By Shaun Casey TRAGEDY struck the Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin club back in September when 24-year-old Evan Craig sadly passed away and his death has brought the whole community together, says Jonathan Toye. Daniel McCauley’s team have already created history this season, winning the Donegal Junior Championship for the very first time, and this Saturday, they’ll […]
By Michael McMullan CRAIGBANE have battled their way through a mammoth Ulster campaign but are still only in the final. Saturday’s penalty shootout win over Drumhowan sets up a showdown with Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin. Kevin Moore’s side had to negotiate a preliminary round against Killeeshil and rolled out a fine team performance to see […]
By Shaun Casey CRAIGBANE can still call upon five players that collected Ulster Intermediate medals back in 2011 and those experienced heads, along with the freshness of youth, has created the perfect blend says manager Kevin Moore. The Derry champions are just 60 minutes away from reaching the Ulster Junior decider, with only Monaghan winners Drumhowan […]
By Alan Rodgers BOTH the players and supporters of Killeeshil, St Mary’s will be hoping that history repeats itself as they once again embark on an Ulster Club journey which saw them reach the provincial final a decade ago. In 2013, inspired by Tyrone legend Kevin Hughes, the green and white hoops graced the decider. […]
By Michael McMullan THE last two winners meet in Saturday’s Derry Junior Championship final and Ballymaguigan’s Tomás Brady sees it as a 50-50 game with both teams knowing each other inside out. The reigning champions take on 2022 winners Craigbane (Celtic Park, 1pm) aiming to keep their hands on the title. Brady was the star […]
Shaun Casey runs his eyes over the hotshots from the Ulster Junior Football Championship… Ryan Connolly (Drumlane) 0-23 IT’Ss no consolation to Ryan Connolly after his side suffered a heart-breaking penalty shootout loss to Stewartstown in the Ulster final, but the Drumlane sharpshooter ended the campaign as top scorer. Connolly recorded 0-4 in their low […]
ULSTER CLUB JFC PRELIMINARY ROUND Drumlane v Craigbane Sunday, Kingspan Breffni Park, 1.30pm By Michael McMullan ELEVEN years after being crowned Ulster Intermediate champions, Craigbane are back representing Derry on the provincial trail. Injuries, retirements and emigration gradually pulled their team apart and after a spell back at intermediate level their period of transition took them to […]
By Kieran Lynch DRUMLANE will be hoping to build upon their Cavan Junior Football Championship title win when they venture into Ulster, starting this weekend against Derry champions Craigbane. Drumlane claimed the Cavan Championship with the winning point scored five minutes into additional time, in a 1-12 to 2-8 victory over Arva, and although manager Martin […]
By Michael McMullan CRAIGBANE manager Kevin Moore hopes the club’s request to Derry GAA is granted, allowing his side to play intermediate football in 2023. The seven-time intermediate champions have been in the junior ranks in recent seasons, but beat Ballerin to land a league and championship double at the end of an unbeaten season. […]
THEY aren’t one of the heavy hitters in the county but a small club on the periphery of Derry City pulled off one of the results of the championship last weekend. Ardmore, who had previously won only a single match all season, got the better of Sean Dolan’s on a scoreline of 2-13 to 0-14 […]
