Life And Sport From An Armchair View
1.20: TUNBRIDGE WELLS (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 1.55: SHOEBOX KING - EW - (JACK KEARNEY (2*)/KEVIN COLEMAN) 2.30: BACK DOWN UNDER (LEIGH ROCHE/PADRAIG ROCHE) 3.05: JON RIGGINS - EW - (BEN COEN/EDDIE LYNAM) 3.40: BIRDMAN (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.15: MY BIRTHDAY GIRL - EW - (JAMIE POWELL (3)/NOEL MEADE) A winner for Noel Meade would be... Continue Reading →
1.05: UNEXPECTED ISSUES (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 1.35: AIR FORCE ONE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.05: VELVET SKIES (WESLEY JOYCE (5)/MICK MULVANY) 2.35: STANHOPE - EW - (KEITHEN KENNEDY (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 3.05: ZOFFMAN (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 3.35: UNCANNY (RYAN MOORE/DONNACHA O'BRIEN) 4.05: CHARLIE DARLING - EW - (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.35: LIMESTONE RED - EW - (RONAN... Continue Reading →
MEATH... 3-13 LOUTH... 0-12 A little bit of Meath GAA history was re-written tonight. And I've no doubt the man whose achievement was eclipsed will be as happy as anybody whose heart beats green and gold. For too long, David Gallagher remained the last Meathman to lift the Seamus Flood Cup for the Leinster U-21/20... Continue Reading →
MEATH... 0-12 DUBLIN... 3-19 It's 2:49am, and the wind and rain are beating off the window like a night in November. But it's literally midway through April. And Meath's quest for a Leinster SFC crown now officially gone into a 15th year. It simply doesn't feel right. Not the result - there could be absolutely... Continue Reading →
1.15: RUBIES ARE RED (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) Ryan Moore making a midweek trip could be highly significant 1.45: ORTELLIUS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 2.15: BROAD DAYLIGHT - EW - (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 2.45: GALLANTLY (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 3.15: GOLDANA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 3.45: MOWGLI - EW - (JESSICA MAYE (10)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.15: PLAY IT AGAIN... Continue Reading →
It's probably an understatement to point out that Meath's defeat of Dublin in the 1975 NFL Final was a major turn up. With it being well before my time, I'm not sure what division of the league Meath were in at the time. What is of course known is the fact that Kevin Heffernan's side... Continue Reading →
MEATH... 1-11 CORK... 1-15 Including stoppage time, Meath failed to score for the final 21 minutes of this Allianz NFL encounter in Pairc Tailteann. Which ended as drab and disappointing as the weather it was played in. Mind you, there was an ominous feel about the entire day when, seconds after the again outstanding Eoghan... Continue Reading →
In the interest of honesty and fairness, at my own expense, it will be admitted that the third day of the Cheltenham Festival has always been my toughest day with regard to garnering winners, but, after 'saver' bets on Captain Guinness and Langer Dan saved the satchel, we go again. 1.30 - GOLDEN MILLER NOVICE... Continue Reading →
At the outset here an apology - I completely underestimated the very obvious top notch credentials of both Gaelic Warrior and Stateman and for that I apologise. That said, while the notion of a Cheltenham 'banker' is generally steered away from, if there was one particular steed whose appearance was anticipated with greatest enthusiasm it... Continue Reading →
1.45: HELVIC DREAM - EW - (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 2.15: BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: SIRE DU BERLAIS - EW - (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.15: GRACE FARADAY - EW - (JAMES O'SULLIVAN (3)/ANTHONY MCCANN) 3.45: AMERICAN MIKE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) If American Mike has even a percentage of his back class under the bonnet he... Continue Reading →