Strength and depth key says Enniskillen Gaels boss Simon Bradley


By Mark McGoldrick ENNISKILLEN Gaels manager Simon Bradley (pictured) said he’s looking forward to a “winner takes all” game against Kinawley in two weeks after his side made it two wins from two against Belnaleck on Saturday. Bradley’s charges came through a difficult Belnaleck challenge to earn a place in the knockout stages of the […]


Draw was fair result says Belnaleck boss


By Mark McGoldrick BELNALECK manager Daniel Kille said he was “delighted” after his team came from behind to snatch a draw and a share of the spoils against Kinawley in their senior championship opener. Two points from Darragh McGurn and Kane Connor earned Belnaleck a 0-6 apiece draw with the Boru’s at Patrick McManus Park. […]


Belnaleck determined to end 91-year drought


By Pauric McGurn BELNALECK boss Daniel Kille has said his players will “give it our best shot” as the Art MacMurrough’s aim to end their 91-year-long wait to win the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship title. It was in 1933 that the Belnaleck club managed to get their hands on the New York Cup for the only time, […]


Injuries have hampered us says Belnaleck boss


By Katrina Brennan IT’S a derby day decider this Saturday afternoon when Kinawley welcomes Belnaleck to Patrick McManus Park for the first of this weekend’s Senior Championship quarter-finals. Neither team have shown any consistency in the championship so far, with both scraping through their final round matches with a point to spare. Kinawley have had […]


‘Confidence is high’ in Belnaleck camp


By Jack Madden BELNALECK selector Malachy McConnell knows full well a tie away to last year’s finalists Erne Gaels won’t be an easy start, but despite being the second smallest club by area in Fermanagh, there is no shortage of confidence in the camp. Belnaleck are primed and ready to go, and McConnell is looking forward to a […]


All-Ireland 7s glory for Belnaleck


FERMANAGH club Belnaleck were crowned Beacon Hospital All-Ireland Football 7s champions on Saturday after a two-point win over Trillick, St Macartan’s in the Kilmacud Crokes tournament. Teams from all across the country competed for the coveted title and it was the Fermanagh side that came out on top after a 1-11 to 1-9 win over the Tyrone team in […]


“Declan Coulter had a bag of tricks to get away”


RONAN McGurn gives his thoughts on the players and teams he has faced… Ronan McGurn. Age: 22. Teams played for: Lisbellaw (hurling), Belnaleck (football) and Fermanagh (hurling). Advertisement Who are your main rivals? We always seem to be coming up against Louth so it’s probably them at the moment. Which opposition ground do you like […]


McGurn:“Having Mark Curry on your team always makes things a lot easier”


Name: Ronan McGurn. Age: 22. Teams played for: Lisbellaw (hurling), Belnaleck (football) and Fermanagh (hurling). Earliest GAA memory? Advertisement Indoor hurling with Benny McManus or being brought down to my older brother’s football training sessions to run about. Which team-mate has been the most inspirational and why? John Duffy is a great man for getting […]


‘Mixed emotions’ for Ryder and Bradley


By Mark McGoldrick SEAMUS Ryder breathed a huge sigh of relief at full time as a late Erne Gaels rally snatched a much-needed draw in their first-round clash with Belnaleck on Sunday. “I was happy enough with the point, in the end, up,” said Ryder. “It was a good result with 14 men and three […]


Erne Gaels set their sights on qualification


By Michael McMullan GETTING out of their group is the “number one aim” in the Erne Gaels camp ahead of this Saturday afternoon’s Senior Championship opener at home to Belnaleck, insists manager Seamus Ryder. Last year’s Intermediate champions edged out Kinawley to win first Senior League title since 1996 and Ryder knows the task ahead in a […]