Fahy kick off fight for survival

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

By the time this paper hits the shelf on Friday morning, Westport United will have had the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Elverys Sports Super League to 17 points after they faced Moy Villa in Attymass last night. The day that they are confirmed as champions looks to be edging ever closer. Last weekend in the Super League Fahy Rovers picked up their second win in the league with a surprise 2-1 win over Ballina Town in Moneen. That win by the side who are bottom in the table all but killed off any slim chance that Ballina had of catching Westport United in the top. Fahy left it late, when Tommy Gill struck twice in the final few minutes of the game, the first four minutes from time and the second three minutes into injury time.

That win put Fahy Rovers within a point of second bottom Iorras Aontaithe, but with the men from Carnenash having two games in hand, it will still be a struggle for Fahy to try to overtake the north Mayo men and try to catch one of the sides outside the relegation zone. On Sunday they will make the short trip in to Celtic Park to take on Castlebar Celtic, while Iorras Aontaithe will be away to Ballyheane. Iorras were also in action last night against Castlebar Celtic, and a win there could have pulled them within three points of Moy Villa, while a Celtic win would have put them a point clear of second placed Ballina Town and still have two games in hand on the defending champions.

Boyle and O'Connor are looking forward to the next step

Mon, Jul 14, 2014

Mayo's teak tough centre-back Colm Boyle laid down an early marker in Sunday's contest with a almighty hit on Galway's Damien Comer in the first half. The Davitts man was happy to get the win and told the Mayo Advertiser after the game there is still lots for his side to improve on ahead of the All Ireland quarter-final. “It was a strange game, we started fairly well got into the game and Lee's goal settled us a small bit. But we maybe dropped the tempo and Galway missed a few opportunities at the start of the second half. We were a bit dead and they came out well in the second half.”

Mayo dig in to retain minor title

Sun, Jul 13, 2014

Mayo found the extra gear that they needed when the tide looked to have turned against them in the Connacht Minor Football Championship final in MacHale Park on Sunday. With 13 minutes left on the clock, Roscommon had put themselves into a one point lead and looked like they were about to turn for home. But this Mayo side who showed they have plenty of bottle when needed against Galway in their semi-final win, upped the ante again and sprinted past Roscommon over the closing stages.

Four in a row for Horan's Mayo

Sun, Jul 13, 2014

Galway came to town and they huffed and and puffed but in the end they were no match for a Mayo team that went about dismantling their southern neighbors with relative ease in the end with man of the match Cillian O'Connor kicking eight points and having his hand in two of Mayo's goals that booked their passage to the All Ireland quarter-final on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Mayo were smarter in almost every area of the field and ran out deserving seven point winners with Aidan O'Shea dominating the game from his centre half forward berth for long periods of the contest. Even when Galway looked like they could get themselves back into the contest the rub of the green wasn't with them as Shane Walsh who kicked seven points for the Tribesmen saw his effort for a goal come crashing back off the bar just after the restart.

Horan happy with Mayo's showing

Sun, Jul 13, 2014

Mayo manager James Horan was in jubilant mood after seeing his team pick up their fourth Connacht title in a row and with it the Ballintubber man still has to taste defeat in the provincial championship since he took charge of the Mayo senior team. “I'm delighted and very proud. Very proud of the achievement as are all the players. Regardless of anything else winning four in a row winning four on the trot beating every team on every occasion is something we are extremely proud of and we're delighted with the victory today” he said after the game.

Can anyone stop Dublin

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

While the Connacht final is taking up everyone’s attention in this side of the country this weekend, the 2014 All Ireland football championship has been in full swing for a few months now.

In our second www.advertiser.ie football vodcast Colm Gannon ask the panel the big question, Can anyone stop Dublin’s march this year.

Mayo have their eyes on the prize

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

With plenty of time still to go before Sunday’s showdown with the Tribesmen, James Horan along with Keith Higgins and one of the new guns in his panel, last year’s minor captain Stephen Coen were in relaxed mood, when they sat down to meet the press. However Horan picked the two players to accompany him on press duties is something only the manager knows, but in choosing both Higgins and Coen he was flanked by the last two Mayo players to captain the county to All Ireland glory. Higgins in 2006 with the u21 team, and Coen last September in Croke Park with the minors.

Three things Galway footballers must do on Sunday to stop Mayo

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

1 - Stop Mayo's half-back line
Lee Keegan, Colm Boyle and Donal Vaughan are the springboard for many of Mayo's attacks.

Moran records class two win in the midlands

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Foxford’s Alan Moran recorded his best finish of the 2014 Autocross season to-date, with a class two victory at the recent Midland Motorclub’s Loose Surface Event. In total seven Mayo members made the trip with four picking up prizes.

Brennan wins cycling league title

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

David Brennan who started the season injured came through strongly in the closing rounds of the Mayo Cycling League to win the league outright, consistency was the key by racing hard in all of the eight rounds spread around the county. Brennan scored points in all bar one round, showing super concentration and wily tactics. The league comprises 16 time trials, six road races, with some of them handicapped, and finishes with a 10k hill climb. To win the winner has to be a complete all rounder while making the best use of his/her club to help secure points.