CÚCHULAINN an Ghleanna will formally mark their 10-year anniversary in November – and that’s no small accomplishment for a club that sprung from a traditional footballing heartland. For the uninitiated, it’s a Clogher Valley-based hurling and camogie club. Well, loosely based in the Clogher Valley. Augher, Clogher, Aughnacloy and Ballygawley, yes, but the club’s catchment […]
By Alan Rodgers ONE more win would do nicely indeed for the Tyrone hurlers who will be aiming to maintain their impressive unbeaten run in the Nickey Rackard Cup when they take on Fermanagh this Saturday in Garvaghey. A place in the final at Croke Park at the end of this month is the big […]
By Barry O’Donnell OTHER players must step up and fill the void in the absence of suspended captain Aidy Kelly this Saturday at Dr Hyde Park, Tyrone senior hurling manager Stephen McGarry insists. Kelly received a straight red card in the opening stages of last weekend’s hard-fought clash against Fermanagh in Enniskillen, yet despite their […]
By Shaun Casey THE Éire Óg camogs and hurlers get their respective Ulster campaigns up and running this weekend and there’s a great buzz around the Carrickmore club, says Aoibhinn Daly. The camogs were crowned Bridie McMenamin Cup winners last year and having carried that momentum into 2025 as they set their sights on a first-ever Tyrone […]
By Alan Rodgers A FIRST ever All-Ireland Final beckons for the Tyrone U-20 hurlers whose clash against Down this weekend will climax what has been an impressive season for the young Red Hands. Victory over Wicklow at the penultimate stage a few weeks ago sealed the history-making progress for the side. It followed a series […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S 12 weeks since Donegal and Tyrone faced off in round two of the Division Two National Hurling League, but what bearing will that result have on Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup meeting? Donegal were 10 points better off that day in Letterkenny but by the end of the campaign, they suffered the […]
By Alan Rodgers A NATIONAL League Division Two campaign which has seen Tyrone suffer a number of heavy defeats concludes this weekend with a first ever meeting against a Kerry team also hoping for better fortunes ahead. While the footballing rivalry between the two counties has spanned 51 years since their inaugural clash at Croke […]
By Alan Rodgers THE Tyrone hurlers are entering this year’s National League Division Two campaign with the expectation of facing challenging matches against some of the most consistent tier two counties during the past number of seasons. But the campaign opens this Saturday (4pm) in O’Neill’s Healy Park against more familiar opposition. The Red Hands […]
By Alan Rodgers A LESSON from history offers at least some hope for the Tyrone hurlers as they prepare for what’s firmly expected to be their toughest outing this year against a Kildare team which has been blazing a trail in the Christy Ring Cup so far this year. It is almost 30 years now […]
By Alan Rodgers ONE win from two games is providing the perfect platform for the Tyrone hurlers in Division 2B of the National League as they prepare for another crucial clash this weekend when old rivals Donegal visit Omagh for the round three clash. Victory over Roscommon a fortnight ago followed the loss to Derry […]
