PORTAFERRY chairman Colum Conlan says it’s time to pass on the baton to younger members of the club as he wraps up his final week at the helm of the committee. Of course, that’s not this week’s main event. The Portaferry hurlers are honing their preparations for Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship final showdown against Sleacht […]
Former Dunloy manager Gregory O’Kane previews the Ulster Intermediate & Senior Hurling Finals on this week’s show! In the Intermediate decider, Carey Faughs and Swatragh battle it out for the big prize while Sleacht Neill and Portaferry lock horns in the Senior showdown. Carey Faughs are aiming for their first provincial crown in 20 years […]
THE club season is full on with many counties heading towards county finals across Ulster. Here is our team of the week… 1 KARL CAMPBELL Magherafelt The youngster acquitted himself very well and made a crucial save. Advertisement 2 ULTAN O’REILLY Erne Gaels A point at one end and a brilliant defensive intervention late on […]
FROMER Down player Niamh Mallon has been shortlisted for a PwC Camogie All-Star Award. It comes after the list of nominations were released and Mallon – who played with Galway – is one 11 of their All-Ireland final team to be listed. All-Ireland champions Cork lead the way with 11 awards. Mallon has been playing […]
By Shaun Casey STANDING in at corner-back as a young and fresh 19-year-old, Portaferry’s Caolan Taggart thought every year was going to be like this. Win the county title, pick up a provincial crown, and give the All-Ireland series a crack. Unfortunately, sports rarely follow such easy plans. That was back in 2014 when Taggart […]
By Shaun Casey TWENTY-FOUR hours after captaining his country to a victory over Scotland in the hurlingshinty hybrid international game at Páirc Esler, Newry, Neil McManus was back in the same venue eyeing up his next opponent. He attended the Down final between Portaferry and Ballycran, with his side Cushendall awaiting the winners. “It was […]
By Shaun Casey LAST year’s 19-point pummelling at the hands of Sleacht Néill still rankles with the Portaferry players and they’re hoping to right those wrong this weekend. They take on Antrim champions Cushendall in the Ulster semi-final in Armagh on Sunday and the Down men are keen to make an impact in Ulster. “I wasn’t […]
By Niall Gartland BALLYCRAN and Portaferry is the final many in Down hurling circles expected, it’s becoming somewhat of a norm at this stage. When they clash in Newry on Sunday it will be the sixth time in-a-row that they have battled it out for the Jeremiah McVeagh Cup with the ‘Cran holding a 3-2 […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill face a different type of test this weekend as they put their Ulster title on the line against Portaferry insists manager Michael McShane. Now in his eighth season at the helm, McShane guided the Emmet’s to tenth successive championship in Derry. Like last year, the club’s dual players quickly licked […]
By Kieran Lynch BALLYCRAN and Portaferry meet in the Down Senior Hurling Championship final for the fifth consecutive year this Sunday, in what promises to be yet another close encounter. Last year’s decider was an epic, where extra-time was needed to determine a winner, with Ballycran eventually winning on a 2-25 to 3-20 score-line. The […]
