Tag: Brian O’Connell

  • River men’s free running style sees them sail to success

    River men’s free running style sees them sail to success

    Boyne Valley… 2-11 Tara… 0-07 A varied and attractive style of football – something synonymous with Cathal O’Bric-trained teams – held sway as the Walterstown/Bective/Rathkenny/Slane were deserving winners of the inaugural Regional Football Championship Final in Ashbourne on Sunday. At this point, this writer would like to place on record sincere thanks to Coiste Na…

  • Out from the Valley with success they roared

    Boyne Valley…1-16 Lough Crew…1-13 They say an ounce of breeding is worth a tonne of feeding, and that certainly proved to be on the money in the second Regional Football Championship semi final at Dunganny on Tuesday evening. Now read on… For when the dust settled on this enthralling encounter in the Dioralyte sponsored competition,…

  • Familiar faces and family values to the fore

    Familiar faces and family values to the fore

    Boyne Valley… 1-13 Blackwater… 0-14 The most notable thing about this evening’s Regional Football Championship double header at Dunganny tonight was surely the appearance of decorated Royal warriors Mickey Burke and Mickey Newman with their respective Divisional sides. Well, that and the decisive influence of the Curtis clan in this close contest. We’ll get back…