Is your club the brainiest soccer club in Mayo?

Fri, Feb 24, 2012

This Monday, February 27, in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, at 8.30pm soccer clubs in Mayo will test their knowledge of all things football to see which team will be given the crown as Brainiest Club in Mayo.

In an effort to raise much needed funds for the Irish Hospice Foundation, clubs are invited to sent teams of four (club members) to compete against their on-field rivals in an all football table quiz. Each club is allowed to send a maximum of two teams, made up of four club members each. Each team costs €50 to enter. All money raised on the night will go directly to the Irish Hospice Foundation. There will be 100 questions on the night encompassing the League of Ireland, English league football, the World Cup, European football, and some novelty questions thrown in for good measure. The winners on the night will be presented with a Mayo Crystal trophy for the Brainiest Club in Mayo. They will also receive a keg of Bulmers for their local pub, with lots of other prizes up for grabs on the night. Each club is asked to send at least one team and members are asked to confirm their participation in advance to John Carty by email at [email protected] or by phone to 085 8345606.

Hurlers look to hit back against Roscommon

Fri, Feb 24, 2012

The last time that both these sides met was in the blistering sunshine in Carrick on Shannon in the National Hurling League Division 3B final last April. But despite blitzing their way though the league stages of the competition where they beat Roscommon in Tooreen on the first day of the league Mayo came up short in the final by two points.

Bradley brings Edinburgh back to his old stomping ground

Fri, Feb 24, 2012

Old friends become rivals this evening (7.30pm) as Edinburgh make their first visit to the Galway Sportsground under former Connacht coach Michael Bradley. With just three points between the sides in the RaboDirect Pro 12 table, both outfits will be gunning for the points, irrespective of past associations.

Winter and spring leagues keep swinging around the clubs

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

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In last weekend’s competition PJ Brett was the winner of the gents’ section with a score of 39pts, he finished in front of Frank Larkin in second and John Walsh in third. The ladies’ event was claimed by Breege Moran on 35pts, with Catherine McNulty in second place and Aine McDonald in third.

Ernie Deacy to be honoured at the C & C Cellular/Vodafone Mayo Athletic Awards

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

Ballina Athletic Club is this year hosting the 2011 C & C Cellular/Vodafone Mayo Athletic Awards which will be held at a gala function in the Downhill Hotel, Ballina on Sunday next February 26. Athletes from all over Mayo will be honoured for their contribution to athletics during the past year. Certificates or awards will be presented to all athletes who won national medals in 2011. Another person to be honoured on the night is Ernie Deacy who will be presented with the Hall of Fame Award for 2011.

Mayo Sailing Club winter series continues

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

For anyone who wishes to know the rules of the water, Mayo Sailing Club is hosting a lecture entitled The Rules of Racing by Ed Alcock on Thursday February 23 at 7.30pm in the GMIT, Castlebar. It will outline the laws that govern racing on the water. Many boats, big and small, engage in the sport of racing. The Racing Rules of Sailing govern the conduct of yacht racing, dinghy racing, windsurfing, kite surfing, and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while powered by the wind. The forthcoming lecture will cover topics like rights and obligations on the water, giving way, keeping clear, red flags, and protest forms.

March date for the Dubs rematch

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

On and off again became the theme of Mayo’s National Football League meeting with Dublin over the past week. Saturday night’s match against the All Ireland champions was abandoned by referee Marty Duffy at half time, when a thick blanket of fog descended on McHale Park shortly before the median whistle and showed no signs of clearing after a prolonged half time break, forcing the Sligo whistler to abandon the game.

Davitts dreams go down in Croker

Sun, Feb 12, 2012

Milltown-Castlemaine 1-13
Davitts 1-6

Silver for Mayo AC ladies team in Masters Cross Country Championship

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

Lough Key Forest Park was the setting for another great performance by Mayo AC at Woodie’s DIY AAI Masters Cross Country Championships on Sunday. A mild misty day is usually welcomed by athletes, but many struggled in the tough conditions over hill and hollow.

Four Celtic girls called up for international duty

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

Republic of Ireland senior coach Sue Ronan has called up Emma Mullen, Castlebar Celtic, to the Irish Women’s Senior Squad to play in the Algarve Cup.

Connacht must continue Heineken Cup form in the Rabo

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

From the high of their Heineken Cup victory over Harlequins and a two week break, Connacht return to competitive action in the Pro 12 when they travel to Cardiff to take on the Blues this evening. The challenge for Eric Elwood's men is to deliver the type of performance they displayed in Europe in the bread and butter competition of the Celtic League. If they do not, they will languish at the bottom of the table where Italian strugglers Aironi are poised to overtake them, while a win could see them leap the Dragons.

That is the stark reality facing Connacht as this next series of fixtures begins. Connacht do have continuing injury concerns - some 11 this week - but there can be no excuses. If they can produce a winning display against the English premiership leaders, there is no reason they cannot do it in the Pro12. Now after a much-needed two week break from competition, Elwood says his players have returned refreshed and determined to build on their Heineken Cup campaign. "We certainly needed the break. We had a lot of broken bodies. The lads had gone to the well for 13 weeks on the bounce and, to be honest, we would put our hands up and say 'thank God for the rest'," Elwood says. "Obviously we were on the wrong end of defeats. We had that monkey and it was a huge demand both physically and mentally, but in fairness the players stuck to the task and got their just rewards in the end."

Davitts on the doorstep of destiny

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

It is a normally a once in a lifetime thing for most people, some get a second chance at it, but for the vast majority it is a one shot deal. Getting to an All Ireland Club final is the most special occasion for anyone involved in a club. It is the pure essence of what the GAA is about, the smallest unit of the organisation, making it all the way to the greatest stage that it possibly can. While the All Ireland senior club championships have been one of the highlights of the GAA calendar for decades now, the introduction of the All Ireland championship at junior and intermediate level has brought the ability to achieve the ultimate to every club in the country which has a rutted field, a run down club house, and puts out a team into championship action every year, against the odds of modern life, the depopulation of rural Ireland, and the mass youth emigration that is currently happening across the isle.

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