Maree bounce back after loss to Titans

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Maree’s hopes of making the play-offs in this year’s National League division one basketball are still alive, despite losing to local rivals Titans by 86-76 on Saturday.

Currently second behind leaders Team Garvey St Mary’s, Maree followed up the defeat with a 80-54 victory over Queen’s in Oranmore on Sunday.

Galway hosts Ireland’s first Euro hockey event

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Galway Hockey Club is set to host a European Hockey Indoor Club Challenge, becoming the first in Ireland to have the honour.

Connacht await IRFU’s approval of new coach

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

The waiting game continues on the appointment of Connacht’s new rugby coach to replace incumbent Michael Bradley.

Tough start for Galway ladies

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Galway ladies begin their season when the Bord Gais Energy National Ladies Football League kicks off on Sunday.

French succeeds Glynn at Mervue

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Mervue United has appointed Tom French as the new manager of the club’s League of Ireland first division team.

Harding Cup soccer at Dangan

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

NUI Galway first years face a tough challenge tomorrow (Friday) when they take on UCD freshers in the quarter-final of the Harding Cup.

Extra trains for Six Nations

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Galwegians travelling to Dublin for Ireland’s opening match of the Six Nations against Italy in Croke Park can avail of extra train services.

Iarnród Éireann has announced that an extra train will depart Galway at 8.40 am, serving Athenry at 8.53am, Ballinasloe 9.15am, Athlone 9.50am, Tullamore 10.15am, and arriving at Heuston Station 11.25am. A return train departs Heuston Station at 6.05pm.

Calasanctius scoop a third All Ireland

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Calsanctius Oranmore have scooped a third All Ireland basketball title this week.

Maree celebrate National Cup victory

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Maree have claimed Ireland’s top honours in u-20 men’s basketball after avenging last year’s agonising one-point defeat to UCD-Marian in Saturday’s National Cup final.

Coláiste na Coiribe claim Connacht crown

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Coláiste na Coiribe has won its first u-8 FAI Schools (B) Connacht title.

Juvenile basketball in full swing

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Juvenile basketball clubs Ardrahan, Bearna, Ennistymon, Corrib, Claregalway, Maree, Moycullen and Titans are in the throes of a hectic league and cup season which will culminate in county finals in March.

City clubs gain ground with league wins

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Galway’s two city rugby clubs enjoyed a successful weekend with both securing vital victories in the AIB League.

Spring signals start of GAA action as Galway head to McHale Park

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Spring may have arrived last Monday, and while many national school children were making St Bridget crosses to herald a season of new beginnings, it is with the start of the National football and hurling leagues that signals the end of the winter hibernation for many GAA fans. Genuine GAA supporters just love going to live games.

Galway hurlers hit the target in season opener

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Galway hurlers got their season off to a positive start with a victory over Laois last Sunday in the Walsh Cup. Two Richie Cummins goals in the opening period of extra-time were enough for Galway to prevail in a real battle with Laois.

The 2009 All-Ireland minor-winning captain only received the call-up to the squad the day before the game, but his inclusion was crucial when his eye for goal finally saw off the Laois men.

Claregalway sign past and future stars

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

Mayo footballing star and former Swinford player David Heaney, who only announced his retirement from county football yesterday, has transferred to Claregalway for the coming season. His transfer was rubber-stamped by the Galway County Board last weekend.

Heaney (32) has annexed five Connacht senior championship medals with Mayo. He has been living in the Claregalway/Turloughmore area for a number of years and his decision to throw in his lot with the local club comes as no real surprise.

Wegians see off Buccs in local derby

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

David Clarke’s fine drop goal in the heavy fog at Crowley Park saw Galwegians secure a narrow 12-11 victory over their Connacht rivals Buccaneers on Saturday. Most games between Connacht’s leading two sides are keenly contested, but there will hardly be a closer affair with a more dramatic finish than this encounter. And although the quality was not always top drawer at times in a game littered with mistakes, it was a tense nail-biting affair which had both sets of supporters living on their nerves right up to the very last second. This match was preceded by a minute’s silence to mark the recent passing of the late Bobby Deacy, Galwegians’ trustee and ex-president of the IRFU. The game itself was played in dense fog, which made visibility difficult for both teams, but it was the visitors who started much the brighter.

Connacht maintain perfect European record

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

A 10 try, 66-0 victory, over Madrid rounded off an incredible European Pool campaign for Connacht on Saturday in the unusual surroundings of the Spanish capital. The result confirmed Connacht's position as top seeds in the Challenge Cup and European Rugby's only unbeaten side. The seeding guarantees a home quarter final, and, should they win, a home semi final.

Bourgoin will be the opponents on April 10. The game has been fixed for 1pm on the Saturday and will be live on Eurosport. The eastern French club has relegation concerns in the Top 14 French championship and that might take precedence. However they also have a solid record in European rugby, and reached the final of this competition last year having won away in the quarter finals at London Irish. The potential for an away win to spoil the party cannot be ignored.

Kernan’s Galway continue on winning ways while hurlers get ready for action

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Joe Kernan’s Galway look to be odds on to book their place in the FBD League final this weekend after picking up back to back victories over both Sligo and Leitrim. This Sunday the Armagh man’s charges will face a sort of homecoming when they take on the students from GMIT at 2pm in Moycullen, and with a comprehensive score difference in their pockets from their two wins, the Tribesmen would have to go down by more than nine points to be denied a place in the home final. The students have two points on the board in the competition and will be full of confidence heading into the clash as they step up their preparations for Sigerson Cup action in the not too distant future.

Naomh Anna come up short against Cookstown

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Naomh Anna, Leitir Mór, did their very best on Sunday afternoon at Pearse Park in Longford to try to reach the final of the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, but it was not to be. They have punched above their weight for most of the season on the road to county and provincial success, but last weekend they came up against a team that was just too good for them. There is no shame in that. And to their credit, they fought like real troopers right to the final whistle as they have done all season.

Cookstown had big name stars like Owen Mulligan, Raymond Mulgrew, and former Tyrone star Paul McCurk in their ranks and that quality told. The Tyrone champions lead by 0-8 to 0-4 at the break and also raced into an eight point lead in the third quarter. To Naomh Anna’s immense credit they displayed tremendous application and attitude, they fought back with some fine scores from Patrick Mark Ó Fatharta and came back to within two points of the Tyrone men. However a minute from time Cookstown quashed any thoughts of a fairytale victory for the Connemara lads when Raymond Mulgrew released a Cookstown substitute who blasted past a helpless Eoin Ó Conghaile to put the Tyrone men into the final against Spa from Kerry at Croke Park next month. After the game, their team manager Ciarán Fatharta spoke of his huge pride in his panel and thanked the support the team has got all year from the local neighbourhood and the wider football community and from local clubs all around Connemara.

Success on the double for Oranmore in schools’ cup

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

There was double success for Calasanctius Oranmore in the Irish schools’ cup basketball finals in Dublin this week with the schools’ girls’ u16 and boys’ u19 sides taking the A titles. The girls’ final saw the Galway girls win out over Mercy Mount Hawk on a score of 57-41, while in the boys’ final the Oranmore lads had a narrow 77 -69 win over St Benildus College. In the girls’ final a great team display, backboned by Ailish O’Reilly’s MVP performance, secured the win. O’Reilly drained two three-pointers to end any hopes of the Mercy team gaining a victory. With two additional free throws to seal the game, Calasanctius Oranmore began the celebrations as the final buzzer sounded at the score line of 41 - 57.

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