AIB All-Ireland junior club camogie final. Granemore (Armagh) 3-9 Athleague (Roscommon) 2-5 By Kevin Egan Advertisement A DOMINANT first-half performance gave Granemore the platform for victory in Kinnegad on Saturday, with superb second-half goals from Rachael Merry and Corinna Doyle helping them to hold off a strong surge from Athleague in a very entertaining AIB […]
Feature: The Brady bunch
Eamonn Brady was a championship winning goalkeeper for his native Mullahoran before winning the 2015 intermediate title alongside his son David with Ballyhaise. It has been a remarkable season so far and Michael McMullan takes a look… WHERE do you start with Eamonn Brady and his success on different fronts in the Breffni County? A […]
Lavey bandwagon set for excursion into the west
By Michael McMullan LAVEY’S burgeoning ladies football story heads into the west on Sunday for an All-Ireland semi-final in just their second season of adult football. After winning the Derry junior championship last season, they didn’t feature in Ulster. The county’s placing at inter-county means their senior champions play at provincial intermediate level with the […]
Crossmaglen girls enjoying the journey
By Shaun Casey THERE’S a rich history and tradition attached to the famed black and amber jersey of Crossmaglen that the football team has created and maintained over the course of the last three decades, but now it’s the camogs that are strutting their stuff on the national stage. Paul Monaghan’s side conquered Ulster in […]
‘Aisling Doonan has kicked a few phenomenal scores against us’
Name: Zara Fay. Age: 22. Teams played for: Drumlane, Cavan and UL. Advertisement Who are your main rivals? Castlerahen/Denn – we’ve had lots of good battles against them. Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? Templeport because it’s close to home. Which opposition ground do you dislike going to and why? Baileborough […]
Lavey boss savours ‘unbelievable’ triumph
By Niall Gartland WHEN Lavey ladies fielded at adult level for the first time last year, they could scarcely have envisaged such a meteoric rise to the top. Their young team claimed the Ulster Junior Championship title in dramatic fashion last Sunday with a 2-11 to 1-13 comeback victory over a gallant Dungloe side, a […]
Swatragh set to mark 50 years of camogie with new book and gala celebration
DERRY club Swatragh will mark 50 years of camogie with the launch of a new book and a gala celebration this weekend. It’s the culmination of many weeks and months and planning as the club aim to build for the future thanks to their recent youth development work. The camogie club, founded in 1973, merged […]
Duffy hoping to cap off a magical year
By Daire Walsh IT has been an overwhelmingly positive year for her thus far and with an Ulster Senior Club Championship decider on the agenda tomorrow in Healy Park, Omagh, Laoise Duffy will be looking to add another memorable chapter to her 2023 story. A TG4 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship winner with Down back in […]
Drumsurn in search of an historic treble
By Michael McMullan DRUMSURN camogs backed up their Derry Junior Championship with a run to Saturday’s Bridie McMenamin Shield final against Rasharkin (Portglenone, 2pm). The Derry champions were 3-15 to 4-10 winners in a thriller against Edendork before a semi-final win (1-15 to 0-4) took them to within an hour of Ulster glory. For skipper […]
Rasharkin walk down championship street once again
By Michael McMullan IT’S another weekend and another walk down the championship street for Rasharkin. The club’s camogs take on Drumsurn in the final of the Bridie McMenamin Shield on Saturday (Portglenone, 2pm) at the end of the season that also saw their footballers win the championship in Antrim. “There is a great buzz around […]