Articles in the GAA Category

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 ...

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 ...

Killanny 1-14 Scotstown 2-11 By JOHN GRAHAM SUPER sub Andy Callan, a former ace marksman with Carrickmacross Emmets, but who has now transferred his allegiance to Killanny both as a player and team manager, introduced himself in the early minutes of the second-half and proceeded to have a devastating effect on a game that up until that stage had been going totally the way of the opposition. Callan’s trusty left boot had served Carrickmacross well over the years and he was repeatedly their top scorer and he showed during the second half of this ...

Monaghan now know their opponents for the first game of the Ulster Senior Football Championship defence after Tyrone beat Down in last Saturday’s preliminary round replay. by COLM SHALVEY After this Saturday’s round of club league games, it will be ‘all systems go’ for Malachy O’Rourke and co. in their preparations for June 15, when the familiar foes from Tyrone will again stand in Monaghan’s way. Monaghan haven’t beaten the Red Hand County in the championship since 1988 and they have lost to Mickey Harte’s teams five teams. The most recent of ...

By KEVIN CARNEY The increasingly popular Northern Standard Boys U18 Golf Championship is set to be expanded this year with news that players from outside of county Monaghan will be invited to participate in the competition. Since its genesis in 2012, the Championship has been confined to under 18 golfers living in county Monaghan but members of host club Rossmore Golf Club who devised the competition have decided to open their doors to the creme de la creme of young golfing talent in neighbouring counties. “Notices and literature relating to the competition will ...

Blackhill 1-13 Killeevan 0-06 By JOHN GRAHAM A stronger, sharper, more adept Blackhill got their championship campaign off to a winning start when they proved too strong for Killeevan in this low-key, scrappy and at times niggly contest in McKeown Park, Drumhowan on Saturday evening last. Blackhill reached the final of the junior football championship last year only to lose out to Emyvale after a replay, but on this display they laid down a marker that they intend to be involved at the business end of things in 2014 as well. Stronger in most areas, ...

Monaghan 3-12 Sligo 0-14 Monaghan bounced back from their disappointing performance against Donegal in Letterkenny a week previous to show that there is still character in the side as they played with more purpose and passion in this Rackard Cup relegation play-off. On the day they proved too adept for the Yeats County men and thoroughly deserved their victory that assures them that they will be competing in the 2015 version of the Nicky Rackard Cup courtesy of this seven points victory over Sligo at Sean O’Heslins Park, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, last Saturday ...

Monaghan Sports Partnership has been involved in supporting the Blackwater 10k event since its inception in 2008 and views the event as one of its flagship events within County Monaghan due to its vast scale and community involvement. The run and walk accommodates a huge turn out to North Monaghan and has the unique attraction of bringing people through Rossmore Forest Park – what is a very enjoyable (if somewhat challenging at times) walking / running route. Monaghan Sports Partnership strives to ensure that ‘partnership’ is at the heart ...

The build up to the start of the Monaghan SFC is dominated by the game between Scotstown and Truagh following Scostown’s much publicised title victory last year. by JOHN GRAHAM ummer must be just around the corner as championship always dominates when the sun is highest in the sky. There is a little way to go to that time right now but the opening round of matches this weekend in the Gormley uPVC 2014 senior football championship will quicken the pulse and heighten expectations even predictions as to what this ...