Shaun Casey charts the top scorers in the Ulster Intermediate Football Championship ahead of this weekend’s final between Glenullin and Cuchulainn’s Ryan McNicholl (Glenullin) – 3-8 McNICHOLL has been the leading light in the forward line for Glenullin, and his scoring ability has helped them reach a first-ever Ulster final. The rangy corner-forward hit the […]
By Michael McMullan MICKEY O’Neill didn’t need to wait long to find out Clonoe were playing Cuchulainns in Saturday’s Ulster Intermediate semi-final. The former Tyrone ‘keeper hadn’t even left the Healy Park goalmouth after their quarter-final win over Saval before discovering their semi-final opposition. “The two umpires wfere from Cavan and very quickly told me […]
By Shaun Casey DOWN champions Saval will hope to use the “underdog tag” to their advantage as they head into the opening round of the Ulster IFC against Tyrone side Clonoe, the outright favourites for the competition, says joint-captain Daniel McCarthy. Clonoe have already achieved the domestic league and championship double in the Red Hand […]
By Barry O’Donnell NOBODY can argue that Eglish won’t deserve to get their hands on the Paddy Cullen Cup for only the third time in their history if they account for Clonoe in Sunday’s Tyrone Intermediate Championship Final at Dungannon. The ‘men in black’ have already dispatched three of the prime contenders for the trophy […]
By Niall Gartland JIM Gavin’s mission statement backboning his work as head honcho of the Football Rules Committee certainly wasn’t lacking in ambition – to make Gaelic Games the most enjoyable amateur sports in the world to watch and play. To that end, Gaelic Football has been subject to a considerable transformation with a swathe […]
By Michael McMullan AFTER being relegated from the top flight last season, the Clonoe mantra was to treat every game like they were stepping into the championship arena. The O’Rahilly’s secured promotion with victory at home to Tattyreagh and step into the championship against Rock on Wednesday night (Stewartstown, 7.30pm). “Our main aim was to […]
CALCULATORS are very much at the ready as club teams across Tyrone brace themselves for a dramatic conclusion to the All-County Leagues this Sunday afternoon. Of particular significance is the fight for survival across Division One and Division Two, and there’s a litany of teams not yet out of the woods heading into their final […]
By Barry O’Donnell EXPERIENCED Clonoe goalkeeper Michael O’Neill feels it is up to the younger brigade now to carry on the club’s proud tradition after they chiselled out a vital league victory away to Dromore on Friday night. The Rahillys came into the contest at Gardrum Park having lost all bar one of their opening […]
Tyrone’s midfield maestro from the 1980s Harry McClure talks to Niall Gartland about his club and county career… HE was reared in Coalisland parish and his father played for Armagh – but it was with Clonoe and Tyrone that Harry McClure starred during the eighties and early nineties. McClure lined out in midfield alongside Plunkett Donaghy […]
The gates will open on O’Rahilly Park on Monday as collective outdoors training is permitted to resume
