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Category: Athletics

  • Sideline Cuts – 22

    Sideline Cuts – 22

    Revolving Doors Keeping The Void At Bay At the risk of boring our devoted and treasured readers, one more mention of displeasure felt at the split season in GAA needs a run out. This time, though, it’s in the context of a long standing part of the off-season filling the void therein. That being the…

  • The Russians forgot the number one rule when in a hole

    The Russians forgot the number one rule when in a hole

    For kids of today, or even those slightly for whom the war in Ukraine is their first experience of such atrocities in the world, it may come as a surprise to know that there was a time when GAA – and presumably most other sports – were put into hiatus by the world being at…

  • Healing hands and words that gave us faith in ourselves

    Healing hands and words that gave us faith in ourselves

    Be honest, were any of you ever caught with drink on you in school? In your possession, not actually on board? This corner was, now read on… A bottle containing poitin was once domiciled in my schoolbag for a few hours. And of course it had to fall out. Before the gaskets in your mind…

  • **Clonee 10k**

    “In a recent piece commenting on the above event, the name of #Dunboyne AC’s Clodagh Dunphy was erroneously omitted from those who who made up the winning Ladies team at the event. Unreserved apologies are offered to Clodagh and all concerned for any upset or inconvenience caused”

  • Reasons to keep the faith

    #ATHLETICS David Walsh is one of the eminent sports writers of our time. For some, the Kilkenny native’s output may be tedious. In that he continually champions a cause he feels strongly about – clean sport. He is, however, more often than not, on the money. See his tireless efforts to expose Lance Armstrong as…

  • Meath’s Golden Mile – Part 2

    At the time St Peter’s Dunboyne defeated Moynalvey in their first outing in the county’s premier football competition since the 1950s (1993), the vanquished had been in the top rank for the majority of my lifetime. In the intervening years, though, the club’s form has oscillated quite a bit.

  • Blame game leads to generalisation and devaluation

    #BoylanTalksSport #Athletics To opine that roads are important to life might amount to an extreme case of stating the obvious. If you look upon life as a journey, though, it’s easier to add flesh to the theory in ways that might diverge from the obvious. Now read on…

  • A beacon of hope in a sporting world under a cloud

    What’s a long time ago now, on foot of a pilgrimage to Lourdes, I ended up joining the local Scout group. It was a sojourn which didn’t last too long as GAA took priority. However, amidst all the merit badges, eye catching uniforms and memorable excursions to places such as Smarmore Castle in Co Louth…

  • Success around the globe 

    It seems fairly certain that when Brian Smyth was approached in relation to attaining a wheelchair pass to attend a Meath game for yours truly 25 years ago that it had been a long time since such a request went in before – if it ever had. The impact which the beginning of that journey…

  • Left feeling betrayed by a phony icon  

    What you are about to read is like nothing that ever appeared here. Simply because reason nor drive to write something of this nature never existed. If it comes across as a whinge, apologies. It is, rather, intended as a releasing valve for anger and frustration at somebody being afforded opportunities some of us would’ve…