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04 February 2012
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GAA: Cormac is ‘Bane’ of the teachers
2/2/2012
GALWAY GARDAI 1-15 MAYO TEACHERS 1-11
GALWAY Gardai - backboned by a sizeable contingent of Mayo natives --were too strong a force for the learned men of Mayo when the floodlights shone on Wednesday night’s final of the Connacht Inter-Firms senior championship.
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GAA: Lucky seven for new champs Mayo
2/2/2012
MAYO 0-7 LEITRIM 0-6
THE match was in deepest injury time last Friday afternoon and Mayo were clinging on to a slender one-point lead.
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Soccer: Langan leaps to head Blues into dreamland
2/2/2012
KILTIMAGH/KNOCK UNITED 1 CASTLEBAR CELTIC 0
(after extra time)
IT required two periods of extra-time and a goal of exquisite quality to win this final when these two fine football teams clashed in the Castlebar drizzle on Saturday last.
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Soccer: Town crash out to Celtic
2/2/2012
BALLINA TOWN 0 BALLYMOTE CELTIC 2
THEY might have conceded the advantage of their own Brother Walfrid Park, but Ballymote Celtic played like they were the home team for long stages of Sunday’s Connacht Cup tie on Moyside.
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Soccer: Bulls continue their quest for cup glory Perfect 10 for Westport
2/2/2012
WESTPORT 10 CORINTHIANS 0
WESTPORT moved clear of any relegation trouble with this defeat of Corinthians at Carrowholly on Sunday afternoon.
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Moran sets out his stall
2/2/2012
THE stadium was long deserted when Andy Moran arrived back in the dress-ingroom following Friday night’s FBD final in McHale Park.
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Mountney makes Dundalk move
2/2/2012
Former Ballina Town and Mayo Youths midfielder John Mountney has signed with Premier Division outfit Dundalk FC ahead of the new Airtricity League season.
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Rosary regret for Mount
2/2/2012
The inability to take chances when they presented themselves proved very costly for the footballers from Mount St Michael, Claremorris yesterday (Monday) in Tuam Stadium when they lost the Connacht Ladies Senior A Colleges final by two points to Holy Rosary, Mountbellew.
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Gerald’s boys claim Connacht gold
2/2/2012
Leisureland in Galway was the venue for the recent Connacht Senior Schools competition and it proved to be a very successful day for Castlebar’s St Gerald’s College.
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’Port shade five try thriller
2/2/2012
THERE was a superb day’s rugby at the Carrowholly home of Westport RFC recently at which the host club was joined by Ballina RFC, Connemara RFC and Dunmore RFC in participating in a four-way Connacht U-18 and U-16 Girls Rugby Cup blitz on Saturday, January 21.
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Bulls continue their quest for cup glory
2/2/2012
AIB All-Ireland Junior Rugby Cup Semi-Final
Tullamore RFC vs. Westport RFC
Saturday, February 4 2.30pm
at Spollanstown, Tullamore.
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Breaffy to host darts bonanza
2/2/2012
Breaffy House Resort will once again host the Irish Inter-Counties Darts Championships which take place next weekend, February 4/5.
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Discipline and emigration are key issues
2/2/2012
Discipline at underage level is a worry for clubs in North Mayo. This was the view of board chairman Padraig Staunton when delivering his report to the division’s convention held at the Ballina Stephenites GAA complex, writes Enda Munnelly.
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Minister Ring to address Club Development Seminar
2/2/2012
AS part of their spring 2012 programme of events Mayo Sports Partnership are to host a club development seminar for sports clubs / groups on Monday, February 6, 7pm-10pm in Breaffy GAA Centre Castlebar.
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Dazzling dozen as Gilmore is boxer of the tournament
2/2/2012
KNOCKMORE held the final tournament before the start of the Mayo championships on Sunday last in a packed Fox-ford Sports and Leisure Centre.
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Stunning sights will leave runners breathless
2/2/2012
Running and walking enthusiasts can make a day of it by taking part in the inaugural Clare Island Charity 10k walk/run, titled Run for Your Life, on the spectacular setting of Clare Island on Saturday, February 25 at 1pm, with all proceeds in aid of Cancer Care West.
