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By JOHN GRAHAM Castleblayney 4-13 Na Magha  1-07 CASTLEBLAYNEY engineered a magnificent second-half turnaround to clinch victory and their second Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship title when they literally overran the Derry champions Na Magha who had no answer to the pace and power of the Monaghan champions in Dungannon last Sunday. The second-half was in total contrast to the opening period though which was a closely contested affair with the Derry champions taking the lead once at 0-4 to 0-3 after 12 minutes and the sides went in level at the break Castleblayney ...

Five Monaghan teams are in Ulster Club Football Championship action this weekend, having been shown the way by Castleblayney’s hurlers last Sunday. Castleblayney won their second Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship title with a dominant second-half performance against Na Magha in Dungannon. Blayney, who had goals by Niall Garland and Fergal Rafter in the first half, changed ends on level terms, but were soon in the driving seat after the Derry City club had Breandán Quigley sent off. With Hugh Byrne and Rafter taking their personal tallies to 0-7 and 1-3 ...

There is still plenty to be decided in the county’s football leagues, with the Eurotech Junior Football League up for grabs between Blackhill and Aughnamullen in Oram this Sunday. by COLM SHALVEY Both of these teams were left down in the dumps after losing to eventual winners Drumhowan in the JFC, but they have managed to regroup to earn a second chance at promotion in this final. Aughnamullen were relegated last year after six consecutive campaigns in intermediate and they were always among the front-runners to bounce straight back, even though ...

Last Sunday Newry’s landscape became a dreamscape for Clontibret O’Neills. The headquarters of Down football was the scene of one of Monaghan club football’s finest hours. by KEVIN CARNEY When the dust had settled on an hour’s football that will be forever etched into the annals of Monaghan GAA, Clontibret team-manager Dominic Corrigan couldn’t praise his troops enough. The former Fermanagh star delighted in explaining to the Northern Standard that the Monaghan standard bearers tore up the script. Pointedly, he also felt that the Down champions maybe went into the game too cocky: “I don’t think ...

Clontibret 1-09 Kilco 0-11 By JOHN GRAHAM Clontibret overcame all the odds to book their place in the quarter-final of the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship when they struck for an injury time goal to snatch a late dramatic victory over Down champions Kilcoo in Pairc Esler, Newry, on Sunday afternoon last. They overcame in particular the handicap of having to play three quarters of the game with 14 players after Paul McGuigan was sent off in the 13th minute of the first half but they compensated for that numerical disadvantage with an ...

Ulster Camogie Junior Club Championship Final Clontibret     1-12 Laragh      2-04 By MARETTA SHERRY On a Sunday to remember for Clontibret, their camogs defeated Laragh of Cavan to retain the Ulster Junior Club Championship title in Moy last Sunday. Both clubs had reached this final on merit: Clontibret disposing of Kilcoo and Carrickmore quite comfortably, with Laragh knocking out Glenullion (Derry) and last year’s beaten finalists, Antrim’s Loughgiel. A blustery gale made conditions difficult but it was Clontibret’s physical power and skill that came to the fore, as they who ...

Clontibret stole the headlines on the double last week as the Ulster Club championships moved up a gear for Monaghan’s representatives. by COLM SHALVEY Last Sunday will live long in the memory of Clontibret fans, after two of their senior teams won Ulster Club Championship games. The dust had barely settled on Clontibret’s Monaghan Senior Football Championship win, but they took another major step forward when they once again stunned a fancied team and the bookies. Clontibret had been outsiders in the county final against Scotstown and it was a similar story in the ...

AVIVA STADIUM was the venue on Wednesday last for the second consecutive time for the Aviva Health FAI Primary School 5’s National Finals. Ireland’s stars of the future entertained crowds in the stadium as the biggest and best competition in the 2014 primary school’s soccer calendar came to its climax. SCOIL MHUIRE NA mBUACHAILLI NS CASTLEBLAYNEY became the first Monaghan side ever to be crowned All Ireland Champions winning the Medium Schools Section amidst unbelievable scenes of joy. Despite losing to 2-1 to Munster Champions Two Mile Borris from Tipperary, wins ...

Amy Ní Amaill, a Transition Year student in Coláiste Oiriall and stalwart with Glaslough Harriers, is the 2014 All-Ireland Schools’ Track and Field Intermediate 1500 metres champion. She won her title in Tullamore on Saturday and had almost five seconds to spare on her nearest rival, Emma O’Brien from Dominican College, Wicklow. All of Ireland’s up and coming athletes competed fiercely on Saturday to bring home a national title to their school. Coláiste Oriall is delighted with Amy’s national success. Amy won the event in a new personal best of 4:32:59. ...

‘What we have we hold’ is Monaghan’s mantra as they embark on a testing defence of their Ulster title, with old rivals Tyrone the first to probe their resolve. By COLM SHALVEY Ten days remain of Monaghan’s long wait to get their 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship campaign up and running when they will attempt to finally get one over on old rivals Tyrone. With the senior and intermediate club action out of the way until after June 15 and the press night having taken place yesterday evening (Wednesday), Malachy O’Rourke and ...