Tag: Waterford
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Fields of Gold – Previously posted in 2006
FOGRA: The below was the first non-GAA related piece I ever sent to the late Liam Cahill for his much loved and sadly missed website http://www.anfearrua.com Never for a minute thinking he would print it. But he did, and not only did it open up a whole new avenue of writing for me, it stands as a…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 16th 2022
5.15: WITH LOVE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.45: NOTFORALONGTIME – EW – (MARK ENRIGHT/LAURA HOURIGAN) 6.15: FOCUS REQUIRED – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/LUKE COMER) 6.50: MUDAMER (SCOTT MCCULLAGH (5)/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 7.20: GOLDEN TICKET – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/ANDY OLIVER) 7.50: COMO PARK (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.20: HI STRANGER – EW – (JOHN GLEESON (7)/JOHN KIELY)
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Tailteann Cup opening pairings revealed
Anybody who questions the GAA’s willingness to and alacrity at the accepting and implementation of change should use the the example of the coalition between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the GanGreen Party as a reference point. Now read on… Nobody really wanted it, nobody is sure how it came about but it’s holding steadily…
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Selections for Tramore – Apr. 11th 2022
4.30: DOUGLAS DC (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.00: DARE TO FLARE – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.30: AUNTY AUDREY – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD (5)/PAT FLYNN) 6.00: FOX LA BEI (SHANE FITZGERALD (5)/LIZ DOYLE) 6.30: YABO (SEAN FLANAGAN/LIZ DOYLE) 7.00: FOUR HORSEMEN (DANNY MULLINS/TJ NAGLE) 7.30: GOOD BYE SAM (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for The Curragh – Mar. 26th 2022
1.25: FINSCEAL GO DEO (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 1.56: BIG GOSSEY – EW – (MICKEY HUSSEY/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 2.31: TOY (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.06: ADMIRALTY PLACE – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 3.41: MOTHER EARTH (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.16: TAZARAL – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.51: PETTICOAT RULE – EW – (BILLY LEE/GILLIAN SCOTT) 5.21: GINSBERG…
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Sports Wordle No. 19
A man liable to train a winner in either Waterford or Limerick https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=fcyqvmazp
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Duff opens with derby defeat but will lift League
Hasn’t this scenario played out many times before? The big star returns home to take over the local team. The crowds flock for the first game, the ground is full, the atmosphere buzzing and the entire competition lifted by the local boy done good. If anything is going to go off script, it will be…
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McGrath in demand as Dons move breaks down
Athboy man Jamie McGrath is in big demand during the current transfer window. The midfielder began his professional career overseas with St Mirren having caught the eye of talent scouts with St Patrick’s Athletic and Dundalk. However, what appeared to be a ‘done deal’ move to Aberdeen fell through after the player – who became…
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Selections for Downpatrick – Oct. 8th 2021
1.45: BOOTHEN BOY (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.17: DAZZLING DARREN (CONOR MAXWELL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.52: FALLEN FORREST (CONOR ORR/WILLIAM DURKAN) 3.27: FISSA (MIKE O’CONNOR (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.02: COURTING VICKY – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 4.32: CLONDAW BERTIE (ROBBIE POWER/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.05: COURT ADJOURNED (PADDY O’HANLON (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN)
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Selections For Downpatrick – Aug. 30th 2021
1.10: HURRICANE GEORGIE (JORDAN GAINFORD (5)/DENISE FOSTER*) 1.40: GALAXY GIRL – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (5)/PAT FOLEY) 2.10: GATEUA DE MIEL (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.45: WOODBROOK BOY – EW – (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 3.20: BATTLE OF ACTIUM (SHANE FITZGERALD (4)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.55: SANI PASS – EW – (MIKE O’CONNOR (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.30:…