Lavey have been shortlisted for Club of the Year at the Gaelic Life All-Stars’ night. Michael McMullan spoke with the club’s ladies football co-ordinator Brian Óg Boyle about their progress to become Ulster champions. JUST over seven years ago ladies football was just an itch in Lavey, a club with All-Ireland titles in both men’s […]
Derry determined to get off the mark
By Shaun Casey THE Derry ladies have suffered five defeats on the trot and with two games remaining in their Division Four National League campaign, the Oakleafers are still searching for their first win of 2024. While the league table doesn’t make for pretty reading, it hasn’t all been doom and gloom inside the Derry […]
VOTE: Dual Player of the Year 2023
Below are the nominees for the 2023 Dual Player of the Year Award. Vote for your favourite below. Create your own user feedback survey Please note: 1 vote per ip address. Votes do not determine the final winners but help create awareness of the nominee’s shortlisting. Voting closes at 10am on Monday 12th February 2024. […]
NOMINEES: Dual Player of the Year 2023
Below are the nominees for the 2023 Dual Player of the Year. Find out more about this year’s shortlisted nominees below. Lauren McConville – Crossmaglen Not only is McConville a superb dual player for Crossmaglen, but she also lines out in totally different positions in both codes. In football, where she’d be more known, her […]
VOTE: Ladies Football Manager of the Year 2023
Below are the nominees for the 2023 Ladies Football Manager of the Year. Support your favourite by casting your vote. Create your own user feedback survey Voting opens at 10am on Thursday 1st February and will close at 10am on Monday 5th February. Votes do not determine the final winners but help create awareness of […]
New campaign urges the support of live female sport
A NEW LGFA campaign, in conjunction with Lidl Ireland, to ‘Get Behind the Fight’ and support live female sport. It comes as research shows nearly 60 per cent of Irish people have never attended a female sports event. The National League season starts off this weekend with Division Four action and two Ulster counties beginning […]
Lavey bandwagon set for excursion into the west
By Michael McMullan LAVEY’S burgeoning ladies football story heads into the west on Sunday for an All-Ireland semi-final in just their second season of adult football. After winning the Derry junior championship last season, they didn’t feature in Ulster. The county’s placing at inter-county means their senior champions play at provincial intermediate level with the […]
Ballyhaise ladies on the brink of Ulster final berth
By Niall Gartland BALLYHAISE ladies have been making incremental progress and now they’re one step away from a place in the Ulster Ladies Intermediate final. They travel to Antrim champions Glenavy, on their home pitch, (Saturday, 2pm) and they already have a provincial win under their belts with a convincing quarter-final victory over Aghadrumsee from […]
Clann Éireann and Donaghmoyne retain titles
By Shaun Casey CLANN Éireann Ladies picked up back-to-back county titles with a convincing win over Carrickcruppen in a repeat of last year’s final, which went to a replay. Led by the new Armagh Ladies manager Greg McGonigle, Clann Éireann edged a low-scoring opening half as they led by two-points at the interval, 0-4 to […]
Ulster players shortlisted for camogie awards
By Michael McMullan DERRY All-Ireland winning camogie duo Áine McAllister and Aoife Ní Chaiside have both been shortlisted for intermediate player of the year. The joint captains led by example in a season that saw the Oakleaf County end the famine since their 2012 success. Ní Chaiside picked up her second All-Ireland medal with Derry […]