Dec 13
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Lavey (Derry)….1-13 St Anne’s (Waterford)…0-7 Lavey took home the Phil McBride Cup for the first time following a thrilling All-Ireland Junior Camogie Club Championship final replay in Ashbourne yesterday. Having already played eighty minutes last Sunday, both teams once again showed their fitness to produce an action-packed contest. In excellent conditions and in front of [...]
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Dec 13
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by Nothing like nicking a signpost after a good day’s hurlin’ in Buenos Aires Jim O’Sullivan, Buenos Aires YOUNG Cork player Cathal Naughton scored a late point to earn the 2008 team a draw in the exhibition game in Buenos Aires on Saturday afternoon which was the centrepiece of the tour by the GAA Hurling [...]
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Dec 12
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From the Irish Times THEY MIGHT not have won the Sam Maguire since 1995 but the Dublin GAA team are set to score one of the biggest sports sponsorship deals in the country with mobile giant Vodafone. It is understood that Vodafone will become the Dubs’ title sponsor for the next six years in a [...]
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Dec 11
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by Therese O’Callaghan The Wexford senior camogie team has a new manager. Former Wexford minor hurler J. J. Doyle was ratified this week to succeed Stellah Sinnott who brought All Ireland glory to the Slaneysiders in 2007 after a 32 year wait. Doyle, who is a native of Marshalstown, was a substitute on the Wexford [...]
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Dec 11
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by Therese O’Callaghan ALL IRELAND JUNIOR CLUB CAMOGIE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL – REPLAY (ET if necessary) Lavey, Derry -v- St. Anne’s, Waterford, Donaghmore Ashbourne, Co. Meath, 2pm St Anne’s and Lavey return to Ashbourne on Sunday after the teams couldn’t be separated last weekend following extra time. In a game that was dictated by the elements, [...]
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Dec 10
Talking Balls
Poised to give it. . . Squareball! IT’S GREAT to see Squareball all over the news the last few days. We were worried that the much-mooted rule changes might sound the death knell for our beloved brandname. Like the puppy that can’t wait to eat everything around it, the child that opens his present before [...]
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Dec 10
Talking Balls
Hold on to that Shaft – and watch this for a bit of Magic! ARE YOU MALE or female? Do you like a bit of sporting action with something long stiff and bristling between your legs? Maybe you like nothing more than to hold on to a good hard shaft when you’re scoring? If the [...]
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Dec 10
Talking Balls
Camogie Ass You’ve Never Seen It Before! SPEAKING OF NEW games, several camogie teams across the country have responded to a request from Croke Park for ideas on ways to make the small ball game more attractive and more media friendly. The Lingerie Camogie Blitz has attracted quite a few entries although some participating teams [...]
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Dec 09
Talking Balls
Joe’s first All Star Tour – Quicker Hands than Diego. Click on Joe’s pic to watch footage of the tour party. OUR TOP HURLERS set off this morning for Buenos Aires following in the footsteps of Ernesto Che Guevara’s maternal grandfather and a host of Irish emigres as they made their way on the latest [...]
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Dec 09
Talking Balls
Lights, camera, no action and nobody here. . . that’s cos they’re all training somewhere else! OR TRAVEL the world. Or go to county conventions. Or train illegally. Or do your conditioning programme. Or go on the beer. . . Whatever jingles your bells in this festive season. Well whatever it is, it’s not quiet! [...]
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