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O’Brien victory completes clean sweep for Ballina
2/2/2012
Mayo’s first competition of the New Year took place in Ballina Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday, January 21 at which the U-11 and U-15 players of the county took to the courts to try and win Mayo Close titles for themselves and their clubs.
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Ginnelly and Maughan pair up for final
2/2/2012
The second series of provincial semi-finals against Galway opposition at Salthill, Moycullen and Williamstown threw up some very competitive encounters.
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GAA: Danny’s double leads to Sligo success
1/25/2012
SLIGO IT 2-4 NUIG 0-9
IN the battle of the students on Saturday evening, the old adage was uttered by a number of spectators once the final whistle sounded: “Goals win games.”
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GAA: Goal hungry Galway sink Yeats county
1/25/2012
GALWAY 4-9 SLIGO 0-12
GALWAY rattled the Sligo net four times to record a nine point victory in their final FBD League game, at Tuam, on Sunday.
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GAA: Headford’s goal kings advance
1/25/2012
PRESENTATION COLLEGE, HEADFORD 2-7 ST LOUIS’ CS, KILTIMAGH 0-10
THE oldest cliché in the book was rolled out one more time in Milltown on Wednesday when Headford proved that goals do indeed win games.
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Soccer: Post aids ’Port progress
1/25/2012
WESTPORT UNITED 1 BALLYHEANE
(aet, Westport won 5-4 on pens)
THESE teams were so hard to separate that it required the intervention of a post to decide the outcome of this encounter.
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Soccer: No Corrib cruise as Westport advance
1/25/2012
WESTPORT UNITED 3 CORRIB RANGERS 1
WESTPORT United saw off the challenge of Galway side Corrib Rangers on Sunday last to seal their spot in the next round of the Connacht Cup.
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Soccer: United dynamos dish out the blues
1/25/2012
S&F UNITED 4 DYNAMO BLUES 4
(S&F United won 5-4 on penalties after extra-time)
TWELVE minutes into the second half of this enthralling joust Dynamo Blues’ Mark Sweeney had just netted his team’s fourth goal and the Tuam outfit held what seemed to be an unassailable 4-1 advantage.
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Soccer: Super Celtic remain in command of cup dream
1/25/2012
CASTLEBAR CELTIC 3 CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC 0
THE dearth of scoring opportunities presented to Charlestown Athletic meant that the Castlebar Celtic defenders were as worthy of praise as their attacking colleagues who created the wave of chances that flooded Saturday’s entertaining cup tie at the Rival Arena.
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Soccer: Adam takes aim as Swinford reach final
1/25/2012
BANGOR HIBS 1 SWINFORD 4
SWINFORD are through to face Castlebar Celtic in the Mayo U-14 Cup Final following a 4-1 victory over Bangor Hibs.
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Soccer: Hoops are caught on the hop at home
1/25/2012
CASTLEBAR CELTIC 3 WEXFORD YOUTHS 4
CASTLEBAR Celtic couldn’t build on the progress they made the previous week in beating Raheny, when they faced Wexford Youths last Sunday, who were four points behind them in the Bus Eire-ann Women’s National League.
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Basketball: Courageous Braves battle back to winning ways
1/25/2012
LOFTUS RECYCLING, BALLINA 50 BORD GAIS NEPTUNE, CORK 37
LOFTUS Recycling continued last Saturday with the initiative that commenced in the game against Portlaois in giving their younger players experience in Division 1 of the National Basketball League.
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Roche rejoices as the dream lives on
1/25/2012
INSPIRATION is the fuel of fairytales and in the midst of all the jubilation last Sunday after their All-Ireland semi-final victory, one Davitts player explained how a chat with an old friend helped him experience one of the greatest days of his life.
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Final is more than just light relief
1/25/2012
BEING the first of three consecutive games under floodlights, manager James Horan has attached greater significance than might normally be expected of an FBD Insurance Connacht SFL final, ahead of Mayo’s clash with NUI Galway, at McHale Park, this Friday night.
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