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A STRONG first half display powered Kildare, the reigning Division Four National League champions, to victory over Armagh in the opening round of the Gala All Ireland junior camogie championship (Nancy Murray Cup) in Celbridge on Saturday. The Lilywhite led by double scores at half time but the Ulster side came back at them in [...]

Ulster GAA – on the ball At a time when sponsors, the Powers that Be and indeed anyone who thinks they can get a bit of the Championship action (including ourselves) are falling over themselves to outdo each other in their coverage, Talking Balls is pleased to point you in the direction of the Ulster [...]

Ulster GAA’s marketing campaign has them all a-talking up North. Changed times from this programme effort in 1952. If you have any old programmes, head down to the Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library for Clár 2009, its second annual national Gaelic Games programme and collectables fair, this Saturday. Our team of reporters round the [...]

How the Derry Co Board see it: Surely you would buy a programme from the likes of one of these girls? Supporters attending the Derry Monaghan championship match in Celtic Park on Sunday commented on how great it was to see players from the Derry Ladies Football and Senior Camogie squad selling match programmes. On [...]

Ireland’s big news story: Grotesque, undignified, brutal, disgraceful. The Ulster Championship. And we love it! A question for all you loyal Talking Balls readers out there, if such an animal exists. What was the biggest outrage in Ireland to emerge over the last week or so? In case you don’t know, we’ll give you a [...]

The player interview. . . Who was that young one ye were with last night? How’d ye miss that sitter? Do you know Donal Og? Any word of any more strikes? Talking Balls went rootin’ about on the GPA website there looking for more information about their new scheme that is trying to get jobs [...]

The Bogs of the County Armagh – in high demand in recent days Armagh’s preparations for Sunday week’s Championship opener received a setback when training last night was cancelled due to an outbreak of what has been described as ‘Lurgan Belly’. Concerns arose after a number of players were bog-bound after a weekend training camp. [...]

Camogie President Joan O’Flynn has announced the establishment of the Association’s first Player Welfare Committee. The Committee, headed up by Stellah Sinnott manager of the 2007 senior All Ireland winning Wexford team, will be comprised of eight current inter-county players and Paula Rankin, Head of Sports Science in Carlow Institute of Technology. O’Flynn said, “As [...]

Derry will play neighbours Antrim in the Ulster Final after seeing off Down in treacherous weather conditions at Ballerin yesterday. The opening exchanges were scrappy with both sides trying to get to grips with each other and the weather. Down seemed to settle quicker with Captain Catherine McGourty sending over two astounding frees, one from [...]

MUNSTER turned the tables on Connacht in yesterday’s Gael Linn inter-provincial senior camogie final with the adverse weather playing havoc with proceedings, delaying the start of the matches throughout the afternoon in Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA grounds. However, it didn’t deter the Munster side from battling back from an earlier defeat to the westerns in the [...]