By Michael McMullan WAS playing easier than management? Ballinderry boss Jarlath Bell’s answer is as short as it’s instant. Absolutely. It’s Tuesday. Carrickcruppen’s visit to Celtic Park is days away and Ballinderry still can’t fully take it into view after overcoming Faughanvale in the Derry final. There is a matter of a midweek reserve final win […]
By Michael McMullan IT took late points from Charlie Crozier and Ruairi Forbes for Ballinderry to edge out Banagher in the group stages. Ballinderry coach Davy Harte admits the Shamrocks had put plenty into that game knowing top spot in the group rested on it. The sides meet on Sunday (Owenbeg, 2pm) with the prize […]
By Michael McMullan GLENULLIN’S target has always been to retain their intermediate title insists Paddy Bradley, who feels his side didn’t get the credit for taking the silver last year. The title was last defended by Faughanvale in 1998. With Covid, Derry’s recent championship restructure and promotion freeze, the door was open for Glenullin to […]
By Michael McMullan MARK Lynch is one of eight players from Banagher’s 2018 final win expected to be in their starting lineup on Sunday. Looking ahead to their final date with reigning champions Glenullin (Celtic Park, 1pm), the former Derry star is expecting a “brutal hard” encounter. Banagher came within a whisker of making the […]
Tammy Cartin sends three of her children to the Oakleaf Lions, a GAA for All club based in Derry. She tells Michael McMullan their story of progress. IT’S Thursday afternoon. Tammy Cartin’s phone rings. She answers. As a mother of five, that time between school and dinner time vanished in a blink. Last Thursday had […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY intermediate side Desertmartin have appointed a new senior football manager ahead of the 2023 season. Tyrone man Audi Kelly has taken over from Kevin O’Neill who stepped down after a three-year term that yielded back to back junior titles. Kelly managed Moy to Tyrone, Ulster and All-Ireland intermediate titles and was […]
By Michael McMullan BANAGHER have appointed Paul Bradley as their new senior football manager for the 2023 season. Bradley, a five-time senior championship winner with Sleacht Neill, stepped down after the years as the Emmet’s boss. Sleacht Néill won their last senior title in 2020, his first season, followed by two county final defeats at […]
Sean Marty Lockhart was one of the greatest defenders in the game and holds the record number of International Rules’ appearances. Michael McMullan went to meet him… NOBODY else has played 16 times for Ireland in the International Rules. Not everybody picks up an All-Star, Ulster and League medals in a 15-year inter-county career. Not […]
Banagher are enjoying a positive year in a number of codes, but their camogs are leading the way, so far.
From Odhrán Crumley Since Saturday’s Ulster Intermediate Club Semi-Final was decided by a free-taking competition, debate has raged across social media, terraces, bar stools and media outlets. One overwhelming response is that the GAA community seem to be united that a game should not be decided by this means. The point that players train all […]
