It is time for a new batch of clubs to step up
Fri, May 18, 2012
I popped along to Crossmolina last Saturday evening to see my former team, Crossmolina, play against Davitts in round two of the league. It was not too pretty to watch because the standard of football was not particularly good on this occasion. At no stage did I get the impression that Davitts were going to beat Crossmolina which will understandably be a concern for them, as they will be really anxious to continue to play at this higher level of football into the foreseeable future. There will not be too many clubs in a forgiving mood during this league campaign, so picking up points at every and any opportunity is essential. Those teams that got a real scare of relegation last year will be more determined than ever to avoid being sucked into the same territory again this year, so it is going to be a real baptism of fire for the Ballindine club as they will no doubt discover.
Westport are a young team that caught my eye long before last weekend’s results appeared on my radar. Crossmolina played them in the last round of the senior league late last year, and despite the match having little significance they really impressed with their application and attitude on that occasion. After their first round victory in this year’s league over Shrule/Glencorrib they entertained a much more potent outfit in Ballaghdareen last Saturday. In conversation with the Westport manager Tomas Tierney before the game he told me this encounter would give Westport a truer benchmark of how much they have progressed over the last two years. He was in jubilant form when we spoke on Sunday after their game as his young side had registered a four point victory over their more fancied opponents. Notwithstanding the fact that Ballaghdareen were missing a couple of players this was a notable scalp to take and perhaps suggests two teams heading in opposite directions? I have suggested in this column on more than one occasion that I cannot understand how a team laced with such talent, ie, Ballaghdareen, has not delivered more than one senior championship title in recent years.
Read more ...Westport fundraiser day today at the course
Fri, May 18, 2012
Balla
Don Dillon was the winner of the gents’ competition with a score of 38pts, he finished two points in front of Mick Mellet with Jim Conlon coming home in third place on 33pts. The ladies’ competition was claimed by Catherine McNulty who scored 38pts. Kitty O’Connor came home in second on 36pts with Carmel Henry third. The Mary Staunton memorial scramble has been postponed until further notice. This weekend’s competition will be sponsored by Ted and Marion Gormally from Hennelly’s Bar, Manulla, and it will be a stoke play competition and be a qualifier for the golfer of the year.
Podium finishes for Mayo athletes
Fri, May 18, 2012
Mayo AC continued their recent impressive run of podium positions in
Read more ...McCullagh victorious on Mayo Autocross
Fri, May 18, 2012
Reigning Mayo Autocross champion Peter McCullagh carried on from where he finished 2011, with victory on Mayo and District Motorsport Club’s Loose Surface Autocross on Sunday. The Maynooth driver was the class of the field in his Mitsubishi Evo 9, recording a comfortable winning margin of over two seconds over his rivals after a fine final run over the challenging 4.6 kilometre circuit at Harrington’s Quarry, The Valley, Swinford.
Double winner in 2011, Williamstown driver Derek Deane upheld local club honours with second in his JB Buggy, while James Lannon from Boyle, another former winner, took the final podium place.
Read more ...Juniors have a crack at Connacht title
Fri, May 18, 2012
While there are still two weeks left before May comes to an end, the action will throw in on home soil in the All Ireland football championship on Sunday in earnest. Roscommon will host Galway in the Hyde in the first of the big games in the province, but before that game throws in there is the small business of the Connacht junior final to be taken care of.
Read more ...Potential new home for Westport United
Fri, May 18, 2012
Following on from their famous win over Athenry on penalties in last weekends Connacht Junior Cup final in Terryland Park, there was some more good news surrounding Westport United this week.
Read more ...Double the Mayo interest in this year’s Rás
Fri, May 18, 2012
This year will see two Mayo based teams taking part in the An Post Rás for the first time. Castlebar Cycling Club first entered a team in the big race in 2009 and has competed in three instalments of the race since, and will be once again on the start line when the race gets under way on Sunday. This years Rás team is made up of brothers Patrick and Ciaran Clarke alongside Bernard Twomeny, Chris Coyle, and David Brennan.
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Joyce plays the captain’s role to bring the cup home
Mon, May 14, 2012
Westport United 0
Athenry 0
Westport make three out of three
Fri, May 04, 2012
Westport Untied kept up their 100 per cent start to the Super League last weekend with a 2-0 win over a winless Straide and Foxford United. The tangerine clad side were condemned to their third defeat on the trot and will have to turn things around soon or they could be sinking back down to the Premier A before they know it. JP O’Gorman put Westport on their way with a goal inside a quarter of a hour and Pat Fitzgerald made sure with a strike from the penalty spot midway through the second half. The champions Castlebar Celtic were made to work hard by Michael Hutton’s Claremorris side in Celtic Park to pick up their second win of the season. Stevie Gavin was the man who broke the deadlock in what was very tough battle between a Claremorris side who are looking to make improvements on last year’s very competitive run in the league. Both sides are locked together on six points from their opening three games, alongside Ballina Town. Ballina who went down to Westport United in the previous week bounced back with style with a 4-1 win over Manulla at home last weekend. The final game in last weekend’s Super League saw Fahy Rovers come home from Erris with a point after a 0-0 draw with Iorras Aontaithe.
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