Stakes get higher for Connacht

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Pressure is mounting on Connacht to secure the seasonal double over the Dragons and with it their hopes of a Heineken Cup play-off place when the two sides meet this weekend in Newport.

Six points behind the Newport/Gwent outfit, Connacht head to Wales on Sunday knowing anything other than a victory will spell the end of their seasonal ambitions for another year.

Midfield improvement key for success over Cork

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Another crucial weekend of League of Ireland fare is imminent, and Galway’s two representatives will be eager to produce positive results. Galway United journey south to tussle with Cork City, while Mervue United entertain first division high flyers UCD at Terryland Park.

Corinthians eye up division three crown after first place finish

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Corinthians have attained the second of their seasonal ambitions, finishing first in division three of the All Ireland League with a hard-fought 16-13 win over Naas at the weekend.

Connacht juniors face Ulster in opener

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Connacht kick-start their Junior Interprovincial Championship with an opening fixture against Ulster at Ballyhaunis on Saturday (2.30pm).

Corrib ladies celebrate

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Corrib Basketball Club ladies team were flying the flag for Oughterard and Killanin at senior level this season in winning the Galway League division two crown this season. The club, with a membership of 224, caters for men, ladies, and children from u-8 to u-16, continuing the tradition that has developed in the area since 1944. The u-12 girls team won the shield in the Listowel Primary School Tournament 2008, while the u-13 and u-14 boys have both qualified for the All Ireland Club Championship competition in Athlone. The u-13 boys ousted favourites Claregalway having trailed by 13 points at one stage. However they fought hard to bring the game to extra time and came away with victory. The u-14 girls also had a sweet victory over an unbeaten Maree team.

Claregalway claim All Ireland Club crown

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Claregalway claimed this year’s All Ireland u-16 girls’ basketball crown with a merited 20-point victory over Glanmire of Cork at the weekend.

Having cruised through the weekend’s qualifiers unbeaten, recording 41-16 and 66-21 results, Claregalway ousted their semi-final opponents in a much tighter affair, finally coming through 62-53 winners to reach the final.

Curran grabs hat-trick

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Played in blustery conditions in Drom, Galway u-16s overcame Donegal 3-1, advancing to the semi-final of the Paul O'Neill Cup to play Wicklow.

Sammon must make some tough calls

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Picking most teams at any level is a difficult exercise, unless of course you have absolute stand-out players like Ja Fallon, Padraic Joyce, Sean Og De Paor, Tomas Mannion, Michael Donnellan, Derek Savage and company, in their prime.Then it is just a matter of handing out the jerseys and letting the talented guys show the world how they have been blessed by God and mother-nature.

Ray Silke’s starting XV for Galway for the 2009 Connacht championship.

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

1. Adrian Faherty – Claregalway
A close call between Adrian and last year’s custodian Paul Doherty. Faherty needs to work on varying his kick-out. He has a booming kick, but he needs to mix it up a bit and try to hit his wing-forwards more or even pop a few short ones to his wing-backs to avoid becoming too predictable.

Galway hurling championship swings into action

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

A new Galway SHC campaign begins this weekend with the scheduled eight matches promising to be interesting affairs.

Headford GAA celebrate

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

•Headford GAA Club celebrates the official opening of its new clubhouse on Sunday April 26 with Galway football manager Liam Sammon performing the duty at 2.15pm. This will be followed by a Junior A league game featuring Headford and Kilkerrin/Clonberne before a special senior intercounty challenge takes place between Galway and Cavan at 3pm.

Gardai take to the pitch for charity

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

• Galway gardai take to the GAA pitch next Tuesday (April 28) to contest the John Lovett Memorial Trophy. Both male and female gardai over 30 will square up to their younger counterparts at Pearse Stadium (3pm) to contest the tournament in memory of the well known Galway garda who was involved in many sports including the Salthill GAA Club. All proceeds from the day go directly to Console, the suicide and counselling support organisation in Galway. Entry to the stadium is free and all are welcome.

Connacht must refocus on Magners League hopes

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

A refocused Connacht will return to action on Saturday now needing to contentrate all efforts on the Magners League. While their European ambitions have been dashed for another year against an Engish outfit, they will face a Munster side in Thomond Park (7.30pm) that is now on course for another Heineken Cup crown.

United expect lively clash with Rovers

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

A busy weekend of footballing action at Terryland Park awaits as two League of Ireland encounters are scheduled for the Dyke Road venue.

Rooney returns to scoop West of Ireland Crown

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Local squash player John Rooney returned to Galway at the weekend to claim the men’s A title in the Garavan’s West of Ireland Open.

Galway footballers are miles off the top tier

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Jeepers Jack. What a few weeks the Galway footballers have had.

Another chance for McIntyre’s men to shine

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

With Galway’s Leinster championship opener merely six weeks away, Sunday’s NHL contest with an already relegated Clare in Cusack Park might not be the most significant fixture, but Galway will be intent on ending the competition with victory.

Corinthians seal promotion

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Corinthians celebrated their long-held ambition of promotion to the All Ireland League’s division two at the weekend with a gutsy display over rivals Queens University in the penultimate game of the season.

Cleary in devastating form for Wegians

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Galwegians turned on the style to grab the full complement of points over an already doomed Terenure College at Crowley Park on Easter Saturday, but the win was not enough to secure a place in next season’s top eight competition.

Galwegians currently sit in ninth place, but even if they overcome Garryowen this weekend, they cannot make up the seven-point deficit with eighth placed UL Bohs. Both outfits have notched seven wins to date - the difference is the nine bonus points UL Bohs picked up this season compared with Galwegians’ paltry two.

Salthill Devon to host charity blitz

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

A special one day five-a-side fundraising soccer blitz takes place on Saturday April 25 in Drom in aid of the Galway Simon Community.

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