Ballyhaunis dream of All Ireland final spot

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

The currency of hurling in the east Mayo strongholds of Ballyhaunis and Tooreen will come to the fore again tomorrow, Saturday March 7 in Ballinasloe at 2pm, as Ballyhaunis Community School enter the uncharted waters of the All-Ireland Senior C Post Primary Schools Hurling semi final.

St Gerald’s bow out while Davitt College, Our Lady’s, and Sancta Maria claim titles

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

St Gerald’s College, Castlebar’s, quest for a three in a row in Connacht Post Primary School’s Senior A Football Championship came to an end in Bekan on Saturday. The Castlebar school lost out to Roscommon CBS in a weather affected semifinal that saw St Gerald’s not register a single score in the first half and the victors snatching the win with a goal right at the death, which was their only score in the second half. St Gerald’s went in trailing by 1-3 to 0-0 at the turnaround, with Roscommon CBS’s county u21 man Noel Gately grabbing their first goal early in the opening half.

Mayo sides go for glory in junior cup

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

The mouth-watering taste of a possible all Mayo Connacht Junior Cup final is still there for the eating this weekend, when three Mayo sides go into action in the Connacht Junior Cup semi-finals.

With Castlebar, Ballina, and Westport all still left in the final four of the competition at least one Mayo side will make the final, with Westport and Ballina meeting in Carrowholly in one semi-final and Castlebar looking to upset the applecart when they host Monivea in their semifinal.

Irish favourites to dominate opening day

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

There are certain acres of ground which are held sacred by followers of sport in this country.

Rangers and Iorras into last sixteen of Connacht Cup

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

Last weekend’s round of 32 in the Connacht Junior Cup was hit by a number of postponements due to the weather around the province, but two Mayo sides did manage to book their places in the next round of the competition.

Castlebar parkrun celebrates its first birthday

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

The weekly parkrun event held in Castlebar at Lough Lannagh, will celebrate its first anniversary tomorrow Saturday, March 7. The event organisers are hosting a party in Castlebar Tennis Club afterwards to mark the occasion.

Are you ready to take on the Rooster Booster?

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

The newly revamped Castlebar Adventure Duathlon on Saturday March 14 was launched at the shores of Lough Lannagh recently by the noted endurance man Gerry Duffy, Gerry Duffy is no stranger to adventure racing and has competed on the circuit many a time, also there to lend her support was Joanne Grehan, CEO of Mayo Local enterprise, stating that this event will be huge for Castlebar.

Castlebar event will be the first of 2015’s adventure duathlons to take place in the west this year. And for those who do not fancy the adventure there is a shorter course option. If you are a cyclist and not a runner or vice versa, there is a plan for you too, with the relay option So there is no excuse not to get involved.

It’s all about collecting the points for Higgins

Mon, Mar 02, 2015

Mayo captain Keith Higgins was happy to have the two points in the bag after his sides comprehensive win over Monaghan on Sunday, but he was realistic enough to know that the dismissal of two Farney men had a lot to do with the large gap on the scoreboard.

O'Shea stars as Mayo run out easy winners

Sun, Mar 01, 2015

Mayo picked up their second win in this years National Football League on Sunday in Elverys MacHale Park, when they saw off Monaghan in an ill disciplined affair that saw two Monaghan players sent off, along two black cards being issued by referee Rory Hickey in a contest that was punctured by numerous scuffles off the ball. In truth Hickey seemed to lose control of the game early in the second half as fracas broke out all over the field.

Durcan living the dream with Mayo

Sun, Mar 01, 2015

He's been earmarked as one of the players who could have a breakout year with Mayo this season, but for Castlebar Mitchels defender Patrick Durcan it's all about working hard and improving each week.

Holmes happy with improvement shown

Sun, Mar 01, 2015

Mayo joint manager Pat Holmes was happy with his sides performance on Sunday in their win over Monaghan, but there's still plenty room of improvement he said: “We created loads of chances, we have a bit of work to do yet and things to improve on, but we were looking for an improvement on our performance the last day, we would have been disappointed with that but we knew that we were better than we showed the last day and in fairness to the boys they came out and played very, very well.”

Gerald’s look to pass semifinal exam

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

The defending Connacht Colleges Senior A Football Championship champions, St Gerald’s College, Castlebar, will be looking to get back into the final of the competition tomorrow when they take on Roscommon CBS in the semifinal of the premier schools football championship in the province.

The Castlebar outfit booked their place in tomorrow’s encounter with a four point win over fellow Mayo school St Muredach’s, Ballina, last Thursday in the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan, and it is to the same venue they will go tomorrow to take on the Roscommon town side at 2pm.

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