Galway clubs head south in search of cup final spots

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Busloads of supporters from three Galway Basketball clubs will head for Cork this weekend to cheer on their teams in the National Cup semi-finals.

SSE Airtricity Moycullen will compete for silverware on three fronts, in the u-18, u-20 and senior men’s national cups.

Galwegians need to get back on track

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Galwegians head to Limerick to face struggling UL Bohs on Saturday, but will not be taking anything for granted after suffering their third successive loss last weekend.

Corinthians host promotion chasers Garryowen

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Corinthians struggle in this season's Ulster Bank League does not get any easier this weekend when they host promotion chasing Garryowen at Cloonacauneen Park on Saturday (2.30pm).

Pat Egan gave a lifetime of service to the GAA

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

There was a sense of an end of an era in Galway football circles in many regards last week when the news filtered through that former Galway football chairman Pat Egan had died following a long battle with illness.

Fallon’s on form in Resolution Run 2015

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

Local athlete Keith Fallon was the winner of the annual Resolution Run on New Year’s Day.

Connacht look to avoid post Christmas blues in Belfast

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Connacht head to Kingspan Stadium looking for some rare Christmas cheer from the traditional local derbies in the Guinness Pro 12.

Elwood returns to Connacht Rugby in new domestic role

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Eric Elwood is returning to Connacht Rugby as the province’s new domestic rugby manager.

County hurling stars come out to play for Console

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Galway’s senior hurling stars will face a county selection in Gort on December 28 (3pm) to help national charity Console provide suicide prevention training for members of nine local GAA clubs.

Join the Fields of Athenry on St Stephen’s Day

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

One of the highlights of the athletics road race season takes place on St Stephen’s Day in Athenry.

GMIT students receive sports scholarships

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Twenty-five sports scholarships have been awarded to GMIT students who have excelled in individual sports. The programme is worth €32,000 in scholarships and bursaries across all five GMIT campuses, in addition to a complete range of support for the students’ sport and academic requirements.

Time is ripe for a first Connacht win at RDS

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Connacht head to Dublin for tomorrow’s pre-Christmas interprovincial with Leinster with momentum and confidence, while also treating this Pro 12 fixture with Leinster as their “international”.

 Connacht Rugby has never been in a better place in this competition, but this challenge with the current Pro 12 champions will provide a real yardstick for the remainder of the season.

Brancott Estate and Connacht Rugby bear fruit

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Kiwi nectar: Brancott Estate, creator of the original Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, will continue as the official wine sponsor of Connacht Rugby for the third year running. Pictured with two of Connacht’s New Zealand players Jake Heenan and Mils Muliaina is Niall Beatty of Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard.

Maree look to close the gap on Moycullen

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Local rivalry in Galway is adding a distinct flavour to the Basketball Ireland National League with six derbies in the men’s division one this season.

Like father, like daughter as young O’Flaherty joins Galway soccer ranks

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Galway WFC’s Ellerose O’Flaherty made history on Sunday, becoming the youngest person to play senior national league soccer for a Galway side.

Tuam to host national cross country event

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Tuam will host National Cross Country Championships next February - the first time since 1999 a national event has been held in County Galway.

Athletics Ireland has announced that the All Ireland Juvenile Development, Masters, and Intermediates cross country championships will be held in the Palace Grounds on February 8 2015, with a full programme of 12 events.

Gort’s greater hunger is rewarded in county hurling final

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

1. Gort's greater hunger and desire for victory
It may be a cliché, but the truism about the hungrier team winning has stood the test of time.

Corofin do enough to book semi-final place

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Galway county football champions Corofin went to Ruislip with one job and one job only - qualify for the upcoming All-Ireland semi-final for the sixth time in the club's history.

Expectant Gort head to Kenny Park to face the kingpins

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

This Sunday at Kenny Park (1.30pm) the county senior hurling championship final sees Gort, the 2011 champions, take on Portumna, the 2013 champions, in what promises to be an epic battle to see which club takes home the Tom Callanan Cup for 2014.

Canning hopes Portumna will hit the ground running

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Ollie Canning has played senior club championship hurling for more than 20 years, and with six county senior medals and four All-Ireland club medals in his collection, he knows what it takes to win on big championship days.

Teamwork the key for Connacht in Bayonne

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

By Linley MacKenzie
Pat Lam is expected to make a number of changes to Connacht’s travelling squad to France for the second of the back-to-back European Challenge Cup fixtures with Bayonne.

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