Fresh injuries cause Connacht selection headache

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Connacht coach Eric Elwood faces another injury conundrum ahead of Saturday’s visit of Edinburgh to the Galway Sportsground (5pm).

Padraig Joyce retires

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Padraig Joyce’s inevitable bow to retirement yesterday morning carried little surprise, but it still did not deaden the pain for supporters who have admired him for many years.

Moycullen ready in the wings to surprise Eagles

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Moycullen travel to Limerick this Saturday to face defending SuperLeague champions UL Eagles.

Connacht must grab chance against Dragons to maintain league momentum

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

Connacht have a great opportunity to continue their momentum in the RaboDirect Pro 12 when they take on Newport Gwent Dragons in Wales tomorrow evening (7pm).

World and European title fights scheduled at kickboxing bonanza

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

The biggest kickboxing event in the 17-years history of the Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing Club takes place on Saturday.

Corinthians back on track

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

Galway city’s two All Ireland League rugby clubs Corinthians and Galwegians secured comfortble wins in their division 2A fixtures at the wekeend.

Another close encounter awaits Moycullen

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

Moycullen welcome Killester of Dublin to the NUIG Kingfisher complex this Saturday (3.45pm) for what promises to be another close encounter in the Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague.

Galway rowers stage first sponsored cycle

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

Galway rowers are swapping their oars for bicycles in a bid to raise funds for the club and Galway charity Ability West.

College sailors win award

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

The young sailors of NUI Galway have won this year’s prestigious Boat of the Year award.

Kinvara GAA monster auction

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

South Galway GAA club Kinvara is running a monster auction on Sunday in the Kinvara Community Centre at 2pm to help raise funds for its new pitch development.

St Thomas celebrate hurling win

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

The outpouring of raw emotion and sheer joy by the St Thomas players, the management team, and loyal supporters had to be seen to be believed after the final whistle in the Salthill Hotel Galway Senior Hurling Championshipfinal on Sunday at Pearse Stadium.

It was a beautiful moment. Sport at its purest. And an historic day that would melt the heart of even the most caustic of cynics.

Experienced Loughrea will be hard to beat

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

In a novel pairing, this Sunday's county senior hurling final sees Loughrea take on newcomers St Thomas at Pearse Stadium (2pm).

Moycullen look for three in a row

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

Moycullen are looking to maintain their winning momentum when they face an undefeated UCC Demons in Cork this weekend.

On the back of two straight wins, Moycullen have gained ground in the Superleague table and will head to Cork in optimistic form.

Salthill/Knocknacarra well beaten by St Brigid's

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

Sometimes teams never really get into the groove and always look likely to be beaten and, unfortunately for Salthill/Knocknacarra, Sunday was one of those occasions.

Galway Masters back to winning ways

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

The Galway football Masters (over 40s) are back on the road again and they recorded their second win of the season in Longford on Sunday when beating Antrim by 2-09 to 0-5.

Ballinasloe crowned Connacht champions

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

Ballinasloe GAA club ended the season on a high last Saturday after winning the Connacht Club Junior football championship crown on an impressive scoreline of 4-11 to 0-7 over Oran (Sligo).

Boston’s goal blitz seals Galway interfirms title

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 5-08
ELECTRICAl CONCEPTS (Oughterard) 3-07

Athenry athlete claims two Connacht cross country titles

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

The recent Connacht Cross Country Championships produced a host of sterling performances from Galway athletes.

Leader brothers help Galwegians to victory over Corinthians

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

Galwegians celebrated their first All Ireland League fixture under lights with a much-needed victory over Corinthians on Friday night.

Greenfields edge local rivals in hockey league opener

Thu, Nov 15, 2012

Greenfields1 secured a victory in their first outing in the Connacht Senior Hockey League with a narrow 1-0 win over defending title holders Galway1 at a chilly Dangan on Saturday evening.

The first half was dominated by strong defence from both sides with only a few clear chances. A good break up the right from Liz Tighe was Greenfields’ opening salvo, but nothing came of it, while Galway’s midfielder Elaine Carey made good progress from midfield, but the resulting short corner was well defended by a solid Greenfields’ defence marshalled by Clodagh Grealy and Catherine Moore.

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