By Niall Gartland ONLY for the shot-stopping exploits of Caitriona Graham, reigning champions Antrim wouldn’t even be in this year’s Ulster Senior Camogie Championship final, which takes place this Sunday against Derry. Deep into injury time of their two-point semi-final win over Down, Graham was called into action when Beth Fitzpatrick latched onto a hopeful […]
By Michael McMullan THE prize for the winners of Saturday week’s Ulster final is a mini-Ulster championship in Group One of the All-Ireland SFC group stages. Wednesday’s draw pits the winners of Donegal and Armagh against Tyrone and Cavan with Connacht runners up as the second seed. Derry, who have yet to win a game […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY must plan without James Sargent for Wednesday’s Ulster U-20 semi-final with reigning All-Ireland champions Tyrone (Owenbeg, 7.30). The Lavey man, a two-time All-Ireland minor winner, sustained a knee ligament injury in their win over Cavan in the final group game. Sargent was forced off during the first half with a scan […]
THE Derry club season is in full swing and Eoghan Rua are back in action but Ruairi Mooney has an extra plate to spin next weekend. A Sigerson Cup winner with St Mary’s during his time as a student in Belfast, Mooney has won championships with his club in football and hurling. There was also […]
By Niall Gartland DERRY may be back-to-back All-Ireland Minor champions but their manager Kieran Glackin points out that this is very much a new team and a new year. The Bellaghy man was handed the reins by Damian McErlain, who has moved up to taking the U-20 grade, though he hasn’t been left with much […]
AFTER the Ulster final last year, Jimmy McGuinness stood on an articulated trailer in the centre of Donegal town and told the throngs,”There is only one thing left for us to win, and we are going to go after that with everything we have.” Since then, a panel of players that looked very ordinary before […]
by Daragh Ó Conchúir at FBD Semple Stadium Derry boss, Eamon Melaugh felt it was part of a learning curve for his own young squad of players, with nerves a factor in how they started the game. He has had to plan without supremely talented and experienced performers such as Áine Barton and Bríd Rogers […]
WHEN Jim McGuinness was with Donegal in his first tenure they placed a lot of stock on the third quarter of games. They would have come out of the blocks all guns blazing at the start of the second half and gave everything they had. Suddenly they had scored maybe 1-4 or 1-5 on the […]
By Shaun Casey DERRY were handsome winners over Donegal when the pair last locked horns just three weeks ago, but boss Johnny McGarvey insists his side won’t be complacent this weekend when they clash with the Tir Chonaill County in the first round of the championship. That was a winner-takes-all battle at the bottom of […]
THE championship got up and running last weekend and, if I’m being 100 per cent honest, I think it was a step below what we saw in the National League as opposed to what we all expect with the championship. Obviously, the main focus was on the Donegal and Derry game. Perhaps that lack of […]
