Tag: Vikki Wall

  • Eating cake and having it do not compute

    Eating cake and having it do not compute

    “You can’t stop young people having the opportunity to have a career in sport because there’s not many as sports here in Ireland where there’s that chance as there are in Australia”. Cora Staunton And there you have it. Somebody finally puts it in black and white. Even if the person in question loves talking out…

  • Golden Oldies and a Sunday morning adjusting to a new high

    Golden Oldies and a Sunday morning adjusting to a new high

    With exactly 11 minutes to go in Tullamore on Saturday evening last, my significant other began imploring referee Joe McQuillan to blow for full time. Now read on… After removing the Michael out of the poor woman over her time keep miscalculation, it was readily admitted that such was the astonishment and excitement surrounding the…

  • One change for the Ladies

    One change for the Ladies

    In a nod to the fact that while a few results haven’t gone their way of late but at the same time they haven’t been doing a whole lot wrong, Meath have made just one change ahead of what amounts to a semi final in the TG4 Leinster LSFC against Kildare at Cedral St Conleth’s…

  • Cleary straight back in to skipper Royals

    Cleary straight back in to skipper Royals

    Meath manager Shane McCormack has opted to put captain Aisling Cleary straight back into his starting 15 ahead of their showdown with Dublin in the first round of the TG4 Leinster LSFC at Pairc Tailteann. This despite the fact that the Donaghmore/Ashbourne clubwoman missed the closing stages of the National League. Presumably in readying herself…

  • Housekeeping with one eye on the next part of the odyssey

    Housekeeping with one eye on the next part of the odyssey

    A couple of horrendous refereeing decisions – which of course the whistler will not face any censure for – may have cost Meath a place in the Lidl LNFL Div. 1 final, but it can still regarded as a successful spring sojourn for the green and gold. With that in mind, manager Shane McCormack has…

  • Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both

    Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both

    So Aoibhin Cleary is the latest Royal County star to be recruited to play Austalian Football League or AFLW,  as it’s known in the Ladies sphere. Following Conor Nash, Cian McBride, Vikki Wall, Orlagh Lally and Eamonn Armstrong. Of those, only Cian and Vikki – temporarily – have returned to give something back. Granted,  Eamonn…

  • Bermingham to make Royal bow

    Bermingham to make Royal bow

    Dunboyne’s Katie Bermingham will make her first start for the Royal County in Sunday’s Lidl Ladies NFL encounter against Kildare at Pairc Tailteann. Meath boss Shane McCormack has made two changes in all to the side which defeated Mayo a fortnight ago for the clash with his native county. The debutant and the also included…

  • Wall on from the off for Waterford

    Wall on from the off for Waterford

    Having registered an impressive 2-1 on her first outing for county in 18 months, it’s no surprise to see Vikki Wall listed to start at centre field when Meath take on Waterford in Round 3 of the Lidl Ladies NFL at Pairc Tailteann on Sunday (2PM). The former TG4 Ladies Footballer Of The Year will…

  • Gut punch for Royals as Armstrong goes airborne

    Gut punch for Royals as Armstrong goes airborne

    In the first race at Tipperary today (Friday), talented 5lb claiming rider Charlie O’Dwyer rode a horse for James Nash called COULDNTMAKEITUP and one would venture plenty of those with an interest in, passion for or involvement with Meath GAA would’ve had a punt thereon. Alas, like the rest of what you will read hereafter,…

  • Surprises aplenty as Meath reveal hand for trip to Tralee

    Surprises aplenty as Meath reveal hand for trip to Tralee

    There are bound to be more than a few raised eyebrows after manager Shane McCormack revealed his Meath Ladies selection for tomorrow’s (Saturday) All Ireland SFC quarter final against last term’s beaten finalists Kerry in Tralee. Throw in at Austin Stack Park is scheduled for 5.30pm on an epic sporting Saturday. That the inclusion of…