Hurlers look to keep up winning start

Fri, Jan 09, 2015

It has been a far from ideal pre-season for the Mayo senior hurling team with manager Christy Philips resigning just before Christmas. But last weekend they got 2015 off to a winning start in the new Connacht Senior Hurling League when they saw off the challenge of Leitrim by 2-13 to 0-5 in Ballinamore. The Mayo management team of JP Coen, Derek Walsh, Tommy Feeney, and John Waldron fielded an experimental side but will have been pleased with what they saw from their side in their first outing, with only a very small bit of training behind them so far.

On Saturday at 2pm the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan will see Mayo host Sligo in round two of the competition with Tribesman Phelim Shaughnessy the man in the middle for the game.

Connacht Cyclo-Cross Championships wraps up series

Fri, Jan 09, 2015

The inaugural Connacht Cyclo-Cross Championships were held in the grounds of Westport House, the coastal seaside town was the perfect setting for such a championship with open green undulating fields surrounded by mature woodland.

Castlebar BC hosts first tournament of the season

Fri, Jan 09, 2015

Castlebar boxing club is to hold the first tournament of 2015 in Breaffy GAA clubhouse this Sunday, January 11.

Westport United left to fly the flag

Fri, Jan 09, 2015

It is all down to Westport United if the Mayo League are to have an interest in the FAI Junior Cup in the latter stages of the competition. The aristocrats of Mayo soccer are the last side left in the competition after both Iorras Aontaithe and Ballyhaunis Town bowed out at the fifth round stage a few weeks before Christmas. This Sunday Westport United will take on New Ross Celtic in a game re-fixed from mid-December, with kick-off in the Sportspark at 2pm on Sunday.

Mayo pick off students to get year up and running

Sun, Jan 04, 2015

Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly got their senior management tenure off to a winning start in Elverys MacHale Park on Sunday. The fare on show wasn't anything that will be remembered for long, but it got a few miles in the legs of a a couple of new and some returning faces in green and red.

Management happy with win, but a lot of work still to be done

Sun, Jan 04, 2015

Not long after they had overseen a win in their debut contest as the joint managers of the Mayo senior football team, Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes came out of the dressing room to speak to the local press corp in the concrete tunnel under the bowls of the stand in Elverys MacHale Park.

Phillips steps down as senior manager

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

With just over a week until the Mayo senior hurling team start their 2015 campaign in the Connacht Hurling League away to Leitrim on Saturday January 3 they are looking for a new manager after Christy Phillips resigned last week.

Connacht go down to Leinster

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Connacht wrapped up their pre-Christmas run of fixtures with a disappointing 10 point loss to Leinster in the RDS on Friday night. Connacht were right in the game to the death and were only trailing by three points as the game wound down, but a last gasp try from Leinster winger Zane Kirchner secured the win for Lenister and denied Connacht a deserved bonus point.

Festive competitions wrap up club action for the year

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

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Breege Jennings was the winner of the last ladies’ stableford competition before Christmas with a score of 34pts last weekend. She finished in front of Pauline O’Connor who finished in second spot, and Carmel Henry came home in third spot. The men’s competition was won by John Tuohy, with Don Dillon finishing in second place after both men finished on 38pts, with Tuohy winning thanks to his back nine scoring and Michael Neary finished in third place.

Claremorris claim title after epic encounter

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

It took just two games and two rounds of extra time for the gladiators from Claremorris and Ballina Stephenites in the Mayo GAA u21 final. On Sunday afternoon, it was the men from south Mayo who emerged victorious and claimed their first A championship at this grade.

Mayo bow out of Oscar Traynor trophy

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

The Mayo League’s interest in this season’s Oscar Traynor Trophy came to an end in a wet Eamon Deacy Park in Galway on Sunday afternoon, when they were seen off by the Galway League with three goals to spare.

The time is ripe for Connacht win at RDS

Fri, Dec 19, 2014

Connacht should be heading to their pre-Christmas interprovincial with Leinster in Dublin tonight with momentum and confidence, while also treating this Pro 12 fixture with Leinster as their “international”.

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