Articles in the GAA Category

By COLM SHALVEY The Darkness into Light 5km walk/runsponsored by Electric Ireland, takes place in Monaghan for the third time in the early hours of this Saturday morning, May 7. The event will once again start at 4.15am from the Monaghan Harps GAA Club grounds, before going through the town and finishing back at the same venue, as dawn is breaking; the symbolic journey from darkness into light. The county GAA senior men’s and women’s teams, Great Irish Bake Off winner Cathy McKenna, well-known singers Ryan Sheridan and Clara Rose ...

Josh Moffett and Jason McKenna made it back to back wins with victory on last weekend’s Monaghan Stages Rally. The pair led the event from start to finish coming home well ahead of the opposition. As in 2015, Josh’s closest challenger was his brother Sam. However, Sam and co-driver, James Fulton were always going to struggle in their R5 specification Fiesta compared to Josh’s WRC version. It didn’t stop them from trying though but they had to settle for 2nd place. Niall Maguire and Enda Sherry completed the podium positions ...

Monaghan will bid to qualify for the Nicky Rackard Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2013 when they take on Fingal at Castleblayney on Saturday at 2pm. by COLM SHALVEY A comprehensive win over Fermanagh last week has Monaghan within touching distance of a place in the last four as they bid for a second win over Fingal this year. Monaghan won a high-scoring game on March 13 to boost their bid to make the Allianz National Hurling League Division 3A Final for the second year in a row. Their ...

MONAGHAN        5-12 FERMANAGH         1-12 Monaghan started their Nicky Rackard Cup campaign with a comfortable win over Fermanagh at Brewster Park,Enniskillen, last Saturday. First-half goals by Mark Treanor and Brian McGuigan (two) sent Monaghan well clear of a 14-man Fermanagh team weakened by Daniel Teague’s red card on 12 minutes. Seán Corrigan’s accuracy kept Fermanagh in touch, but Monaghan found the net again after the restart through Stephen Lambe, before McGuigan completed his hat-trick. McGuigan, Mark and Peter Treanor, Niall Garland, Paddy Finnegan and Fergal Rafter played ...

It was a weekend of disappointment for Monaghan,with four county teams losing semi-finals (three to Donegal), but the performance of the Under-21’s in particular bodes well for the near future. by COLM SHALVEY The Eirgrid Under-21 Football Championship is set to be phased out, with next year’s renewal being the last before it is replaced by an Under-20 grade, but there was no shortage of pundits extolling its virtues after a thrilling semi-final double-header in Tullamore last Saturday. After Mayo had finished strongly to squeeze past Dublin in the first game, ...

Soon the verdant greens and lush fairways of Concra Wood will be the setting for the 2016 Northern Standard Under 18 Boys Golf Championship. The increasingly prestigious competition which pits the luminous skills of the major minor players from South Ulster against one another has cemented a place for itself in the golfing calendar and this year’s fare is expected to attract a record entry when the runners and riders line up on July 19th next at the resplendent Concra. The brainchild of a think-tank from Rossmore Golf Club, the Northern ...

 Monaghan team celebrating their Eirgrid Ulster Under-21 Football Championship Final victory over Tyrone at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh, last Wednesday. Monaghan won the match 0-13 to 0-11 (full report inside)  © Northern Standard

Malachy Trainor, Monaghan Zone PRO It was a night of prize giving and celebrations on Friday evening past when the Zone and League presentations took place in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan. Our annual presentation night and dinner dance completes another year of bowls and culminates in awarding the victors with their prizes and reflecting on what could have been for the others. Many thanks to our guest of honour on the night IIBA Competitions Secretary Charlotte Adair. In addition to the prizes, there were presentation to two local charities; Drumlin ...

By Patrick Smyth After Monaghan’s storming victory over Tir Chonaill in ‘blayney came the calm. In the confines of the Monaghan dressing-room, Malachy O’Rourke held court away from a madding crowd who beamed like lottery winners once the final whistle had sounded and the newshad spread that their ambassadors would still be operating in the NFL’s fast lane in 2017. In due course, O’Rourke addressed the local and national hacks and gave his take on what had just taken place in ‘blayney last Sunday: “They (Donegal) came to win the match, that ...

Whatever else about Monaghan’s championship potential this year, their 2016 NFL campaign is likely to go down in the annals after their heroics in ‘blayney last Sunday. They say consistency is the hallmark of greatness and Monaghan’s success in cementing the county’s status as a top flight team was great work in anyone’s language even if the vagaries of scoring difference did give them a helping hand. Had relegation been Monaghan’s fate last weekend, it would have been a major blow to Malachy O’Rourke’s plans for the summer. Instead, his ...