Mar 22
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Wexford shocked National League Division One table toppers Galway at Ballinasloe yesterday with a late goal, garnering two valuable points following their narrow 1-12 to 1-11 win. Victory for the westerners would have guaranteed them their place in the final next month, now their destiny will be determined by the meeting of Cork and the [...]
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Mar 21
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KILKENNY V TIPPERARY (James Stephen’s, Sunday, 4.30pm) The late start in this group one encounter is to facilitate Tipperary’s James Woodlock who will be involved with the Premier hurlers in Nowlan Park a couple of hours earlier. The Drom & Inch player is among the camogie backroom team. This is a huge game as both [...]
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Mar 18
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Wellington makes a clean sweep of national titles at St Patrick’s Day gaelic football 7′s championships in Auckland. Wellington Hutt Valley Gaelic Football Club made a clean sweep of national sevens titles on Sunday last by winning the senior men’s and ladies competitions. The competition took place in Auckland on Sunday and pitted the Wellington [...]
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Mar 18
Talking Balls
Luxury Beach Resort Ideal Championship Preparation Who said the GAA wasn’t recession proof or doing its bit for local industry? Wexford’s plans for All Ireland domination in both codes this coming season have been given a serious boost, not to mention Bord Failte’s plans to keep the Irish in Ireland on their holidays. The Wexford [...]
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Mar 18
Talking Balls
Tits Up for Cross and De La Salle in Croker Club Finals Talking Balls has had a traumatic and busy week of it. It started with one of the feral youngsters we have runnin about the house bustin’ the brand new 37 inch LCD Toshiba television. It was a small one with corn blond hair [...]
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Mar 17
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THE Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 2 quarter-final line-up has been confirmed. Last year’s All-Ireland intermediate champions Tipperary finished top of Division 2A after securing a 2-12 to 2-9 success against South-East rivals Wexford at Horeswood on Monday evening. The Premier County, who won all five of their group games, will now [...]
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Mar 16
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By Jackie Cahill THE Bord Gáis Energy National Ladies Football League Division 1 quarter-final line-up has been confirmed following Sunday’s final round of group games. The standout tie in the last eight is the meeting of defending champions Cork and Kerry, a mouth-watering clash between the Munster rivals which will be a repeat of last [...]
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Mar 16
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A strong first half display powered Wexford to National League Division One success over Limerick at Bunclody yesterday. In their first match of the 2009 campaign, the All Ireland champions of two years ago got off to a blistering start with full forward Michelle Hearne back after a 12 month absence, bagging two excellent goals, [...]
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Mar 13
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In Division 2 Derry are in action again this week against Tipperary and manager Danny McGrellis is confident his side can get a result. “I’m hopefully we can get our first win. We’ve got a game under our skin and it was a good competitive run out against Antrim in tough conditions, but it was [...]
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Mar 13
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ALL IRELAND SENIOR COLLEGE’S PREVIEW A: St Brigid’s College Callan v Portumna CS (Sat) Defending champions St Brigid’s have benefitted from a tough semi-final replay against Christ King, Cork. Shelly Farrell was in tremendous form then finding the net on three occasions. Others who will have to impress are Denise Gaula, Ciara Holden and Ciara [...]
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