Tag: Hurling
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Bulfin unveils first Royal battalion
New Meath hurling manager Seoirse Bulfin has unveiled his first starting 15 and substitutes for this evening’s Kehoe Cup opener against Wicklow at the home of Leinster Club Intermediate Champions, Bray Emmets. The former Wexford mentor has selected an exciting looking blend of youth and experience for the beginning of the Royals 2023 season. Dunboyne’s…
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Quiz Time
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Three superstars, a plethora of penalties and fairytales not finished yet
A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December. A scenario (Ladies) teams in Meath have got used to. Early Christmas presents. In Meath’s case, an All Ireland IFC win. On the club scene, that meant our history making ladies capturing the Leinster Club SFC this time last year. This year, December action from a…
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Chaotic catastrophe in the life of Brian a betrayal of players everywhere
On several occasions in the not too distant past, this corner has enviously pined that one’s own club would be operating at a similar level to the horribly titled ‘Super Clubs’. Without getting into the nuts and bolts of what affords the clubs in question the dubious honour, at a very basic level, it refers…
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Tullamore Trimmed as Canty’s crew head the Wicklow way
Trim…1-21 Tullamore…1-08 If you were simply talking in terms of a points tally, Tullamore’s Shane Dooley, with 1-8, outscored James Murray of Trim (0-10) yet still ended up on the beaten team. That would only reveal a fraction of the detail here. And not just pertaining to today’s Leinster Club IHC semi final at Pairc…
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Trim gladiators depose Cats under their own tin roof
Trim… 0-16 Danesfort… 0-15 ‘Into the valley of death they charged, canons to the left of them, canons to the right of them, canons in front of them/Boldly they rode and well’. The above is a quote from The Charge Of The Light Brigade and, to this writer, nothing could summarise the magnificent achievement by…
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Quiet legend Manning goes out on a high note
An era ended in Ballybrit this afternoon when the quiet legend of the Irish Flat weighroom, Kevin Manning, called time on his illustrious glory-laden career in the saddle. Fittingly going out on a winner prepared by his father-in-law and boss, Jim Bolger. Vocal Studies carrying the colours of Jim’s wife Jackie, as so many of…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Oct. 18th 2022
1.30: STATIC CHARGE (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 2.00: YOUNG IRELAND – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 2.30: JEANIEMACARONEY – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.00: STORMIE OUTLOOK – EW – (BILLY LEE/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.30: SHEILA – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.00: FACETHEPUCOUT (EMMET MCNAMARA/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 4.35: ENGAGEMENT RING (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.10: STAR OFFICIAL…
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‘Spoggy’s one liner still rings true
For those of you who might not be aware, yours truly walked with a walking aid between 1986 and 1991. That coming about after major corrective surgery on my legs. They had been tangled in an x shape from the time I was born. The manner in which the procedure was carried out was barbaric…
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Sideline Cuts – 22
Revolving Doors Keeping The Void At Bay At the risk of boring our devoted and treasured readers, one more mention of displeasure felt at the split season in GAA needs a run out. This time, though, it’s in the context of a long standing part of the off-season filling the void therein. That being the…