Ladies face old enemy in Connacht final
Fri, Jul 08, 2011
The Connacht senior football semi-final win over Sligo was the first step on the road to redemption for the Mayo ladies senior football team after a very poor run in the National Football which saw them go winless over the whole campaign. Jason Tanniane took over a team which had its difficulties, but with a championship win under their belt now he looks to have the team moving in the right direction. The win over Sligo was backboned by a number of old familiar names who have battled valiantly in the green and red for what seems like years now, Yvonne Byrne, Cora Staunton, Claire Egan, Fiona McHale and Martha Carter have all seen the highs with Mayo in the past and their experience will once again be invaluable on Sunday afternoon when they face the old enemy Galway in the Connacht Senior Football Championship final.
Read more ...Club championship picture becomes a bit clearer
Sun, Jul 03, 2011
The make up of the the last eight in the Mayo senior football championships in Mayo started to take shape over the weekend. Castlebar, Crossmolina Deel Rovers, Ballintubber, Ballaghaderreen and Breaffy all registered their second win in the championships. While two wins normally would guarantee you a place in the last eight going on recent years, it may not be enough for Breaffy should they loose out to Knockmore in their final group game.
Read more ...Mayo GAA results
Sun, Jul 03, 2011
Treanlaur Catering Senior Football Championship Group 1:
Read more ...Tough conditions did not deter Westport golfers on Captain’s Prize Day
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Balla
Last weekend’s competition sponsored by Cox’s Restaurant was won by Luke Timiss with a score of 38pts. His play on the back nine was enough to hold off the challenge of Tommy Walsh in second place and Matt Leonard in third. In the ladies’ competition, Mary Jo Cannon was the winner on 36pts, Marie Flanagan came second with Kitty O’Connor in third. An open stableford competition will take place at Balla Golf Club next weekend - sponsored by Balla Town Parks. The competition will run from today, Friday July 1 to Sunday July 3.
Connacht Road Race League powers on
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Round five of the league took place recently in Ballinrobe with 45 cyclists from around the province racing over a 34 mile lap around Lough Mask. A 10 minute handicap separated the groups from front to back. The scratch group consisted of inform Charles Prendergast, Cunga CC, and Dave Brennan, Castlebar.
Read more ...Medals come home to Mayo
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
There will be a number of medals coming home to Mayo from the Special Olympics World Games in Athens next week. Four Mayo athletes — Deirdre Gannon, Paul Kavanagh, Mary McDermott and Deirdre Gannon — are taking part in a hectic few days of competition.
Read more ...Galway were spiritless and soft
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Last week I suggested that home advantage might prove decisive in deciding who would advance to play Roscommon in the Connacht final on July 17. I was wrong. Having witnessed the display from Galway last Sunday I am now of the opinion that if Mayo had played the first half of last Sunday’s encounter in Pearse Stadium and the second half in Tuam we still would have won in a canter. I have never in my lifetime witnessed such an inept performance from a Galway senior side. They were spiritless and soft when it came to putting up any sort of a challenge to Mayo last Sunday. In fact the game, particularly the first half, ranks as one of the worst of this year’s championship. (I would rank the first game played in this year’s championship, Donegal v Antrim as the worst.) I accept that the second half did improve but that improvement came from Mayo as a single point from play by Galway in the entire second half tells its own story. At no point did Galway radiate the belief that they had the measure of Mayo. When a team plays without any semblance of a pattern as Galway did last weekend, it suggests that there is little synchronisation between management and players.
Mayo’s resolve would not allow for a defeat last Sunday and they deserve credit for that gutsy determined display of the second half. The team began to display a unity of purpose for the first time and one could almost suggest that at times they looked the perfect symbol of family. Galway, on the other hand, a team that normally plays with such rhythm and artistic integrity, looked like they had been pulled together on the day and their football did not contradict that theory. Then again their season has suggested that they are a team on the slide. It will be a difficult week and a bit for them before they play the Royals who themselves have reinvigorated their season with an emphatic victory over Louth last Saturday.
Read more ...Club championship to heat up in round two
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
It was all hugs and smiles last Sunday evening when Mayo saw off the limp challenge from Galway in McHale Park. This weekend those friendships and bonds will be put on the sideboard as the second round of action in the Treanlaur Catering Senior Championship gets down to business across the county.
Read more ...Connacht final place booked with second half performance
Sun, Jun 26, 2011
Mayo 1-12
Galway 1-6
Mayo manger James Horan and players reflect on victory over Galway
Sun, Jun 26, 2011
Mayo manager James Horan reflects on Mayo's six point win over Galway.
http://audioboo.fm/boos/396956-james-horan-mayo-v-galway-connacht-senior-football-championship-june-26-2011
Read more ...Six changes for Mayo as Galway come to town
Fri, Jun 24, 2011
James Horan has rung the changes ahead of Sunday’s Connacht Championship clash with Galway in McHale Park. The Ballintubber club man has made a total of six changes to the starting 15 from the side that narrowly avoided being eliminated from the provincial championship at the hands of the exiles in London last month. In defence back come into the team Keith Higgins who missed out against London due to injury and Trevor Mortimer at wing back. Horan has also opted for a whole new look midfield, with Breaffy duo and brothers Aidan and Seamus O’Shea manning the key sector of the field where they are expected to line up against Finian Hanley and Joe Bergin in the middle of the park. Kevin McLoughlin comes into the side in the half forward line alongside team captain Alan Dillon and Andy Moran, while Cillian O’Connor will make his first championship start for Mayo alongside Alan Freeman and Jason Doherty in the full forward line.
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