Tight finishes in club competitions across Mayo
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
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In last weekend’s stableford competition James Lavin was the winner of the gents’ section with a score of 38pts. He managed to hold off the challenge of Padraig Joyce in second place who finished on 36pts. Vinny Gibbons claimed third place also with a score of 36pts, finishing behind Joyce courtesy of the second placed man’s score on the back nine. In the ladies’ competition Geraldine O’Malley came home ahead of the pack with a score of 34pts. She finished one point clear of Pat Dillon in second place and Julie Loftus claimed third with a score of 32pts.
Mayo GAA Fixtures
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Saturday March 19
Connacht Minor League (At 11.45pm)
Horan’s Mayo aim to avoid capital punishment
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Another Sunday and another chance for James Horan to see how far his project as Mayo manager has progressed. This time a trip to the capital awaits Mayo and their supporters against the form team of this year’s National Football League in GAA headquarters is on the menu. The Dubs’ have won four out of four in this years league term and look to be in flying form.
Read more ...Strategic plan committee to address next county board meeting
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
The steering committee for the recently published Mayo GAA Draft Strategic Action Plan will be in attendance at the next meeting of the Mayo County Board. Chairperson of the committee, Liam Horan attended a meeting of the executive of the county board last Monday night to discuss the plan with the executive officers of the county board in what.
Speaking to the Mayo Advertiser this week, Mr Horan said that the meeting on Monday night went well. “I feel that that meeting went very well on Monday night, I got to go in and sit down with the executive and go over the plan with them. What came out of it is that the steering committee who drew up the plan will all be invited to attended the next meeting of the county board where we will be able to answer any questions that the clubs or the executive may have. We always aimed to have the committee at a meeting of the county board to hand it over to the clubs and the executive and let them take it from there, either adopting it or making any amendments they may want to it.”
Read more ...Bad weekend for Mayo sides
Mon, Mar 14, 2011
A weekend that promised a lot delivered very little for Mayo football followers, apart from more questions. On Saturday a very fancied u21 team went into battle against Roscommon in McHale Park in the preliminary round of the Connacht championship and were dumped out of the competition at the first hurdle. On paper Mayo had a team full of players who would have had designs on at least a Connacht title if not more. But when it came to the crunch, too many players did not show up and they were just passengers on they day when Roscommon won out by 0-11 to 0-9 in Castlebar.
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Mayo crash out to Roscommon in u21 championship
Sat, Mar 12, 2011
Roscommon 0-11
Mayo 0-9
Second Italian helping for Connacht
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
Eric Elwood is warning his Connacht side against complacency ahead of Friday's meeting with Aironi at the Galway Sportsground. Elwood says Connacht are in no position to take any team for granted and certainly not an Italian side that will be targeting Friday's game to achieve an elusive victory in this season's Magners League. Although Aironi have yet to post a win, Elwood says the Italians have shown considerable improvement.
Read more ...Sports Extra
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
A group of five present and past swimmers from Castlebar Swimming Club, Katie Tuohy (NUI Maynooth), James Caulfield (NUI Galway), Conal Joyce (Dublin IT), James Sweeney and Sarah Caulfield (UCD), took part in the Irish Swimming and Lifesaving Intervarsities in Kilkenny, each representing his/her respective colleges. The event, hosted by NUI Maynooth (NUIM), proved to be a great success with most of the universities and institutes of technology present. For the course of this event the Castlebar swimmers had to set aside their club loyalties, and in Sarah and James Caulfield’s case family loyalty and give it their all for their colleges. Friday evening saw the start of the competition with the swimming heats and what a start it proved to be. Competition was fierce with many national champions in attendance including Olympian Aisling Cooney (UCD). However, the Castlebar crew held their own and in some cases raced against each other in the same events to reach the finals session on Saturday morning.
Read more ...Loftus Recycling lose out in Oranmore
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
Team Loftus Recycling, Ballina, suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Maree, from Oranmore, in the National Basketball League in Calasanctius College, Oranmore, on Saturday night.
Read more ...Captain’s drive in around the county
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
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Last weekend’s Stableford competition was won by Vinny Gibbons who shot a score of 35pts, his scoring on the back nine was enough for him to claim the win, Michael Neary pushed him all the way also finishing up on 35pts, with Stephen Minogue only one shot further back in third place. The ladies’ competition was won by Kathleen Minogue who shot a score of 39pts, with Mary B Prendergast five points back in second place. Third place was taken by Mary Conlon who finished on 33pts. The three person scramble was won by the team of Marie Flanagan, Margaret Walsh, and Geraldine Kilgallon. Second place was taken by the trio of Mary Neary, Mike Neary, and Bob Leggett, with third place going to the team of Seamus Cleary, Brenda Cleary, and Vinny Gibbons. The annual captain’s drive in is coming closer and will take place on March 27.
Last weekend’s Stableford competition was won by Vinny Gibbons who shot a score of 35pts, his scoring on the back nine was enough for him to claim the win, Michael Neary pushed him all the way also finishing up on 35pts, with Stephen Minogue only one shot further back in third place. The ladies’ competition was won by Kathleen Minogue who shot a score of 39pts, with Mary B Prendergast five points back in second place. Third place was taken by Mary Conlon who finished on 33pts. The three person scramble was won by the team of Marie Flanagan, Margaret Walsh, and Geraldine Kilgallon. Second place was taken by the trio of Mary Neary, Mike Neary, and Bob Leggett, with third place going to the team of Seamus Cleary, Brenda Cleary, and Vinny Gibbons. The annual captain’s drive in is coming closer and will take place on March 27.
Read more ...Win or bust for u21s on Saturday
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
It is a simple as can be tomorrow (Saturday, March 12) when this year's crop of Mayo u21s take to the field in the preliminary round of the Connacht u21 championship. Win and they are through to a semi-final against Leitrim the following week, lose and it is pack away the Mayo gear for another year, or maybe forever for a number of the players. Standing in the way of Ray Dempsey's men and progression in the championship are the near neighbours in primrose and blue, Roscommon. Dempsey took charge of the Mayo u21s last year for the first time after three very successful years as the manager of the minor team which saw him reach two All Ireland finals on the trot. But last year the wheels came unstuck in a ill tempered semi-final in Hyde Park on St Patrick’s Day, which Mayo lost by a single score following a helter skelter affair.
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