Tag: Mayo
-
Selections for Ballinrobe – Jul. 22nd 2024
5.10: MAGNETIC NORTH (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/IAN DONOGHUE) 5.40: EL REGALO (KEITHEN KENNEDY (7)/EMMET MULLINS) 6.10: JACK SPRIGGINS (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 6.40: QUEENIE ST CLAIR – EW – (COLIN KEANE/EAMON DELANEY) 7.10: SEE ME THROUGH (SHANE FOLEY/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 7.40: TANNERY PARK – EW – (JAMIE POWELL/BARRY CONNELL) 8.10: CARLA BIANCONI (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
-
Two more great examples to be ignored
On the face of it, objective analysis of a refereeing performance is probably highly difficult to arrive at. Neither of the competing teams could be expected to engage open mindedly. Neither are the whistler’s own kinfolk likely to overly critical. Furthermore, it’s difficult to escape the inclination RTE commentators and pundits are contractually forbidden from…
-
Selections for Ballinrobe – May 7th 2024
4.45: SLIM MARVEL (PHILIP DONOVAN (2*)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.20: JEKIKI – EW – (CONOR SMITHERS (2*)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.50: DORAN’S LAW – EW – (JOHN SHINNICK (7)/MICHAEL HOURIGAN) 6.20: CAPTAIN JIMMY – EW – (PHILIP DONOVAN (5)/PAT KELLY) 6.50: COILLTE ARIS (RICKY DOYLE/SONNY CAREY) 7.20: ZENTA (JODY MCGARVEY/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.50: GREAT BEAR (MICHAEL O’CONNOR (3)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)…
-
After eight number ones Deano decides to stop making records
There’s a scene in an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer thinks he has just died. On his way in the gates of Heaven he encounters Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr. Typical Homer, he barges past the triumvirate of musical greats and is quickly chided by the brash Martin for doing…
-
Selections for Ballinrobe – Aug. 28th 2023
4.30: QUARRY ROCCO (JAMES O’SULLIVAN/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.05: SAMUI (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.35: SLEEP SOUND – EW – (JAKE COEN (5)/PETER FAHEY) 6.05: STORM MAHLER (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.35: SARAH’S SOLDIER – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/PAT FAHY) 7.05: VISIONARIAN (KEITH DONOGHUE/PETER FAHEY) 7.35: MISTY’S GIFT – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD/HARRY KELLY) 8.05: BABY KATE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE…
-
Fair play should not be at the expense of the system
At the outset here, it will be admitted that the length of suspension meted out to Gerry McEntee in the wake of his sending off in the 1988 All Ireland SFC Final Replay is unknown to me. However, what is known is that were far less means of appeal back then – if any at…
-
Sideline Cuts 28 – Sometimes the most obvious answer is the right one
In the dark old days of the National Leagues before each division (rightly) was seen as a separate competition which their own Final, trophy and the like, the knockout stages went in such a way that whoever qualified from Div. 1 played whatever team came out of the fourth tier. Thus, it went that whoever…
-
Dempsey departure GAA peculiarity at its finest
Temptation was to begin this piece with reference to people starting things and not finishing them and having form for same. Perhaps best to leave that parked though. If only because Ray Dempsey could hardly have started much in Limerick and today he departed after just five league games. Ironically only days after getting their…
-
The Tank could’ve been spreading the gospel about himself
No matter what sport it may be, there will be competitors who stand out like a lighthouse. More than that, in a team environment, there will be players who will set pulses racing that bit faster than their contemporaries. In basketball you have Stephen Curry and LeBron James. Switch to soccer and you’re talking Lionel…
-
Grand designs not the finished article yet
Ireland… 34 Italy… 20 In assignments like Saturday’s at the Stadio Olympico in Rome, teams like Ireland are on a hiding to nothing. Win by a big score and you’re only doing what you’re supposed and expected to do. Don’t, and there’s obviously something fairly drastically wrong. On this occasion, Ireland probably fell between the…