By Shaun Casey Antrim Aghagallon2-13 Ahoghill1-17 Advertisement It’s only a few short years ago that Aghagallon were contesting Antrim county finals and looked like the team that were best placed to end Cargin’s rein in the Saffron County. They lost back-to-back deciders, to Creggan in 2021 and Cargin in 2022, and haven’t really pushed on […]
By Michael McMullan ARVA manager Thomas Brady is expecting a tough game from Ballyhaise this weekend as the Cavan Senior Championship heads into moving week. Both teams have one win from their two games, leaving this a vital clash with one further round to make it into the top eight and a place in the […]
By Niall Gartland IT’S been a hectic couple of years for Cavan joint-skipper Ciarán Brady, but he’s happy to acknowledge that he’s in fine fettle ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final showdown against Tyrone. Split season be damned, Brady has had little down-time since his club Arva embarked on an incredible championship run spanning two […]
By Michael McMullan IF Oisín Duffin wasn’t the last player out of the Ballinderry dressing room, he wasn’t far off it. When you’ve waited as long for success in a Shamrocks’ jersey as he has, Saturday night needed bottled and kept. Under a moustache, there was the grin of a champion. A man wanting to digest every […]
By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY manager Jarlath Bell said winning Ulster was “believable” and highlighted the important of hanging tough along the way. They had tight battles with Banagher and Faughanvale – after a replay – to win the Derry title. Carrickcruppen took them to a point before Niall O’Donnell’s goal kicked them clear. Against Derrylaughan, […]
Ulster Club IFC final Arva v Ballinderry Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY will need to do what nobody has been able to do in 23 championship games if they are to land the Ulster title in Saturday’s refixed Ulster final. They have to beat Arva. The Shamrocks are up against the […]
THE Ulster Championship Intermediate final between Arva and Ballinderry will go ahead this Saturday after it was postponed last weekend due to Storm Darragh. The game has again been pencilled in for O’Neill’s Healy Park and it will be officiated by home boy Kieran Eannetta, a native of the Omagh club. Elsewhere the Twinning final […]
Ulster Club IFC final Arva v Ballinderry Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY will need to do what nobody has been able to do in 23 championship games if they are to land the Ulster title on Saturday. They have to beat Arva. The Shamrocks are up against the Cavan side who […]
By Shaun Casey IF Arva get over the line on Saturday evening and continue their unbelievable winning streak, they will have chalked up a 24th consecutive championship victory and a fifth piece of silverware in 14 months, but Finbar O’Reilly’s men won’t be taking their eye off the ball. Trophies and medals don’t come along […]
By Niall Gartland LET’S not get too arty-farty but Gareth McKinless’ presence on the field of play in Ballinderry’s Ulster Intermediate semi-final win over Derrylaughan had a touch of Schrödinger’s Cat about it. The Oakleaf star was sent off in the Derry final replay against Faughanvale for two yellows but alleged verbals meant the 2023 All-Star […]
