WIT Waterford Wildcats 79 Liffey Celtics 55 Karen Devereux Waterford Wildcats had a comprehensive win over Kildare side Liffey Celtics in the Champions Trophy quarter-final at home in the Mercy Sports Hall on Saturday night last with 24 points to spare at the finish. The top six teams at the end of the regular...
Sports
Kilbarry Gymnastics Academy excel at GymSTART
Kilbarry Gymnastics Academy excel at GymSTART
Talented young gymnasts from Waterford’s Kilbarry Gymnastics Academy (KGA) had a very successful weekend at Gymnastics Ireland GymSTART at the Sports Ireland National Indoor Arena in Dublin, bringing home 17 medals in total, seven gold, eight silver and two bronze. This was a remarkable achievement building on KGA’s...
Determined Kilkenny join neighbours in final four
Determined Kilkenny join neighbours in final four
Kilkenny 2-21 Waterford 0-21 Brian Flannery Kilkenny finished top of Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League after this determined and well merited six-point victory to claim the bragging rights over neighbours Waterford. Waterford A goal in either half from Cillian Buckley and Billy Ryan ultimately...
Henry’s golden double
Henry’s golden double
Catherine Power There were smiles all round at Henry De Bromhead’s Knockeen yard on Monday morning as the press gathered to photograph the Waterford trainer’s champions and reflect on another brilliant week at Cheltenham. It was a very relaxed De Bromhead and jockey Rachael Blackmore who paraded Honeysuckle, Bob...
League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win
League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win
Waterford FC 2 Wexford FC 1 Matt Keane This was a game that will not live in the memory. From a Waterford point of view it was another vital victory which moved them three points clear at the top of the league table but from a performance point of view it was sluggish, especially in the second half. It was...
National Football League Division 4 – Narrow defeat for Waterford
National Football League Division 4 – Narrow defeat for Waterford
Wexford 0-15 Waterford 0-14 Thomas Keane Waterford’s wait for a first win in this year’s National Football League goes on after they lost out to Wexford by the smallest possible margin at Wexford Park on Sunday afternoon last. Waterford have a good record at the County Wexford ground in recent years but early...
Waterford secure Ladies Football Division 1 status
Waterford secure Ladies Football Division 1 status
Waterford 1-17 Westmeath 0-7 Thomas Keane Waterford secured their place in the top flight of next year’s National Ladies Football League after they proved too strong for Westmeath in a relegation play off at Abbotstown in Dublin on Sunday afternoon last. The opening half of this game proved to be a very tight...
Mullins string in fine form
Mullins string in fine form
Neil O’Donnell Willie Mullins has his string in fine form ahead of the Cheltenham Festival which begins next Tuesday with five winners and three second places from 11 runners this past week. The Closutton handler however didn’t have any runners at the first meeting of last week at |Clonmel on Thursday last where Paul...
National Hurling League, Division 1B Déise put Premier on notice ahead of championship tie
National Hurling League, Division 1B Déise put Premier on notice ahead of championship tie
Waterford 1-28 Tipperary 0-21 Brian Flannery On Sunday last Waterford put their neighbouring county from across the Suir on notice that Walsh Park is a difficult fixture to negotiate. Liam Cahill’s charges completely overran the visitors in the final quarter to run out comfortable ten points winners in round four of...
Excellent week for Waterford trainers
Excellent week for Waterford trainers
Neil O’Donnell With the Cheltenham festival due to get under way on March 15th, Henry de Bromhead kept his many supporters happy at Navan on Tuesday of last week – February 22nd – by saddling Brampton Belle to win the BetVictor Apple’s Jade Mares’ Novice Hurdle. Brampton Belle, who sports the same Honeysuckle...
National Allianz Football League Division 4 – Déise suffer third league defeat
National Allianz Football League Division 4 – Déise suffer third league defeat
Leitrim 2-17 Waterford 1-13 Thomas Keane Ephie Fitzgerald is still waiting for a first win as the Waterford Senior Football manager after his side suffered a third loss in a row on Sunday afternoon last at Fraher Field, losing to a Leitrim side which bounced back from a loss to London the previous week. Keith...
Mayoral reception to honour victorious Ballygunner
Mayoral reception to honour victorious Ballygunner
Justine Dwyer A mayoral reception is to be held to honour the Ballygunner team who swept to victory recently in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships. Members of Waterford City and County Council were informed of the decision at the February Metropolitan Meeting when Independent councillor Davy Daniels,...
