County final night under the MacHale Park lights didn’t disappoint, with two tightly contested deciders played out in front of a big attendance at the Castlebar venue. In the end it was Ballintubber who emerged victorious in the Senior final to claim back-to-back Moclair Cup successes while in the Intermediate final The Neale enjoyed a first ever Sweeney Cup victory. […]
It’s club finals night on the double at MacHale Park tomorrow. The Intermediate decider between Ballyhaunis and The Neale throws in at 5pm, with the Senior final between Ballintubber and Ballaghaderreen getting underway at 7pm. For those who are planning on going along tomorrow evening – and who don’t have Cáirde Mhaigheo season tickets (if you do, your admission is […]
The second of our county Intermediate final special podcast episodes focuses on Ballyhaunis GAA club. Mayo News sports editor Mike Finnerty travelled to the east Mayo town at the weekend to find out a little more about the side that has made tremendous progress this season and who now sit on the verge of a return to senior football. Selector […]
The county Intermediate final is upon us this Saturday evening and The Neale GAA club are hoping to secure the crown for the very first time in their long and storied history. In this special preview episode, Mayo News sports editor Mike Finnerty travels to the south Mayo club to meet some of the people behind the scenes ahead of […]
This coming Saturday evening the destination of the Moclair Cup for the next twelve months is set to be decided. Defending champions Ballintubber, seeking to claim a remarkable fifth senior county club football title this decade, are set to face off under the MacHale Park lights against challengers Ballaghaderreen, who last tasted senior title success in 2012. In this episode […]
I meant to do this before now as last week’s Mayo News had details of our provisional fixture list for next year’s League campaign. I never got around to it so here at last is the list of matches facing us in Division One next spring as we seek to defend our NFL title. It’s a tough enough schedule too, […]
At MacHale Park this afternoon Tooreen clinched their third county SHC title in a row, beating Castlebar Mitchels by 0-18 to 1-13. It was the East Mayo club’s 30th county title but they were made to battle hard by the underdogs today before eventually getting their hands on the TJ Tyrell Cup. Tooreen led by three points at the break […]
Another weekend of club Championship action takes place over the next two days, with the first pieces of this year’s silverware set to be handed out. Pride of place this weekend is the Senior hurling final. This is usually a Tooreen/Ballyhaunis affair – only six times in the last twenty years has the decider not been contested by these East […]
After another weekend of knockout action in both the Senior and Intermediate club championships, the race for honours at both levels is now down to the final two. Defending champions Ballintubber have qualified for another tilt at the Moclair Cup where they’ll face surprise packets Ballaghaderreen while the Sweeney Cup will be contested by The Neale and Ballyhaunis. In this […]
The draw for next year’s Connacht Championship has – somewhat bizarrely – just been made on RTÉ Radio One. In it, we’ve been paired with Leitrim in the quarter-finals. If we get over that hurdle, we’ve got Roscommon (or London) in the semi-finals. On the other side of the draw, Galway, once they get the New York trip out of […]