By Michael McMullan IF Oisín Duffin wasn’t the last player out of the Ballinderry dressing room, he wasn’t far off it. When you’ve waited as long for success in a Shamrocks’ jersey as he has, Saturday night needed bottled and kept. Under a moustache, there was the grin of a champion. A man wanting to digest every […]
By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY manager Jarlath Bell said winning Ulster was “believable” and highlighted the important of hanging tough along the way. They had tight battles with Banagher and Faughanvale – after a replay – to win the Derry title. Carrickcruppen took them to a point before Niall O’Donnell’s goal kicked them clear. Against Derrylaughan, […]
Ulster Club IFC final Arva v Ballinderry Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY will need to do what nobody has been able to do in 23 championship games if they are to land the Ulster title in Saturday’s refixed Ulster final. They have to beat Arva. The Shamrocks are up against the […]
THE Ulster Championship Intermediate final between Arva and Ballinderry will go ahead this Saturday after it was postponed last weekend due to Storm Darragh. The game has again been pencilled in for O’Neill’s Healy Park and it will be officiated by home boy Kieran Eannetta, a native of the Omagh club. Elsewhere the Twinning final […]
Ulster Club IFC final Arva v Ballinderry Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY will need to do what nobody has been able to do in 23 championship games if they are to land the Ulster title on Saturday. They have to beat Arva. The Shamrocks are up against the Cavan side who […]
By Shaun Casey IF Arva get over the line on Saturday evening and continue their unbelievable winning streak, they will have chalked up a 24th consecutive championship victory and a fifth piece of silverware in 14 months, but Finbar O’Reilly’s men won’t be taking their eye off the ball. Trophies and medals don’t come along […]
By Niall Gartland LET’S not get too arty-farty but Gareth McKinless’ presence on the field of play in Ballinderry’s Ulster Intermediate semi-final win over Derrylaughan had a touch of Schrödinger’s Cat about it. The Oakleaf star was sent off in the Derry final replay against Faughanvale for two yellows but alleged verbals meant the 2023 All-Star […]
Michael McMullen and Damien Donohoe look ahead to the Ulster Intermediate Final between Arva and Ballinderry. Arva are hoping to secure back-to-back Ulster crowns after their Junior success last season, which ended with an All-Ireland title in Croke Park. Ballinderry on the other hand, who won the Senior All-Ireland 20 years ago, are intent on […]
By Niall Gartland ARVA will put their winning streak of 22 successive championship victories on the line when they take on Magheracloone this Saturday – but that’s very much a subplot to what’s really at stake for the reigning All-Ireland Junior champions. Making it back to another Ulster final would be a tremendous accomplishment in […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S been quite the year for Arva, but manager Finbar O’Reilly is intent on looking forward rather than to the past. In the last year, Arva have collected the Cavan, Ulster and All-Ireland Junior titles before claiming the Cavan IFC trophy. They’ve grown from strength to strength, but the Breffni men won’t […]
