By Niall Gartland DON’T let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low. Arva captain Ciaran Brady knows all about it. His playing career at both club and county has been of the unpredictable variety, it’s fair to say. With Cavan, he pocketed an Ulster medal in 2020, their first provincial triumph in […]
By Niall Gartland NOT to put too fine a point on it but Arva have essentially cantered their way to Saturday’s All-Ireland Junior Championship semi-final against Kildare side Milltown. They have played 11 championship games en route to the last four of the All-Ireland with a winning average of 12 points, but manager Finbar O’Reilly […]
By Niall Gartland ULSTER Junior Champions Arva will embark on the next step of their adventure as they host London-based Wandsworth Gaels in Saturday’s Twinning final at Kingspan Breffni. For all intents and purposes an All-Ireland Junior Championship quarter-final, Arva will be confident that they can progress further in the competition having blazed a trail […]
By Niall Gartland ARVA have barely sustained a scratch en route to Saturday’s Ulster Junior Championship final against Blackhill. They cruised through the Cavan Championship and it’s been a similar story in Ulster, claiming comfortable victories over Ballymaguigan and Lisnaskea in recent weeks. For what it’s worth, they played Division One football in Cavan this […]
By Niall Gartland BLACKHILL are counting down the days to their third Ulster Junior Championship final appearance in less than a decade, but don’t be mistaken into thinking that they’re somehow undeserving of another final berth. The Monaghan side reached the final in 2016, losing out to the Rock from Tyrone, before making amends three […]
By Mark McGoldrick LISNASKEA goalkeeper Ethan McCaffrey knows that his side is going to be up against it when they take on the fancied Arva in Saturday’s Ulster Junior Football Championship semi-final, but it’s a challenge that the Emmett’s shot-stopper and his teammates are relishing. “A lot of people might see us as underdogs and […]
By Niall Gartland ARVA have been in imperious form heading into Saturday’s Ulster Junior Championship semi-final against Lisnaskea, but manager Finbar O’Reilly isn’t ready to order the victory bus just yet. O’Reilly’s side played in Division One in Cavan this year so it was no big shock that they emerged triumphant in the Cavan Junior […]
By Michael McMullan THE hurt of watching Ryan Connolly’s late winner dissect the posts in last season’s Cavan final added an extra log to the Arva fire over the winter. They watched on as Drumlane went all the way to an Ulster final they lost to Stewartstown on penalties. The season before that, Cavan champions […]
By Niall Gartland TO the surprise of very few people, Saturday’s Cavan Junior Championship final (Kingspan Breffni, 5.30pm) showdown will consist of Knockbride and Arva. They were the two big favourites from the starting gun and both have advanced to the final with nary a scratch to be seen. This may be ‘Junior football’ but […]
By Niall Gartland TO the surprise of very few people, this weekend’s Cavan Junior Championship final showdown will consist of Knockbride and Arva. They were the two big favourites from the starting gun and both have advanced to the final with nary a scratch to be seen. This may be ‘Junior football’ but Knockbride claimed […]
