Munster Intermediate Camogie Club Final Super Gailltír 2-17 Toomevara 1-11 Gailltír retained their Munster Intermediate Camogie Title at Cappamore on Saturday last as they overcame the challenge of Tipperary champions Toomevara with nine points to spare.Gailltir’s win now means that they have reached an All-Ireland...
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County Junior Football Final
County Junior Football Final
Ballyduff Lower 1-11 Shamrocks 0-10 Thomas Keane For the second year in a row the County Junior Football Championship has found a home in the eastern half of the county after Ballyduff Lower proved too strong for Shamrocks on Saturday evening last at Fraher Field.The defeat for the Western Champions means that they...
Saviours edge tight, tense battle
Saviours edge tight, tense battle
County Intermediate Football Final Saint Saviours 0-8 Modeligo 0-7 Saint Saviours will contest next year’s County Senior Football Championship after they got the better of Modeligo in last Saturday’s Intermediate Football County Final at Fraher Field in a game that never quite lived up to expectations....
Q & A with Ballygunner hurler Dessie Hutchinson
Q & A with Ballygunner hurler Dessie Hutchinson
What’s your proudest day in sport? “Last weekend, the county final. It was unbelievable, something you’ve thought about for a long time. Especially when it was out of my hands to not be there (in the past due to playing soccer) and to see it and hear it and especially the way the game went. They ran us close and it...
Rathgormack dig deep to win Conway Cup
Rathgormack dig deep to win Conway Cup
County Senior Football Final Rathgormack 2-6 Ballinacourty 1-6 Rathgormack are County Senior Football Champions for the first time since 1999 after they overcame the challenge of a fancied Ballinacourty side at Fraher Field on Sunday afternoon last.Played out in front of a fine attendance numbering just under 2,100,...
Unbridled joy as Rathgormack reach County Final
Unbridled joy as Rathgormack reach County Final
County Senior Football Championship Semi-Final Rathgormack 0-14 Stradbally 0-8 Rathgormack reached the county senior football semi-final for the first time since 2001 when they defeated Stradbally by six points at Fraher Field on Sunday. The final score accurately reflects the pattern of the game as from the throw in...
Senior Hurling County Final
Senior Hurling County Final
Thomas Keane previews next Sunday’s Senior Hurling County Final between Ballygunner and De La Salle When referee Michael O’Brien stands in the middle of Walsh Park seconds before 3pm on Sunday afternoon next the question on the lips of many will be “Can Ballygunner win their sixth county final in a row”? or “Will De...
Ballygunner v Dungarvan
Ballygunner v Dungarvan
Thomas Keane previews next weekend’s County Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Sunday, Fraher Field, 2.30pm After completing the ‘Drive for Five’ last autumn, Ballygunner’s senior hurling team will be hoping that they will be still in the ‘Mix for Six’ county finals in a row on Sunday afternoon when they take on...
Search is on for new camogie manager
Search is on for new camogie manager
The Waterford County Camogie Board are set to search for a new Senior Camogie Manager for 2020 after news broke on Monday last that Donal O’Rourke is to stand down from the position after two years in the job.The Cappoquin club man had two highly successful seasons in charge of the Waterford team, reaching the...
Drama on Drama as ‘Courty advance
Drama on Drama as ‘Courty advance
County Senior Football Championship Quarter Final Ballinacourty 4-6 Kilrossanty 3-5 Seldom have we seen a game with more twists and turns than we saw a Fraher Field on Friday evening last when near neighbours Ballinacourty and Kilrossanty clashed at the Shandon Road Venue.This was always expected to be a close game...
Thomas Keane previews Relegation Play-Off Semi-Finals
Thomas Keane previews Relegation Play-Off Semi-Finals
Portlaw v Ardmore (Friday, Fraher Field, 7pm). This is a stage of the competition that Ardmore have found themselves in all too often in recent years and one wonders how long more they can stay in the top flight if they keep getting involved in the relegation play offs. They are an experienced outfit and know how to...
Kilrossanty work hard for quarter-final spot
Kilrossanty work hard for quarter-final spot
County Senior Football Championship Kilrossanty 2-11 Brickey Rangers 1-11 Kilrossanty were warmest of favourites to advance to the quarter final stages of the County Senior Football Championship but they were made to work very hard for the win against a gritty Brickey Rangers who outscored last year’s championship...