Carrickmore hoping to set aside mixed league form


Management team: Ryan Daly, Noel Hurson. Neil McFlynn, Tom Gribben, Alisha Gormley, Paul Sweeney and Seah McGlinchey Championship programme: Tyrone SFC first round Carrickmore v Killyclogher Team news: Advertisement CARRICKMORE still have a comfortable lead at the top of the roll of honour list in Tyrone, but some of their supporters may be starting to […]


Killyclogher are in a rich vein of form


Management: Mark Henry. Championship programme: Tyrone SFC first round Killyclogher v Carrickmore Team news: Advertisement KILLYCLOGHER will be quietly confident of going far in this year’s championship after faring so well in the league (barring a blip against Errigal Ciaran when they named a highly experimental line-up). Mark Bradley is their captain this year for […]


Poacher – New changes will make game more defensive


THE five dramatic changes which were proposed by the GAA earlier in the week would be a God-send for defensively orientated coaches if implemented on a permanent basis, according Steven Poacher. Chairman of the Standing Committee For Playing Rules David Hasson told Cahair O’Kane of the Irish News that the raison d’etre of the proposed […]


Tyrone CCC hand out 14 suspensions


TYRONE disciplinary chiefs have dished out 14 suspensions arising from the mass brawl which soured Stewartstown’s first-round win over Strabane in the Tyrone Intermediate Championship a fortnight ago. The match descended into chaos towards the end of normal time and video footage of the unseemly scenes soon spread like wildfire across social media. Having subsequently […]


Mallon: Down camogs can rip up the script


DOWN’S run to the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship semi-final has created a huge sense of camaraderie and togetherness in the team, according to scoring sensation Niamh Mallon. The Portaferry star has heaped praise on their management team for engineering their run to their last-four date with Tipperary on Saturday after an inauspicious start to the season. […]


Tyrone star McShane coming off an emotional few weeks


SUNDAY’S winner-takes-all ‘Super Eight’ clash against Donegal holds an extra special resonance for Tyrone youngster Cathal McShane. Living only a stone’s thrown from the border, the Leckpatrick man has strong family connections with Tyrone’s immediate county to the west. His grandmother Bridget McShane, originally from Tory Island off the Donegal coast, sadly passed away on […]


Ten Armagh players suspended for Ulster U20 final


THE ULSTER CCC has thrown the book at the Armagh U20s following their tempestuous Ulster Championship semi-final win over Tyrone last Friday night. Gaelic Life can reveal that 10 Armagh players, including six starters against Tyrone, have been suspended for their part in an unseemly melee deep into extra-time, and will miss out on next […]


Mixed injury news for Tyrone


HOPES are high that Tiernan McCann will return for Tyrone’s Ulster Championship quarter-final against Monaghan on May 20, but it’s feared that Colm Cavanagh is set for a longer spell on the treatment table. Killyclogher star McCann is back doing light training after damaging his knee in the closing stages of Tyrone’s win over Kildare […]