Dubs survive Déise test Dublin 0-17 Waterford 1-10 Waterford’s interest in this year’s All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship is over after just one game, but not without giving a Dublin side chasing a fourth All-Ireland Title in a row a massive fright in Baltinglass. Mick Bohan’s Dublin had a fantastic start to...
Author: Thomas Keane
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
Waterford reach knockout stages for third year running Waterford 2-17 Westmeath 0-10 Thomas Keane Waterford recorded a resounding 13-point win over Westmeath at Mullingar on Sunday afternoon last to reach the knockout stages of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for the third year in a row. Waterford will...
All Quiet on the GAA Scene
All Quiet on the GAA Scene
Thomas Keane The G.A.A. is set to experience its biggest headache in its 136 year history after it was forced to suspend all playing and training activities until March 29 at the earliest due to the Coronavirus. For the G.A.A. to face periods where no games are played is not a new thing. In the past we have seen...
Goals the difference as Dubs prevail
Goals the difference as Dubs prevail
National Ladies Football League, Division 1 Dublin 4-5 Waterford 0-13 Three in a row All-Ireland Champions – Dublin were made fight hard to earn a second win in this year’s Ladies National Football League when they took on Waterford at a cold and wet Fraher Field on Sunday last. The old adage that goals wins games...
Super sub Jackman stuns Saints
Super sub Jackman stuns Saints
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Club Final ( copy over page 2 and 3 please) Gailltír 1-13 Saint Rynagh’s 0-13 Úna Jackman smashed a match-winning goal in the fourth minute of injury time to snatch victory for Gailltír in the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie Final at Croke Park on Sunday. 12 months on from a...
Late Corcoran brace seals huge win
Late Corcoran brace seals huge win
National Football League Division Four Waterford 2-12 Sligo 0-16 You write off Waterford Footballers at your pearl. How many times have we seen it that when nobody gives them a chance they manage to pull off a win and often when and where least expected?Benji Whelan’s side made the long trip to Markievicz Park for a...
A Tale of Two Matches
A Tale of Two Matches
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Club Final On March 3rd 2019 there was heartbreak and tears for Gailltír after they suffered a one-point defeat to Down champions Clonduff in the All-Ireland Intermediate camogie final at Croke Park.Clonduff had experienced team captain Paula O’Hagan to the fore. She hit six of her...
Déise downed in dreadful conditions
Déise downed in dreadful conditions
Ladies Football League, Division 1 Mayo 0-6 Waterford 0-2 Waterford’s Senior Ladies Football team braved the elements in Swinford on Sunday afternoon last but made the long trip home empty handed as they suffered a second defeat in this year’s National Football League against a Mayo side that had beaten Donegal and...
National Football League – Division Four, Round 2
National Football League – Division Four, Round 2
Wicklow 2-11 Waterford 1-6 With just two rounds of this year’s National Football League played Waterford’s chances of getting out of Division Four and winning a place in the League Final at Croke Park are all but over after Benji Whelan’s side lost out to Wicklow at Aughrim on Sunday afternoon last. The Waterford...
Gailltír aim for Croker return
Gailltír aim for Croker return
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Club Semi-Final Gailltir v Clonduff (Sunday, Clane 2pm) Gailltír head into next Sunday’s semi-final determined to avenge last year’s defeat at the hands of Clonduff and reach the All-Ireland Intermediate club final for the second year in a row. Last March on a freezing cold afternoon...
National Hurling League
National Hurling League
Waterford v Cork Sunday, Walsh Park, 2pm Walsh Park could be set for its biggest attendance in a long number of years for a National Hurling League game when Waterford and Cork do battle on Sunday. Just short of 3,000 paying supporters made their way to Fraher Field for the Munster Senior League clash over the...
NATIONAL LEAGUES BEGIN
NATIONAL LEAGUES BEGIN
National Football League Waterford v Limerick (Saturday, Fraher Field, 7pm) We might be only three weeks into a new year, but the senior footballers of Waterford and Limerick clash for the second time in 2020 on Saturday evening next when they meet in the first round of games in the National Football League at Fraher...