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| Top Sport Stories | Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Mayo hit a Brick wall
KERRY 1-18 MAYO 2-14
12 points from the stick of Shane Brick six in each half was a major difference between Mayo and Kerry last Sunday.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Is emigration beginning to bite?
3/3/2010
In these strained economic times, the number might have been expected to be greater. Nonetheless, a total of five club footballers in Mayo had transfer requests to overseas GAA clubs granted in the opening two months of 2010.
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Mix-up over Mark appeal
3/3/2010
MAYO will seek to have Mark Ronaldson’s four-week suspension overturned, probably this Thursday night, after an administrative mix-up prevented both player and county board representatives from attending an appeal hearing in Croke Park last Tuesday.
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Promotion is priority says boss Brennan
3/3/2010
TO have his team play National League hurling next season against the likes of Wexford, Offaly and Antrim, that remains the ambition of Mayo manager Martin Brennan despite Sunday’s defeat of his side in their first outing of the 2010 campaign, writes Anthony Hennigan.
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€3m cost to train the county teams
3/3/2010
“HAVE we lost the plot?” asked John Prenty, in his report to the annual convention of Connacht GAA Council, in Claregalway, last Thursday. The provincial secretary was referring to what he called the “enormous expense” of training Connacht’s county teams which in 2009 alone, he estimates, “cost almost €3 million”, writes Anthony Hennigan.
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Moylette storms into senior final
3/3/2010
RAYMOND Moylette took a massive step closer to his first ever National Senior title when he beat defending champion, Philip Sutcliffe from Crumlin in the semi-finals on Friday night last at the National Stadium.
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Stage all set for ‘The Stages’
3/3/2010
With less than a fortnight remaining to the McWilliam Park Hotel Mayo Stages Rally 2010, excitement is mounting in Claremorris and indeed across rally circles throughout the region.
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Magic Moran sinks Salthill
3/3/2010
STRAIDE & FOXFORD UTD. 3
SALTHILL DEVON 1
A PAUL Moran masterclass helped the home side overcome a 1-0 deficit to defeat one of Galway’s biggest clubs on Sunday afternoon.
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So near yet so far for Muredach’s
3/3/2010
SUMMERHILL, SLIGO 3-07
ST MUREDACH’S, BALLINA 0-11
SUMMERHILL College overcame a spirited St Muredach’s side on Sunday, but only with the help of an additional 20 minutes, after normal time finished with a spectacular equaliser from the Sligo school’s Niall Colleary.
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Gerald’s capitalise on Colman’s collapse
3/3/2010
ST GERALD’S, CASTLEBAR 0-11
ST COLMAN’S, CLAREMORRIS 0-06
A GOOD start might have been half the battle for St Colman’s, but St Gerald’s definitely won the war when these two college kingpins clashed in the provincial semi-final on Sunday afternoon.
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Late Loftus goal flatters ‘Robe
3/3/2010
BALLINROBE 3-12 GARRYMORE 2-6
A SPRIGHTLY Ballinrobe side decisively disposed of the Garrymore challenge in this second round fixture under lights at Flanagan Park, on Saturday night.
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National crown sits well with coach Corbett
3/3/2010
ONE of Mayo’s best known GAA Gaels has been honoured with a national award for his voluntary commitment to Irish sport.
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Ballina get down to business
2/24/2010
BALLINA STEPHENITES 1-09 BREAFFY 1-07
FEBRUARY may still be with us but the new secondary league ensured that thoughts of frost and snow were banished for a while as club action once again took centre stage over the weekend.
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Beverages drink from winner’s chalice
2/24/2010
BALLINA BEVERAGES 1-12
ERICSSON ATHLONE 1-06
MAYO legend James Horan and Noel Beattie were on song for Ballina Beverages on Saturday afternoon after a sterling second half display from the local side helped overcome the stiff opposition of Ericsson Athlone in this flee-flowing encounter.
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Greens rejoice at Rouse winner
2/24/2010
BALLIINA 17 CORINTHIANS 15
BALLINA bounced back from their cup defeat to record an impressive league win over a strong Corinthians side.
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Kingdom call to Castlebar
2/24/2010
MAYO hurling’s management duo of Martin Brennan and Pete Finnerty along with their backup team, face the prospect of going into the second round of the National Hurling League without a competitive game to their credit following last Sunday’s postponed clash with Armagh.
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A province with a plan
2/24/2010
GAA President Christy Cooney singled out Garrymore as a prime example of a GAA club that must benefit if Connacht Council’s Strategic Vision and Action Plan is to be considered a success, writes Anthony Hennigan.
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Two wins out of three ain’t bad
2/24/2010
MAYO 1-12 DUBLIN 0-12
WHILE 2009 may have been a disappointing year for inter-county football in Mayo, it’s difficult not to feel optimistic about the upcoming championship season, especially if last Sunday’s victory over beaten All-Ireland finalists Dublin is anything to go by.
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Rally rejoice for Ryan
2/24/2010
HEADFORD’S Justin Ryan has been well and truly bitten by the rally bug, having recorded an impressive performance at the Galway International Rally earlier this month.
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Crafty Ken and cream of the crop
2/24/2010
THE cream of Mayo sport gathered in Claremorris last Friday night for the annual Western People Mayo Sports Star Awards ceremony, held in association with the McWilliam Park Hotel, writes Michael Gallagher.
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Prenty pushes for fixtures shake-up
2/24/2010
A RADICAL overhaul of fixture schedules in Connacht is about to take place, according to Provincial Secretary, John Prenty.
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Tara to take on Taylor
2/24/2010
There were mixed fortunes for Mayo boxers at the National Senior championships last weekend.
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League climax in Westport
2/17/2010
The 2009 Mayo Road League concluded with the final race at Westport recently.
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Super six for champion Saints
2/17/2010
ST PAT’S, LACKEN CROSS 6
ST KILLIAN’S, CLONSKEAGH 1
BACK in the mists of time when the people of Lacken spoke to St Patrick in a dream, the great man surely never imagined that the famed coastal community would produce a team of football magicians.
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Ladies land their first points
2/17/2010
MAYO 2-12 TYRONE 3-07
CORA STAUNTON was once again at the helm of another fine Mayo fightback as she steered her side to safety after the westerners briefly flirted with the idea of ending another NFL afternoon pointless.
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Tyrone tumble to dogged Mayo
2/17/2010
MAYO 1-12 TYRONE 1-11
THOSE with an undying love of Mayo football had the perfect Valentine’s Day afternoon in Omagh on Sunday.
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It’s still only February...but there’s hope
2/17/2010
Formations, fluid movement, fine finishing, fetches from the clouds and a final flurry of feigned fisticuffs ensured that Sunday’s encounter was entertaining from first whistle to last, writes Michael Gallagher.
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Just no stopping best of the West
2/17/2010
WEST MAYO 3-09 NORTH MAYO 1-09
A MUCH better conversion rate was all that separated the sides in this well-contested final on Saturday afternoon in Castlebar.
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Jack is king for the East
2/17/2010
EAST MAYO 0-14 SOUTH MAYO 1-08
THE width of a post was all that kept this match from going into extra-time but the eastern team were more than deserving of their victory when the final whistle sounded.
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Orchard opener for Brennan’s boys
2/17/2010
IT has long proved a formidable fortress for both its club and county footballers but exactly what advantage Crossmaglen will prove to Armagh when Mayo’s hurlers visit next Sunday remains to be seen.
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Dramatic cup exit for Ballina
2/17/2010
CORRIB 14 BALLINA 12
BALLINA staged a dramatic come back but failed to secure victory in an exciting cup tie with Corrib last Sunday.
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