Summerhill (Meath)…1-09 Tullamore (Offaly)…1-07 The records will show that a late Kevin Ryan goal and an even later point from Eoghan Frayne were the deciding factors in this attritional but entertaining Leinster Club SFC encounter, but unfortunately it is likely to be overshadowed by the chaotic conclusion to proceedings which culminated in Dublin referee Barry… Read More Frayne keeps ‘Hill in the frame amid chaotic conclusion
4.35: NOTTODAYBOBO (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.05: SHAJAK (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.35: BUTTONS AND BOWS – EW – (MARK WALSH/PAT FLYNN) 6.10: GIVEAGO (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.45: FRGILLIGANS VOYAGE – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/JOHN CARR) 7.20: QUANTUM REALM (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.55: LISADELL LASS (L. DONNELLY (4)/WILLIE MULLINS)
4.55: ESTEPONA SUN – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/CHARLES BYRNES) 5.25: NEEV’S DREAM (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 5.55: UP AND OUT – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.25: GINNETTS GIRL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.55: WINTER FOG (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.25: ROOM TO ROAM – EW – (BEN HARVEY (3)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.55: ARCTIC AMBITION (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT)… Read More Selections for Kilbeggan – Aug. 12th 2023
4.30: VALSORPRESA (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.05: ON MY BIKE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.35: BEAT OF THE SEA – EW – (CONOR BRASSIL (5)/SEAMUS FAHEY) 6.10: SUNDIAL (MARK WALSH/PADRAIG ROCHE) 6.45: NATURAL LOOK (RAY BARRON (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 7.20: CHOICE OF WORDS (JJ SLEVIN/MARTIN BRASSIL) 7.55: CHANGING THE RULES (MARK WALSH/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 8.30: LESSSAIDTHEBETTER – EW –… Read More Selections for Kilbeggan – July 21st 2023
5.00: TINA MEEHAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.35: AEROS LUCK – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: MOONOVERCLOONE (JACK SMITH (7)/MATTHEW SMITH) 6.45: DORAN’S RIVER – EW – (JAMES SULLIVAN (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 7.20: THE FRIDAY MAN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.55: STEALTHY TOM (MARK MCDONAGH (5)/ENDA BOLGER) 8.30: TRANSMISSION – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY)
Meath… 0-15 Laois… 0-05 Take Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland out of the Manchester City team, they don’t win their fifth Premier League title in six years. Send Limerick out shorn of Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty and Aaron Gillane and they wouldn’t know Liam Mac Carthy as well as they do. Now… Read More Return of three jewels boost hopes of holding onto the crown
“Somewhere far away a lonely bell is ringing, and it echoes through the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday. On a Sunday morning sidewalk…” Over the last decade or so, enduring and getting used to scenarios which at one stage would’ve been utterly unthinkable has become an unfortunate addendum to supporting and/or writing on… Read More Strange Sundays – Part II
When sport is as intrinsic a part of life as it is in my case, there will always be moments which stand out. In this case, reference is being made to happenings outside of the action itself. Now read on… For example, Liam Harnan turning hay on the morning of the fourth game between Meath… Read More A shining example of what could be on an otherwise dark day
Meath… 0-10 Offaly… 1-11 Posted: 6:15p.m. 23/4/23 Updated: 3:35p.m. 24/4/23 It had to happen some day. Earnest hope was that it wouldn’t be today. For a multiplicity of reasons. But, for the first time in 33 years attending matches and 28 reporting thereon, I honestly don’t know where to begin evaluating what I’ve just seen… Read More Some days even I can’t find the words…
4.00: STUZZIKINI (DENIS O’REGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.35: HIDE AND SEEK – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.10: ZAIDI – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.40: HOCKWORTHY FLYER – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ANDY MCNAMARA) 6.10: HAPPY D’EX (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.40: GALI FLIGHT (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 7.10: SLANE HILL (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/BARRY CONNELL)