The skies were largely overcast as the 3,000-plus runners, joggers and walkers hit the streets and surrounds of Waterford City on Saturday morning last for the sixth annual Waterford Viking Marathon. And while the sun didn’t break through in a meaningful way until shortly before 1pm, as many marathon runners began to...
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Derek McGrath in no mood to seek excuses
Derek McGrath in no mood to seek excuses
Sunday’s post-match hours may well have ranked as Derek McGrath’s most introspective in the Waterford job since that rotten spring of 2014 when the Deise shelled nine goals to Kilkenny and Clare. Those reversals led the De La Salle clubman to reconfigure the team tactically, much to the ire of those who advocate...
THE MATCH OF THE DECADE
THE MATCH OF THE DECADE
Looking back to previous weekend we were lucky to get a ticket for the Champions league final, we carried a colour article last week. Due to pressure of space game the review is here now, probably the best match we have seen live in last decade or two. The classic Euro Champions League Final billing lived up to...
Q&A with Dan Shanahan
Q&A with Dan Shanahan
Dermot Keyes (DK): How well do you feel the training camp at Fota went, Dan? Dan Shanahan (DS): “Pretty good, Dermot. It’s important that we do camps like this in terms of bonding and getting the lads together. It’s something we did in previous years and I have to say it went really well for us.”...
TIME TO DREAM AGAIN
TIME TO DREAM AGAIN
“As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, never great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm. Somewhere and somehow, exceptional people find a way to bring that enthusiasm to what they do, and they find it every day.” Dr Bob Rotella (How Champions Think) Between Cork’s All-Ireland victories in 1986 and 1990, only the...
Golfing up North
Golfing up North
We recently had the occasion to visit some golf courses just a 90 minutes-drive from Dublin to the border county of Down in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Golf has great pros like Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke but what are the courses like that create such great players? Royal County Down golf course is the...
Deise's opening 2017 fixtures are announced
Deise's opening 2017 fixtures are announced
Derek McGrath and Tom McGlinchey now know the majority of their fixtures for the first half of 2017. The Munster Senior Hurling League is due to commence on Sunday, January 8th with the final fixed for Sunday, January 29th. While Tipperary will not take part again, the draw for this competition will be made in the...
Dunhill Squash Club
Dunhill Squash Club
As promised in our last putting of pen to paper, we give an update of activities in our junior section this week.The juniors were back big time early in September, and junior coaching is flat out each Saturday, with Jack, our senior coach, and all other coaches and organisers. Blitz In October we hosted a mini blitz...
Dunhill Squash Club
Dunhill Squash Club
Our first league of the season concluded with the finals last Saturday night. As usual competition was fierce (friendly fierce!). Paul Kenny once again sponsored this first league of our season. We thank Paul for his continued support and wish him well under his new branding of “Haven Pharmacy – Paul Kenny”. As...
Athlete Focus; Shane Monagle
Athlete Focus; Shane Monagle
Shane Monagle of Ardscoil Na Mara, Tramore capped a very successful year with a fantastic result at the national schools combined events indoor finals in Athlone. The Tramore student claimed silver overall after the five events (60m hurdles, long jump, 200m, 800m and shot putt), and secured himself a place on the...
More Olympic Dopes
More Olympic Dopes
The news of Michael O’Reilly’s failed drugs test along with the debacle over the participation of Russian athletes ensured that the build-up to the opening ceremony at last week’s Olympics was marred once again by doping controversies. O’Reilly might have been one of the first athletes under the doping spotlight in...
Exciting times ahead for Waterpark RFC
Exciting times ahead for Waterpark RFC
With the disappointment of relegation now banished from our thoughts, there are exciting times ahead for the coming season in Ballinakill. It’s back to basics time and there has been a complete overhaul of the coaching structure that existed for the last number of years, which sees the return of some ex senior...
