Tag: Cathal O’Bric
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Battling young Royals bag draw
Meath… 1-09 Tyrone… 0-12 In recent years, blessedly many hours have been put in behind this keyboard heralding significant underage successes for Meath football teams. Wins that were both desperately needed and a long time coming. You can see the fruits of it coming through by degrees already. With the likes of Harry Hogan and…
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REGIONAL FOOTBALL ALL STARS
After a highly successful and entertaining inaugural staging of the Dioralyte Regional Football Championships in Dunganny over the past month or so, the Chosen Ones – those who caught the eye the most, who will take on Colm O’Rourke’s Meath selection at the Meath Centre Of Excellence (11am) are as follows: SEAN BRENNAN (DARNLEY/DUNDERRY) MICHAEL…
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O’Rourke reveals first Royal hand
Colm O’Rourke has revealed the team and panel chosen to take to the field for his first match in charge of the Royal County when they take on the Regional Football Championship All Stars in Dunganny tomorrow morning, 11am. The Meath selection includes familiar names such as Harry Hogan, Shane McEntee, Robin Clarke, Ross Ryan…
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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…
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Not many scores but no shortage of bite either
Boyne Valley… 1-07 Moyfernagh… 1-02 My late father was of the opinion that a 0-0 draw in a soccer match was the most boring purgatory in the sporting world. An easy enough summation to concur with but easily deconstructed too with a little more nuanced analysis. Granted, an occasion where both teams park the bus,…
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Relegation – Geographic, demographic or other?
In a piece heralding Davy Nelson’s appointment as Meath Ladies Senior manager, mention was made of the fact that, between his roles as player and manager, the former wing forward was involved in eight Meath SFC victories. The majority of those were achieved – from a playing perspective – in the mid to late 1980s,…
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Talent academy will need a new director as county gets plenty of scouts
Whoever pulls the levers in the control tower above generally has to close one door in order to open another. Now read on… Thus, one of the greatest talent academies in the county for Gaelic football must acquire a new director of operations after it was tonight confirmed the head of talent procurement will give…
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Meath appoint impressive lineup to oversee bid for more Minor glory
Current All Ireland Minor Football Champions Meath have appointed an entirely new management team to oversee their bid to retain the Tom Markham Cup. 2020 Leinster MFC winning boss John McCarthy will shortly take charge of the Royal County U-20 outfit while the man who masterminded that glorious day last August, Cathal O’Bric, is slated…
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Meath onto a winner with horses for courses move
Before 1997, I’d never been in Bective. Thereafter however, it would be a GAA ground with which I would become familiar. Always receiving a wonderful welcome whenever wheels with yours truly aboard touched down thence. It has always been a happy hunting ground for Dunboyne teams too. Early in ’97, our U-14 hurlers won their…
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Leonard sends Meath to the promised land
Meath… 1-12 Tyrone… 1-11 Tommy Mahon, Benny Gartland, Patsy Duff, Brian Reilly, Oliver Harding, that was for you. Men who laid the foundations a generation ago upon which days like today were founded. It also represents due reward for those who kept the faith – maybe more than I did myself at times – to…