Athenry present medal winners
Thu, Mar 05, 2009
The Athenry GAA Club will hold a function in The Raheen Woods Hotel on Saturday (March 7) when medals will be presented to the several teams.The junior A football team won the county league and promotion to intermediate football, the junior B footballers won the north board league, while the junior B hurling team won the county championship and have now reached the All Ireland junior B hurling final, having beaten Pilltown from Kilkenny in the semi-final.The medals will be presented by the former Kerry All-Ireland winner and All Star Tommy Doyle.Tickets are available from club officers for €20.
Read more ...Bish contest today’s Connacht schools final
Thu, Mar 05, 2009
Galway’s St Joseph’s College, Galway, contest the FAI Schools Umbro Connacht Cup Senior Championship final today (Thursday).
Read more ...Titans seek home play-off
Thu, Mar 05, 2009
Titans BC of Galway continue their quest for National League Basketball honours this weekend against St Mary’s of Castleisland.
Read more ...Galway should have enough finishers to see off Cork
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Achieving a consistent level of performance is one of the tasks manager John McIntyre believes Galway must embrace, and next Sunday’s Allianz NHL contest with Cork promises to be revealing.
Read more ...United’s squad takes shape
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
More good news for Galway United’s recruitment drive ahead of the new season. The club has secured Irish u- 21 International Gary Breen from Hereford United.
Read more ...Galway ladies still need a win
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Galway ladies football, yet to post a win in this year’s Bord Gais Energy National League, will be hoping for a better result when they host Monaghan in Dunmore on Sunday (2pm).
Read more ...Sports shorts
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
•St Paul’s Oughterard face Kiltimagh next Sunday in Ballinrobe at 1.30pm in the Connacht senior B final. The game is followed by the A final between the all-Mayo combination of St Geralds v St Colmans at 3pm. There will be extra time in both games if required.
Read more ...O’Connor should be fit for Cardiff to bolster stretched back row
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Ospreys 22
Connacht 10
Galway’s two basketball clubs continue title hunt
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Moycullen continued their march for more basketball honours with another comfortable 98-75 victory over Longford Falcons at the weekend.
Read more ...Lacklustre Wegians fail to make elements count
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Galwegians 13
Clontarf 25
Corinthians maintain title momentum
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Corinthians 26
Banbridge 11
Banbridge 11
Read more ...Magnificent Portumna show the stuff of true champions
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
My brother’s father-in-law, Johnny Carty, is a hail and hearty 80-years-old, a Wexford man (Rathnure) who loves most sports, but especially hurling.
Read more ...Corofin did their best, but not good enough this time
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Corofin gave everything they had last Saturday in Mullingar to try to join Portumna on the feature bill for the All-Ireland finals on St Patrick’s Day in two weeks’ time, but they fell short of their target.
Read more ...Connacht suffer blow as McCarthy out for up to ten weeks
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
After a month’s break, the Magners League resumes this weekend with Connacht facing a difficult away fixture against Wales’ top side Ospreys at Liberty Stadium on Sunday (2.15pm).
Read more ...Corinthians looking to consolidate lead
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
After a disappointing exit from the AIB Cup last weekend, Galwegians return to division one league action when they host Clontarf at Crowley Park on Saturday (2.30pm).
This fixture will test Galwegians’ resolve to finish in the top eight against a side that has loftier ambitions to be one of the four semi-finalists.
Read more ...Galway ladies hoping for third time lucky
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
Galway ladies footballers face another huge assignment on Sunday when they face an in-form Dublin in round three of the Bord Gais Energy National League.
Read more ...NUIG advance in Sigerson
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
NUIG have progressed into the quarter-finals of the Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup after overcoming UUJ by 2-10 to 1-8 yesterday. The news was not so good for GMIT who lost out to DIT by 2-15 to 0-9. Also through are Cork IT and UCD.
Read more ...NUIG face Garda College
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
NUI Galway play the Garda College in the Ashbourne Shield semi-final Saturday in Cork after being defeated by UCD in the cup quarter-finals by 5-8 to 0-9 in Dangan recently.
Read more ...Classic club clash in store for champs Portumna
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
It is the contest that is gripping hurling enthusiasts throughout the land. The country’s dominant clubs over the past three years, Portumna and Ballyhale Shamrocks, will meet for the first time in Sunday's All Ireland Senior Club Championship semi-finals at Semple Stadium (2.30pm).
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