Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Dunboyne...4-15 Moynalvey...0-10 Chances are yours truly wasn't the only one in these parts - or Moynalvey - in absolutely no mood for football on Friday night. How could either place be, with the heart and soul having been ripped out of both communities when Damien O'Reilly was taken from us long, long before his time,... Continue Reading →
If anybody has become bored or annoyed by my re-posting match text commentary in recent weeks I apologise. It's my way of dealing with Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) and/or separation anxiety, whichever you want to call it. From not being able to attend matches it is desired to be at. Without wanting to play... Continue Reading →
1.40: INISHMOT PRINCE (JAMES RYAN (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 2.10: LION RING - EW - (ROBERT WHEARTY (7)/TOMMY COYLE) Batterstown trainer Tommy Coyle 2.40: BENAVENTE - EW - (NATHAN CROSSE/RICHARD O'BRIEN) 3.10: VIKKI WALL (CONOR MAXWELL/IAN DONOGHUE) 3.45: CHEERS AGAIN (JACK CLEARY (4*)/PAUL FLYNN) 4.15: DAPPLED LIGHT - EW - (ROBBIE COLGAN/JOHN MURPHY) 4.45: ANJAH - EW... Continue Reading →
Tara...1-11 Boyne Valley...0-13 Earlier this year, eventual champions Dunshaughlin had 18 points to spare over closest neighbours and rivals Blackhall Gaels in the group stages of the Meath IFC. As somebody blessed to have close connections to both clubs - not to mention being the nephew of a former Chairman of the latter when they... Continue Reading →
1.10: ONLY SKY - EW - (ROBBIE POWER/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 1.40: GLOBAL EXPORT (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.13: JUMPING JET (ROBBIE POWER/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: PETROL HEAD - EW - (DONAGH MEYLER/RONAN MCNALLY) 3.23: MALTON GROVE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.58: GRANGE WALK - W/O FAV - (DANNY MULLINS/JOHN RYAN) 4.32: NOBODY HOME - EW - (PHILIP ENRIGHT/EDDIE CAWLEY)... Continue Reading →
1.10: CIEL DE NEIGE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 1`.45: BREEZY BELLE - EW - (CHRIS TIMMONS/EDDIE CAWLEY) Chris Timmons and Eddie Cawley are a combination to be reckoned with 2.20: SEVENNA STAR - EW - (RUTH DUDFIELD (2)/EMMET MULLINS) 2.55: RIPPON LODGE (PHILIP DONOVAN (5)/JOHN RYAN) 3.30: HESTHEWON - EW - (EOIN WALSH (5)/PAT MARTIN) 4.05:... Continue Reading →