Articles in the GAA Category

CLONTIBRET 1-14 SCOTSTOWN 0-11 Colm Shalvey reports The ‘five-in-a-row’ narrative has been omnipresent in Gaelic football of late, but Clontibret ended Scotstown’s ‘drive for five’ in some style in last Sunday’s Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final. Scotstown made their second trip to Clones in just over a week as favourites to retain the title, but their bid for history was unravelled by a complete performance from Clontibret. There was a ‘smash and grab’ element to Clontibret’s last county final win over Scotstown back in 2014 – the Blues’ most recent previous knock-out ...

SCOTSTOWN 3-12 BALLYBAY 1-13 Colm Shalvey reports Scotstown kept their ‘drive for five’ alive and qualified for their seventh consecutive SFC Final when they won their replay against Ballybay in Clones last Saturday. The holders had to come from seven points down to salvage a draw the previous weekend, but they led for most of this replay after stepping up their performance level. Both teams made one change from the drawn game, with Scotstown (who were boosted by the availability of Damien McArdle; cleared to play despite having been sent off late on ...

Kevin Óg Carney reports County finalists fully armed and primed for action Both reigning champions Scotstown and challengers Clontibret report a clean bill of health ahead of this Sunday’s (3.30pm) SFC final in St. Tighernach’s Park, Clones. The biggest day in the year for sport in the county will see Scotstown attempt to make it five-in-arow of Mick Duffy Cup triumphs and the smart money is on them doing just that – for the second time in the club’s history. Clontibret last captured the Holy Grail in 2014 when they defeated Scotstown ...

A number of Cavan and Monaghan firms will be amongst one hundred engineering firms from throughout Ireland attending a major engineering trade event in Monaghan next Wednesday (16 October). Following the success of last year ’s event, the EENGINEX Engineering Meet the Buyer is returning to the Combilift factory complex in Monaghan, and will offer engineering firms the opportunity to engage in prearranged meetings with key buyers and other suppliers from throughout Ireland and Europe. The event is being organised by Enterprise Europe Network through the Local Enterprise Offices in ...

Colm Shalvey Blackhill joined three other clubs – including beaten finalists Drumhowan – at the top of the JFC roll of honour when they won last Sunday’s absorbing Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship decider in Aughnamullen. Blackhill experienced heartbreak in this fixture between 2013 and 2015, with two final replay defeats sandwiching a narrow loss to Drumhowan, but they bounced back to win their fifth JFC title in ’16. The Emeralds were relegated from intermediate last year, but they put a slow start to the current campaign behind ….

Boss Kieran said Magheracloone ‘didn’t have training facilities of our own’ for first six months of season Colm Shalvey reports Magheracloone have made light of the loss of their own playing facilities to sit top of the IFL, as well as being through to Sunday’s McElvaney’s Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Final. Team manager James Kieran said: “It was certainly a factor for the first six months because we didn’t have any training facilities of our own. We were doing a lot of travelling and we were very dependent on the ...

Mitchells supporters positive on Magheracloone’s championship chances MAGHERACLOONE 1-13 EMYVALE 1-09 John Graham reports Magheracloone and Emyvale produced a totally riveting McElvaney’s Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship semi-final that was in the balance right through when they met in Inniskeen on Sunday evening last where under foot conditions were difficult due to the incessant rain. Having said that though Magheracloone always looked that little bit stronger even though they were forced to field without influential full forward Michael Metzger who was ruled out with an ankle injury. Magheracloone were headed only once in ...

KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Given the politically correct days that are in it, the Northern Standard can’t be seen to wax lyrical about two Fat Ladies and Legs Eleven, never mind Kelly’s Eye, but, as our accompanying pics illustrate, everyone else (among the near-600 souls present) with Bingo on the brain and Sean McDermotts in their hearts were in their element checking things out at the GAA complex in Threemilehouse last Monday night. Most people currently living in Ireland weren’t born 25 years ago when a brains trust – or should ...

COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY It’s all knock-out from here on in the local club championships as the race for the titles heats up. The Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Final will be between two recent winners after Blackhill and Drumhowan came through last Sunday’s semi-final doubleheader in Scotstown. Drumhowan, who won the JFC four times between 2006 and 2014, have re-established their championship pedigree with an unbeaten run this year and they continued that with an exciting win over Clones. Veteran forward Colm Lambe rolled back the years with a 1-8 haul for ...

KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Manager Declan Moen is expecting his side to face their toughest test of the season so far when they seek to extend their championship campaign this Saturday. Moen has reported a fully-fit squad ahead of his team’s trip to Buncrana, County Donegal this weekend when the newly-crowned Monaghan IFC champions will bid to add the Ulster ladies football title to their county crown. The amalgam of players from Clontibret and Cremartin has been buoyed by their success last weekend in overcoming Ballinascreen in the preliminary round of the ...