Swift and Ofisa’s likely return will boost Connacht for Italian visit
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Rugby: Rabo Direct Pro 12
World record raises €10,245 on Croagh Patrick
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Six months after the world record breaking day the 11 climbers and their support team got to celebrate the magnificent achievement at Campbell’s Bar, Murrisk.
Read more ...Must win for Hutton’s Mayo League
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
“It's do or die or whatever other way you want to put,” is how Mayo League manager Michael Hutton described Sunday's Oscar Trainer trophy clash between his Mayo League side and the Sligo/Leitrim League on Sunday in Milebush Park at 2pm. The competition, which kicked off a number of months ago, has only reached its second and final group game stage this weekend, and it is all to do for the Mayo League on Sunday.
Read more ...Challenge the Greenway
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Back in 2007 Johnny Oosten came up with an idea. This idea centred primarily around creating awareness and raising vital funds for children with autism in Ireland by means of the Croagh Patrick Seven Day in a Row Challenge. Five years on he has certainly achieved that, having raised more than half a million euro (€534,000) for the cause. (www.croaghpatrickchallenge.com)
March 18 this year will be the date for his next venture - a completely new challenge and a new cause. This new event is a fundraiser to help the Cystic Fibrosis West team raise the much-needed funds required to build a specialised day care unit at Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar. This unit will comprise two isolated en suite bedrooms (each incorporating positive and negative airflow pressure systems), a treatment room, meeting room, kitchenette, laboratory, and a corridor for exercise and bleep tests.
Read more ...Mayo AC AGM kicks of new year for club celebrating 25 years in 2012
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Athletics
Mayo’s sporting year 2011 and what a year it has been
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
Like every year in sport in this county there have been a fair share of ups and downs for all those who go out and do their best in the quest to be the best they possibly can be each week. You will find in this week’s sports pages a selection of pictures which capture some of the great moments in sport for those in the county who every year continue to give their all in the pursuit of sporting excellence. And as for excellence, there has been plenty of that on display from Mayo's proud sports people.
Read more ...End of season competitions winds down hectic year around clubs
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Ballina
Last weekend’s stableford competition which was played over 12 holes was won by Paddy O’Donnell with a score of 31pts, he finished two points in front of Darren Flaherty in second place. The club AGM takes place tonight Friday, December 16 at 8pm. Members are encouraged to attend as this is a very important meeting and helps to set the tone for club affairs for 2012.
Last weekend’s stableford competition which was played over 12 holes was won by Paddy O’Donnell with a score of 31pts, he finished two points in front of Darren Flaherty in second place. The club AGM takes place tonight Friday, December 16 at 8pm. Members are encouraged to attend as this is a very important meeting and helps to set the tone for club affairs for 2012.
Read more ...Sports shorts
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Operation Transformation star presents Goal to Work certificates to Ballina sports coaches
Read more ...Take up the GOAL Mile test on Christmas day at Ballina AC
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
A very different Christmas tradition will take place again this year as people from Ballina and the surrounding areas will take part in the GOAL Mile on the Ballina Athletic Club track at Belleek, Ballina, on Christmas morning from 11am to 12.30pm.
Read more ...Chambers claims national title in nail biting encounter
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Last Friday evening Michelle Chambers from Castlebar Boxing Club claimed the 54kg national intermediate title after a nail biting bout with Rosmary Doherty from Carndonagh Boxing Club in Donegal. Chambers got off to a great start with some great overhand rights to Doherty's head, and led at the end of the first round, 5-2. However in the second Doherty produced a great round of long range boxing to keep Chambers away, the score at the end of the second was 6-6. Chambers, now on the back foot, was feeling the pressure, the third round started the same way the second ended with Doherty in the ascendancy.
However Chambers was getting to grips with Doherty's long range tactics, the third ended on a score of 9-9. The fourth and final round was tit for tat, however both boxers were tiring, and the fight was becoming a scrappy affair. The referee cautioned both boxers for holding on a couple of occasions, but he decided to issue a public warning to Chambers with 30 seconds to go in the round, awarding two points to Doherty at that late stage which should have been the nail in Chambers’ coffin. However the Castlebar ace was having none of it, and in the last 10 seconds of the fight, Doherty relaxed, to her detriment. Chambers unleashed a three punch combination that brought her back into contention and afforded her a chance at a third title. Chambers won the title on a deserved 15 - 14 computer score. The coaching staff and all the members of the Castlebar Boxing Club extend their congratulations to Chambers for a fine performance in winning her third national title.
Read more ...Set piece is a key issue as Connacht head to Gloucester
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Connacht head to England for Saturday’s return joust with Gloucester knowing an improved performance, particularly in the set piece, is vital to achieve a first Heineken Cup win. Despite earning their first point in Europe’s elite competition last weekend against the English premiership outfit in their 14 - 11 defeat at the Sportsground, Connacht know they let slip another chance to achieve a much-needed win after a run of defeats.Now they travel to Gloucester with hopes that an improved performance up front will provide the backs with sufficient ball to cause their opponents problems. If Connacht do not improve in that area, the Cherry and Whites will simply adopt a 10-man game plan and Connacht will be on the back foot again.
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