Month: October 2023
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Seconds out for Round 2 of the Regionals
With the exception of one game being switched from Cortown to Ballinlough, Round 2 of the Brady’s Skoda Regional Football Championships has thus far survived the inclement weather conditions. No doubt the situation will be continually monitored in relation to tomorrow night’s fixtures, but, in Tuesday evening’s encounters, both Ardbraccan and Tara will endeavour to…
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Selections for Curragh – Oct. 31st 2023
12.20: KORTEZ BAY (ROBBIE COLGAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 12.50: GREEK FLOWER – EW – (JAMIE POWELL (3)/JOHNNY FEANE) 1.22: TISCOMMONKNOWLEDGE – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 1.57: BREEZY ZOFF (ROBERT WHEARTY (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.32: TIME TO TELL (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.07: HELVIC DREAM (PATRICK MULLINS/NOEL MEADE) 3.37: MAGIC CHARM – EW – (CIAN HORGAN (7)/MARTIN…
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The half day of the underdog
Maybe it’s the pondering of the thing about faraway hills always being greener, but, for a certain time every year, the occupant of seat does wonder what it’d be like to have been domiciled in the catchment area of one of the serially successful clubs. A St Vincent’s or a Kilmacud Crokes or a Corofin…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 30th 2023
12.30: SETTLEMENT (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 1.05: SAN AER – EW – (BILLY LEE/TOM MULLINS) 1.40: BARLEY COVE – EW – (JAMES RYAN (5)/EDDIE LYNAM) 2.15: HOTAUGUSTNIGHT – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/FOZZY STACK) 2.50: KINDA TINY – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/TIM DOYLE) 3.25: NARLITA – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/HARRY ROGERS) 4.00: KATONAH – EW –…
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Boks deserving winners despite blundering Barnes
South Africa… 12 New Zealand… 11 To a one-eyed fella sitting in a wheelchair thousands of miles away, it was blatantly obvious Ardie Savea had locked onto the ball, so how Wayne Barnes couldn’t see it from a foot away defies logic. Now read on… Furthermore, a squirming, half arsed apology in such a situation…
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Selections for Wexford – Oct. 29th 2023
1.01: JAPERS JACK (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 1.35: TEMPO CHAPTER TWO – EW – (PATRICK O’BRIEN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.10: MONSEUIR AZUL – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 2.45: JOYEAUX VIVO (MARK WALSH/J. E. & T. KIELY) 3.20: PASTORALE – W/O FAV – (ADRIAN HESKIN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.55: MICK CHARLIE – EW – (JOHN HANNON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.28:…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 29th 2023
12.41: MISS AUGUSTA (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.16: AFFORDALE FURY (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 1.51: NATURAL LOOK (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.26: TAKARENGO – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/TOM MULLINS) 3.01: FREE FLOWING – EW – (TP HARNEY (7)/NORMAN LEE) 3.36: ALVAREZ ECLIPSE – W/O FAV – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.10: THEONEWEDREAMOF – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/GAVIN CROMWELL)…
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A snippet of the opening round fixtures in the Allianz Leagues
All Ireland football champions Dublin will welcome Monaghan to Croke Park (presumably) in the opening round of the NFL, it was revealed this evening as some details of the fixtures in the perceived secondary competition were released on Friday afternoon. The Farney Army have caused the all conquering Dubs more problems than most over the…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 28th 2023
1.57: KALEOSUN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.32: RELEASE THE BEAST – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 3.07: POUR LE FILLES (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.42: HANDS OF GOLD – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 4.17: GABBYS CROSS – EW – (MICHAEL O’CONNOR (3)) HENRY DE BROMBREAD) 4.52: KNOCKNAGAPPAGH – EW – (SAM EWING/PETER FAHEY) 5.22: TACTICAL AFFAIR…
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Regan and Costello claim individual awards
Runai Coiste Na Mi, Ciaran Flynn, posted a photo from the GAA awards ceremony this (Friday) evening showing the 13 Royal County representatives honoured on the night denoting the successes enjoyed by our Senior hurlers and footballers during the past season. For the hurlers, that meant accomplishing the noteworthy double of achieving promotion in the…