Inis Mór wins handball award

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Connacht’s finest handballers were honoured in Claremorris on Saturday night in what was a successful night for Galway Handball.

A big day for Galway teams in club semi-finals

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

The west and east of the county are represented in All Ireland semi-finals on Sunday. An Spidéal take on Naomh Eanna in the intermediate club football championship in Pairc Tailteann, Navan; Oranmore Maree face Noamh Gall in the intermediate hurling championship at Parnell Park, both at 2pm.

Moycullen tee up clash with Belfast Star in U18 National Cup final

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Moycullen Basketball's U18 men's team has advanced to the 2019 Hula Hoops National Cup final.

Records broken at indoor champs

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

A record entry of 1,000 athletes from all Galway clubs competed at both juvenile and adult level at the 2019 Galway Indoor Championships at Athlone IT Arena last weekend.

Maree's winning form continues at Moycullen's expense

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Maree came out on top when the west of Ireland’s two premier basketball sides went head-to-head in a hotly anticipated local derby in the Superleague on Saturday.

Maree women fancied to continue unbeaten run

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Maree women will be in confident form when they take Swords Thunder in the National Cup semi-final in the Neptune Stadium in Cork on Saturday (4pm).

Maree defeated the Dublin side 88-59 in the first game of the season in Dublin, and they will be hotly fancied to advance to the cup final, with either Ulster Elks or Portlaoise Panthers providing the opposition at the end of the month.

Proud coaches

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Proud coaches of the Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing Gym Clodagh & Pete Foley from Annaghdown with their eleven year old son Finn who passed his Junior Black Belt Grading test recently with an A+ result.Finn will have to wait until he turns 16 before being eligible to test for his 1st Dan Black Belt but he is well on track.Finn has been training in the sport of Kickboxing for seven and a half years and is an active fighter with the club.He will fight on the undercard of the upcoming International Ireland V France Team Event in the Clayton Hotel on Saturday February 23 where he will face off with a Mayo opponent.

Moycullen's tough away assignments do not get any easier

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Moycullen’s luckless road run continued on Saturday when falling 95-73 to Tralee Warriors in Basketball Ireland’s Men’s Superleague.

Head coach John Cunningham will be glad to see the end of this long stretch of away games as Moycullen play their last away game next weekend before returning to the NUI Galway Kingfisher gym for a lengthy stretch in the New Year.

Maree enjoy Christmas boost with another double basktball win

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

Maree Basketball Club will enjoy the Christmas break after its senior men and women’s sides recorded another double at the weekend.

Moycullen suffer more away day Superleague pain

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Moycullen suffered another tough loss away from home this past weekend, falling by 108–79 to a physically dominant Templeogue in Dublin.

Once again size and speed proved to be Moycullen’s undoing - the experienced Templeogue outfit, led by 6' 10" Irish international Jason Killeen, ground out a convincing victory.

Maree maintain composure to stun Superleague leaders

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Maree Basketball Club is celebrating on the double after the men’s Superleague side stunned league leaders Belfast Star at the weekend, and the club’s women’s division one side eased into the cup semi-finals of the cup with a 30-point win away to Limerick Celtics.

The Galway GAA - five DVD set at OMG @ Zhivago

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

December has arrived and everyone is getting into the spirit of festive and cheer, and towns and villages throughout the county are decorated and illuminated by Christmas lights, creating a special atmosphere which only this time of year can generate.

History maker Hession takes national senior title

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

Monivea BC boxer Adam Hession made history at the weekend when he became the first male boxer to win a national senior title for the club.

Hard work over many years is paying off

Thu, Nov 22, 2018

It should not come as any surprise to see the success of this St Thomas’ side. All the way, much of this group played together and won together at underage.

Darragh Burke was among that golden generation, and the Man of the Match from last Sunday’s county final can now revel in seeing all of the hard work through the years pay off at the highest level.

Victory for Maree women but men fall to defeat

Thu, Nov 22, 2018

Maree’s Women’s Division 1 side produced a brilliant second-half fightback to claim the honours in the top-of-the-table clash with Portlaoise Panthers in Oranmore on Saturday; but the club’s Men’s Superleague side went down to Tralee Warriors in the second game of a double header at Calasanctius College.

Galwegian takes home Ultimate Freestyle title

Thu, Nov 22, 2018

Galway man Conor Reynolds was crowned 2018 champion of Ultimate Freestyle Football at the International Centre in Telford.

Maree women continue winning form

Thu, Nov 01, 2018

There was mixed fortunes for Maree BC in cup action on Saturday, withthe men’s Superleague side bowing out of the Pat Duffy Cup when losing 83-80 at home to Griffith College Swords Thunder. However the club’s senior women are through to the Hula Hoops division one cup quarter-finals, thanks to an 86-59 win at home to Phoenix Rockets of Belfast.

That was the fourth win from four for the senior women’s side, who now face Limerick Celtics in the last eight of the competition in Limerick next month.

West overpowers boys from the East

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

The Western Regional Boys Basketball team won the Basketball Ireland Post Primary Schools U15 Tom Collins Inter-Regional in UL Arena, Limerick last Weekend.

Moycullen shooters dazzle Neptune

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

Moycullen Basketball are preparing for a tough weekend's action. On Saturday night they travel to Dublin for a cup clash with the reigning Superleague champs UCD, and on Monday they return to Galway for a hotly-anticipated game against Swords Thunder at 3pm in the NUI Galway Kingfisher Gym.

Double the joy for Maree

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

This weekend Maree's two national league sides will be hoping to maintain their winning momentum.

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