Busy weekend for Ballina AC athletes
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
While Hugh Armstrong was busy winning a silver medal in the All-Ireland youths’ mountain running championships in scenic Glendalough, the senior athletes of Ballina AC were also busy at a variety of races around the country. The evergreen Michael Courell made his annual trip to Kilnaboy, Co Clare for a tough 10 mile road race where he finished the race in 1:17:57. Running under eight minute mile pace all the way is no mean achievement for the course. Both Bernard Barrett and William Heverin made the trip to Dublin for the Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park. Both should be very happy with their times of 38:56 and 44:46 respectively. Both will use these times to set lower time targets for the remainder of the season.
Read more ...Get your teams in for the GOAL golf classic in Claremorris
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
Balla
In last weekend’s competition sponsored by Rocky’s Bar, Castlebar, Declan Nally was the winner of the gents’ section with a score of 54, Fenton Barrett took second place with Paraic Cuffe third. The gross prize was won by Junior Prendergast. The ladies was won by Aine McDonald, with Kitty O’Connor second and Breege Moran third. In the scramble competition sponsored by Heiton Buckley, Aodan MacSuibhne, Sean Canny and Tom Rumbly were the winning team. Second place went to Mary Conlon, Seamus Holian and Matthew Sloyan. The winners’ circle was rounded out by the trio of Don Dillon, Dick Heraty and Enda Holian.
St Gerald’s fail to clear final hurdle
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
A 64th minute goal from Jack Reid undid St Gerald's College, Castlebar, ambitions of an FAI Schools Minor Boys All-Ireland title at Athlone Town FC on Tuesday. St Gerard's had beaten Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair by a single goal from James McGinty in their All-Ireland semi-final encounter, and once again a lone goal provided the difference, but Tom Byrne's charges were not on the right side of the result this time around. It was a a double heartbreak for the Castlebar outfit, who were denied an All-Ireland Junior Cup final berth last month, after losing to Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana, in the penultimate round.
Read more ...Murt’s Mayo go looking for silverware
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
“You can’t take anything from that game against Roscommon on the first day of the league. It was a long time ago, everyone’s first game, and there were a few lads sent off for what were really nothing challenges,” Mayo manager Murt Connolly said this week when asked about his side’s previous encounter with Roscommon having any bearing on the outcome of this Sunday’s National Hurling League Division 3b final.
Read more ...Big names get the chop, but the door is still open
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
Five players were let go from the Mayo senior football panel this week, but Mayo manager James Horan was keen to stress that the door is still open for all who were let go. “We let some of the lads go this week, five in total,” he said. “They were Tom Parsons, Aidan Kilcoyne, Mark Ronaldson, Barry Moran, and Brian Benson. We’re aiming to have a solid 30-man panel but it is by no means closed off. There are six rounds of club games before we play London and we’ll be at all those games and we’ll be watching all the guys and they can come back into consideration.” Horan also confirmed that both Donal Vaughan and Trevor Howley, neither of whom has featured yet this year as they work their way back from injury, will continue to be involved with the panel.
While the omission of the likes of Parsons, Kilcoyne, Moran, and Ronaldson will cause some raised eyebrows, Horan has given chance to impress to some 30 players in the national league this year and a large number more before that in the FBD League. The Ballintubber man also admitted that he and his side have a lot of work to do before championship. “It was good to get a look at all the lads and we got to see that we have a number of good players, and we discovered a few new good options especially in the forwards,” he said. “However there are some serious gaps that we have to fill and stop, we’ll be working hard on that and we all know that we have to fill these gaps if we want to go far in the championship.”
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Mayo finish up with Monaghan double
Fri, Apr 08, 2011
Both the Mayo senior football team and hurlers will finish up their league campaign’s with trips to Monaghan on Sunday afternoon. Last Sunday’s win by the footballers over Cork ensured their division one status for next year, while on Saturday the hurlers saw off the challenge of Sligo to keep their 100 per cent record intact. However anyone who hoped to travel to the Farney county and catch a double header of football and hurling action between the two counties will unable to do so, with the hurling team who have already booked their place in the division 3B final playing in Clones at 2.30pm and the footballers playing in Inniskeen, 40 miles away at the same time. All games in both the national hurling and football leagues will be throwing in at the same time on Sunday across all the divisions, the reason being that no team in any division will have an advantage knowing results that may affect them beforehand.
Read more ...Mayo AC will be sending a strong line up to national 10k championship
Fri, Apr 08, 2011
There will be a very strong Mayo AC representation at the national 10k championships this weekend. The Mayo AC senior men’s team will be made up of TJ McHugh .Anthony Devanney, Timmy Glavey, Brendan Hession, Dave Huane, Andrew Lynskey, and Kevin Mellett. The senior ladies’ team is Catherine Conway, Mary Gleeson, Paula Prendergast, Sarah Syron, and Colette Tuohy. Christy O’Malley will be competing in the men’s over 40, with Billy Gallagher, Tom Hunt, Owen Mongan, Ronnie Naylor, Michael McGrath and John Timothy in the over 50s section. The women’s over 40s team will consist of Chris Gallagher, Anne Murray and Angela O'Connor. Mary Naylor and Una McGrath will be competing for Mayo AC in the over 50s women’s event.
Mayo AC Road Race league is ready for the starter’s gun
Read more ...New season, new divisions, new champions?
Fri, Apr 08, 2011
It’s all about to kick off across the soccer pitches of the county for another long and winding season. On Saturday evening the action will kick off in the Premier A, Premier B, League One and League Two of the Mayo League at 6pm. On Sunday the big boys will get to grips with each other in the Super League along with the basement boys in League 3. This year the action in Mayo is spread across six different divisions with eight sides in each of the top five divisions and ten in the bottom tier. The league will be operating a two-up and two-down system of promotion and relegation across all divisions and come September 4 it should all be over for all the sides in the county. With only 14 games to be played in any of the top five divisions, a couple of losses could rule any side out of contention early doors and leave the battling it out at the bottom of the table.
Read more ...Golfer of the year competitions have clubs buzzing
Fri, Apr 08, 2011
Balla
In last weekend’s competition, Martin Boyle was the winner of the gents’ section with a score of 38pts, Stephen Minogue came home in second place three points back, with Willie McNamee in third place also on 35 points. In the ladies’ competition Aine McDonald was the winner when she scored 37pts. Geraldine Kilgallon came home in second place with 35pts and Kathleen Minogue was third on 34pts. This weekend’s competition is a golfer of the year event and is sponsored by Rocky’s Bar, Castlebar. The presentation of the prizes will take place in Rocky’s Bar on April 15 at 9.30pm. Balla Golf Club is also asking people to support the table quiz in support of Ashling Neary’s project in Ghana, which will take place in Bar One on April 14 at 9pm. Tables cost €40 each
In last weekend’s competition, Martin Boyle was the winner of the gents’ section with a score of 38pts, Stephen Minogue came home in second place three points back, with Willie McNamee in third place also on 35 points. In the ladies’ competition Aine McDonald was the winner when she scored 37pts. Geraldine Kilgallon came home in second place with 35pts and Kathleen Minogue was third on 34pts. This weekend’s competition is a golfer of the year event and is sponsored by Rocky’s Bar, Castlebar. The presentation of the prizes will take place in Rocky’s Bar on April 15 at 9.30pm. Balla Golf Club is also asking people to support the table quiz in support of Ashling Neary’s project in Ghana, which will take place in Bar One on April 14 at 9pm. Tables cost €40 each
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