Stoop in this season’s Amlin Challenge Cup third round.

Cold Chon to sponsor Galwegians

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

Galwegians RFC has secured a sponsorship this season with Galway bitumen company Cold Chon becoming the new main sponsor for the 2010-11 season.

All-Star award for Ni Churraoin

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

Galway’s Cianna Ni Churraoin, pictured right, scooped the coveted Young Female Player of the Year at the annual gala Handball All-Star Awards.

Galway GAA wants your help to develop a five-years plan

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

We all know Ireland enters 2011 facing huge economic difficulties and the probable return to large scale emigration will also have a significant impact on clubs and communities.

John Hynes, who is vice chairperson of the Galway County Board, believes now more than ever Galway GAA needs to believe in itself and be reminded about what can be achieved when positive people come together and put their minds together to make a positive contribution.

North & West Coast Links wins international award

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

In a good news story for the west, Galway’s links golf courses came first in Europe and won the coveted European Golf Destination of the Year for 2011.

Every Heart Beats True for Jim Stynes

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

Last Tuesday night I watched the moving and emotional documentary Every Heart Beats True about former AFL star Jim Stynes.

Competition: A Year till Sunday released on DVD

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

Nobody really likes to be reminded of the rapid passing of time. When Pat Comer made his wonderful behind the scenes documentary, A year till Sunday on Galway’s All-Ireland victory of 1998, DVDs were as rare as hen’s teeth.

Galway fighters claim title victories

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

The ‘Seasons Beatings’ full contact kickboxing tournament proceded last weekend in Galway, but not quite as planned.

Titans avenge derby loss with cup win

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

Titans emerged victorious in Saturday night’s National Cup game in Renmore with a 93-75 win over Maree.

IRFU backs new Connacht board and budget

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

A new board is set to take over the running of Connacht Rugby following a year-long review undertaken by the IRFU and the Connacht Branch.

Connacht home victory is vital against visiting Italians

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

Connacht, needing to get wins on the Magners League table, face a critical test tomorrow when newcomers Aironi visit the Galway Sportsground (7pm).

Early ineptitude costs Moycullen against hungry Neptune

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

In their most disappointing performance of what has been a difficult season, Moycullen sleptwalked through the first two quarters on Saturday, managing only 25 points by the half at which stage they trailed by 29 points to an efficient Neptune side. Unable to finish open chances and turning over the ball far to often, they gifted a confident Neptune outfit score after score. Credit the home team with their second half effort, sparked by Michael Dowd with a great lay up down the lane right at the start of the third quarter. Garnett Griffin, playing his first game after his knee surgery last summer, hit some fine open shots in the second half run as Moycullen opened up and began to build some momentum. They outscored Neptune in the second half but the damage had been done in the first quarter and there was no catching the Cork team. The most frustrating element of the result was the fact that, despite the scoreline, Neptune were far from an unbeatable force and just capitalised on Moycullen's shortcomings. The team have a two week break now to sort out their difficulties before an away trip to Killester on Dec 18.

Motion to have championship and league completely separate down for convention

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

The Galway football board convention is due to take place next Monday evening at 7.45pm in Ionad Peile Na Gaillimhe.

€900,000 to fund county football teams

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

The staggering cost of funding county football teams is revealed in the Galway football board accounts which will be presented to delegates next Monday night at Loughgeorge.

Maree’s winning streak continues in Tralee

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

Maree stay top of the Southern Conference with the best record in the Men’s National League, following their 76 – 70 Saturday night win over Meadowlands St Brendan’s in Mercy Mounthawk gym, Tralee. Maree’s Liam Conroy was the game’s high scorer with 25 points, while Brendan’s dual star Michael Quirke was good for 22. Maree’s record moves to six wins and one loss; St Brendan’s drop to four and two.

Maree sent an eight-strong squad to Kerry, minus some key players - Danny Finn sidelined through an ankle injury, Peter Finn with study commitments in London , and Colm O’Hagan, Brian Kelly and Ciaran Harte on duty with the NUIG team in the 2010 Fresher’s tournament in UL. St Brendan’s were without another of their dual starts, Kieran Donaghy. Maree played at a feverish pace whenever fast break opportunities presented, and continued to play the high-intensity man-to-man defense that has become the hallmark of the Oranmore-Maree-based side. All the Maree starters scored in the first quarter, with Conroy good for five points, and Dave Hansberry grabbing 4. Maree Captain Darren Callanan was inspirational at the heart of the defense. He pulled down 12 rebounds, ably assisted by Sarunas Zvirblinskas with 7, despite the attention of Kerry big men Quirke and Saulius Marcinkevicius. Both Callanan and Zvirblinskas shipped mouth injuries, with the latter having to sit out some minutes due to the blood rule. At the end of the first quarter, St Brendan’s held a slender 17 – 15 lead.

Maree win major Cork Open Boys tournament

Thu, Dec 02, 2010

On Saturday in Gurranabraher Cork, Maree won the biggest under 14 Boys basketball tournament in the country, beating Neptune 47 – 39 in the final. The one-day competition featured Sligo all stars, Neptune , Moycullen, Blue Demons, Ballincollig, St Brendan’s, Fr Mathews and Carrig na bhFear. This Maree team has shown dramatic improvement from last season, when they failed to advance from the pool stage of the Under 13 Cork Open. A sign of the form that was to pay such dividends on Saturday was Maree’s performance in reaching the final of the Limerick Celtics tournament in September.

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