Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Forget about Christmas, for me days like today are the magical ones in the year - Harvest 2021 is up and running. Out with the Clarke family once again as they tackle 20+ acres of Winter Barley with their new Claas Lexion 670 TerraTrac. On drawing duties were a Deutz Fahr 6210 and a John... Continue Reading →
No secret has ever been made of the fact that being able to write about sport is the nearest I will ever get to filling the void left by not being able to partake therein. Especially in more recent years when being involved in team management was no longer an option. Now read on... The... Continue Reading →
1.00: HAPIPI GO LUCKY (DANNY SHEEHY (3)/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 1.35: THUNDER ECLIPSE (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 2.10: INFLECTION POINT - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/KIERAN COTTER) 2.45: FIT FOR FUNCTION - EW - (TOM KIELY-MARSHALL (10)/JOE MURPHY) 3.20: PEARLS GALORE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 3.55: PRINCE OF VERONA - EW - (JOEY SHERIDAN (5)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.30: ANGEL IN THE... Continue Reading →
The Dunderry duo of Sean Kelly and Barry Callaghan have stepped into the breach and assumed control of the county's U-20 football team in the wake of the departure of Bernard Flynn and his backroom team from their roles last week. Both men enjoyed decorated careers in green and gold during their playing days -... Continue Reading →
When news broke in September 2005 that Sean Boylan wouldn't be seeking a 24th term as Meath senior football manager, the venerated local sports writer Noel Coogan, who'd covered the near quarter-century era and much more besides, wrote of "The cursor flashing blankly on the screen" as he struggled to know even where to begin... Continue Reading →
4.25: METAPHORICAL (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 4.55: REKARO - EW - (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 5.30: PRINCESS ZOE (JOEY SHERIDAN/TONY MULLINS) 6.00: FRENCH FUSION (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 6.30: APRES TOI (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 7.00: CISCO DISCO - EW - (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JACK DAVISON) 7.30: KEW PALACE (ANDY SLATTERY (3)/FOZZY STACK) 8.00: PRAYING MANTIS - EW - (LEIGH ROCHE/ANDREW... Continue Reading →
One of the greatest things garnered from 11 years on the Executive Committee of St Peter's, Dunboyne were the friendships formed with people from nearly every club in the county. And plenty outside of Meath as well. Now read on... Yes, there are a few clubs in particular with which special affinity will forever be... Continue Reading →
2.25: BEN THOMSON - W/O FAV - (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 3.00: RICKY BOBBY - W/O FAV - (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (5)/JOHN J. WALSH) John Joe Walsh 3.30: LAR'S LESS - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 4.00: RUNRIZED (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: WESTY FOX (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 5.00: CHELSEAS FRIEND (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/JIMMY MANGAN) 5.30: STAY FOCUSSED -... Continue Reading →
The Meath Ladies shone brightest as the award ceremonies for the 2020 season contiuned over the weekend, with seven members of Eamonn Murray's side making the Intermediate Team of the Year list. To put extra icing on an already sweet leftover Christmas cake, Dunboyne's Vikki Wall was named the 2020 TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of... Continue Reading →
2.00: WHATSNOTTOKNOW (PHILIP ENRIGHT/MOUSE MORRIS) 2.30: SHOPPING AROUND (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 3.05: SCHONE AUSSICHT (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.35: CAPODANNO (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: DUNBOYNE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.40: BALLYMADUN - EW - (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 5.10: TUSCAN TRAIN - EW - (CHARLIE MULLINS (7)/TOM MULLINS) Charlies Mullins is the latest generation of the great... Continue Reading →