Tag: Wexford
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A Lifetime in The Pairc – Part 2
In the opening instalment of this sojourn down memory lane, no secret was made of the fact that my ‘relationship’ with Pairc Tailteann got off to the most disastrous start possible. Between ‘Gate gate’ in 1991, my own personal flag disaster of county final day of 1990 and my initial viewing of a Meath match…
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Selections for Wexford – Aug. 29th 2025
4.30: DSCHINGIS DRAGON (OAKLEY BROWN (2*) /HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.03: NO BIG DEAL – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER (3)/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 5.35: TEENAGE KISS – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (5)/CONOR O’DWYER) 6.05: AMBOYNA (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/J.E. & T. KIELY) 6.35: YOU OUGHTA KNOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: MISS LIA – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 7.35: ONEFORTHEDITCH…
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Selections for Wexford – May 28th 2025
4.55: BEACON EDGE (JAMIE HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: THE BIG DOYEN – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.00: DEPECHE MO – EW – (PADDY HANLON (7)/ERIC LARKIN) 6.30: HATTFIELD HAMMER (JORDAN GAINFORD/PAUL NOLAN) 7.00: SON OF ANARCHY (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.30: TAG MAN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 8.00: BUTCHERS BILL (CARL MILLAR (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 8.30:…
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Selections for Wexford – Mar. 17th 2025
1.35: BILLIE FRECHETTE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/NOEL MEADE) 2.10: LAMBAY ISLAND – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.45: LAKOTA BLUE – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: ADDRAGOOLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.55: MAJESTIC FORCE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.30: JUNOT – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MICK WINTERS) 5.05: THEFLYINGKING (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 8th 2024
2.15: THE ENABLER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: ANYSIGNOFHIM – EW – (LIAM QUINLAN (3)/RAY HACKETT) 3.15: DEPALMA – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 3.45: BUDDY ONE (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 4.15: PARK THE GIANT – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 4.50: JACENRY – EW – (BEN HARVEY/WILLIAM HARVEY) 5.20: LIVE AID – EW – (JOHN…
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Selections for Gowran – June 17th 2024
2.05: JANUARY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.35: GOLDMOYNE – EW – (AMY J. HAYES (7)/TIM DOYLE) 3.05: SUPER CUB – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 3.35: SERIOUS NOTIONS (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.05: SLANEY SWAGGER (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 4.35: STAR KISSED (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.05: INFLUENTIAL LADY – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (5)/JIMMY BARCOE)
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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…
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Mixed emotion wintry Sundays
Adam Screeney and Rory Beggan were probably never mentioned in the same sentence previously, but such is the magic woven by the AIB All Ireland Club Championships that here we are. Now read on… There are 10,000 reasons why hurling is the greatest sport in the world, but among the most basic is it really…
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Selections for Navan – Oct. 4th 2023
1.55: PHOTOSYNTHESIS – EW – (COLIN KEANE/CHRIS TIMMONS) 2.25: WEST OF WICHITA (CIAN HORGAN (10)/KEVIN COLEMAN) 2.55: DISTILLATE (ADAM CAFFREY/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 3.25: WAVE MACHINE – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.55: EUPHORIC (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.25: YOU OWE ME MONEY – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/BUNYAN-O’LEARY RACING) 4.55: GRANNS BOY – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Aug. 16th 2023
4.35: STATES EVIDENCE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.10: SOMETHING NICE (GARY CARROLL/MICK MULVANY) 5.40: FINESCEAL GO DEO – EW – (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 6.10: ONE FOR MUM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.40: NOSTRINGSATTACHED – EW – (ROBBIE COLGAN/ANDREW KINIRONS) 7.10: EVERYLITTLESTEP (COLIN KEANE/YVONNE LATTA) 7.40: ST CIANANS FIRE – EW – (DONOGH O’CONNOR/JOHN MCCONNELL) 8.10: YOUCRACKMEUP (SHANE…