Tag: Covid19

  • Old hands send opponents on steep learning curve

    Old hands send opponents on steep learning curve

    When Navan O’Mahony’s won the Meath Senior Football Champïonship of 1997 it was considered quite a turn up. Simply as The Hoops were thought to be in a transitional period, having enjoyed a spell of utter dominance between 1987 and 1990. In fact, it wasn’t as much a thought as a reality. With the exception…

  • Doubles for Meade and Elliott as Mullins has four tops

    In a world less ordinary, any semblance of what once passed for normality has to be clung to and cherished. So to that end, racing going ahead in Leopardstown and Limerick going ahead was absolutely treasured. Once that was saved, though, things went very much along usual lines. In that, between both meetings Willie Mullins…

  • Wheels coming off the wagon already

    Sport, by it’s very nature, is full of ups and downs. You’ll lose a lot more than you’ll win. Believe me, I know all too well. Therefore, savouring the good days, when they do dawn, is not only important at the time, but also crucial in giving hope for the future. In more ways than…