By Michael McMullan HISTORY doesn’t kick the ball over the bar but it helps generate an image of what can be achieved as Cuchulainn’s prepare for this weekend’s Ulster Intermediate final against Glenullin. For 22-year-old captain Philip Smyth, he doesn’t need to look very far to find a line of symmetry between the current team […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill had just nine Derry titles to their name when Conor McAllister lined out against Lavey for his senior debut in 2016. Fast-forward to Saturday night’s triumph against St John’s in Armagh and he added a sixth Ulster medal to his 10 county titles. He acknowledges the perfect timing of a breakthrough. […]
By Michael McMullan THE hurt of last season has helped Lisbellaw to Sunday’s Ulster Intermediate showdown with Éire Óg in Clones. The Fermanagh side lost out to Swatragh at Brewster Park in the opener 12 months ago but overcame the Derry champions at the same stage this year. Luca McCusker missed out with injury last […]
By Shaun Casey IN next year’s National Hurling League, London will compete in a higher division than Donegal and if that’s anything to go by, then Burt are bracing themselves for a huge test against Thomas McCurtain’s in their All-Ireland Twinning final, says manager Enda McDermott. Burt were crowned Ulster champions after a bruising encounter […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S been a very different year for the hurlers of St John’s. Winning the Volunteer Cup for the first time is the crux of the story leading to Saturday’s Ulster Senior Championship final against Sleacht Néill. Below that, they’ve developed that important habit of winning important games when their hand of cards was plonked […]
By Michael McMullan NOTHING is impossible until it’s done. It’s a simple observation but it sums up Mark McGuigan’s take on Sleacht Néill’s growth as they prepare for an 11th Ulster final on Saturday evening. The Emmet’s captain was in primary school when the club first inhaled the Ulster final experience. It was 2000. Sleacht […]
THERE are still three four Ulster titles to be won and the Scotstown v Newbridge game to be replayed. Here is the outlook of what the Ulster Club scene looks like now. MENS FOOTBALL SENIOR Advertisement PRELIMINARY ROUND – November 1 Newbridge 1-14 Dunloy 0-11 QUARTER-FINALS – November 8/9 (1) Kingscourt 1-16 Erne Gaels 3-15 […]
By Shaun Casey AT the start of the season, when Andy Callan returned to the fold, getting back to senior football in the Farney County was top of the Carrickmacross priority list, but now, they stand a very real chance of reaching the Ulster IFC final. Callan’s charges take on Glenullin of Derry this Sunday […]
Clogher and Emyvale will compete in Saturday’s Ulster Junior final with the winners taking home the Paul Kerr Cup. Cremartin started the competition in Paul’s memory. Michael McMullan writes… ALMOST 25 years have passed, but Declan Flanagan remembers Eamonn Kerr’s every word as he handed over the cup to Cremartin, donated by the family in memory […]
By Shaun Casey THE entire Cuchulainn’s club is looking forward to Saturday’s Ulster Intermediate Championship semi-final against Tyrone champions Clonoe, says manager Niall Lynch ahead of the big showdown. The pair lock horns as part of a double header in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, with Down kingpins Kilcoo taking on Erne Gaels of Fermanagh in the […]
