Down’s Niamh King looks at the teams and players she has faced… Name: Niamh King. Age: 19. Teams played for: Aughlisnafin, Castlewellan and Down. Advertisement Who are your main rivals? For club it would be Bryansford and for county it would have to be Antrim. Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? […]
By Niall Gartland CARA Little was one of the stars of the show on a memorable day out for the Tyrone camogs last Sunday, who annexed the Ulster Junior Championship title with a 3-15 to 2-5 victory over Down seconds. The Naomh Treasa player scored two spectacular goals on the day as Tyrone claimed their […]
By Shaun Casey DOWN are getting used to the big days out battling for the top prizes, and this Sunday they travel to Clones in search of an Ulster Intermediate title. Monaghan, playing on their home patch, stand in their way of earning back-to-back provincial crowns. The Mourne ladies collected the Ulster Junior crown last year […]
By Shaun Casey MAEVE Monaghan was in attendance last season when Down claimed the All-Ireland Junior title at Croke Park and this weekend she leads the Farney ladies into battle against the girls in red and black. Having made the step up to Intermediate level this season, Down are hoping to follow up on that […]
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THERE’S more provincial silverware up for grabs over the coming weekend – with finals scheduled in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. In the TG4 Munster Senior Final in Mallow on Saturday (4pm), Cork will look to make it five successive titles when they take on Kerry, a game that is preceded by […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE camogie boss Paul O’Grady is making no secret of his ambitions for the group as they hone their preparations for Sunday’s Ulster Junior Championship final against Down Seconds. The Mayo native is in his first season in charge but it didn’t take long for him to clock that he has a […]
By Shaun Casey LIKE most people in the profession, Maggie Farrelly stumbled upon refereeing almost by accident. She took up the whistle to help her club, while still playing and coaching, and hasn’t looked back since. Cavan GAA were enforcing a rule that all clubs must provide a referee or their senior team would lose […]
By Shaun Casey TYRONE saw off Monaghan on their way to securing promotion to Division Two and almost exactly two months later, the Farney ladies will once again face off against the Red Hands, this time in the Ulster Intermediate semi-final. Monaghan manager Darren Greenan is hopeful his side have come on since that meeting […]
MONAGHAN will be aiming to ambush Tyrone along the old track bed of the Enniskillen -Clones railway line at Smithboro on Sunday in the semi-final of the Ulster Ladies Intermediate Championship (throw-in 2pm). While the Red Hands eased to a comfortable 3-12 to 2-8 victory in the league meeting back in February they are expecting […]
By Shaun Casey LAST year’s Ulster Junior Championship Down winners are now one victory away from competing in the Intermediate decider, but their focus will first be on Antrim this weekend before they look that far ahead. Peter Lynch and Caoibhe Sloan’s side, who also clinched All-Ireland glory in 2023, have already clocked up one […]
