CATHERINE McGOURTY: Integration must come sooner rather than later


THE sooner that the integration of the LGFA and Camogie Associations with the GAA takes place the better. As a female player and coach over the past 10 years, I have heard of numerous occasions where camogs and ladies footballers have had to choose between a camogie championship game and football championship game just because they […]


“Lynne McFredrick pings 45s off the ground regularly at training”


Derrygonnelly player Brenda Bannon looks at some of her opponents… Name: Brenda Bannon. Age: 27. Teams played for: There are quite a few I’m always on the move! Home club: Aghadrumsee, St Macartan’s, county: Fermanagh ladies, current club:  Derrygonnelly Harps. Secondary school: St. Eugene’s, Roslea, Mount Lourdes Grammar School, Enniskillen, HE GAA: University of Ulster, […]


Evergreen Kingham as motivated as ever


By Niall Gartland DONAGHMOYNE are bidding for their 13th Ulster Senior Club title this weekend, and Hazel Kingham has played her part in every single one of those successes. It’s almost hard to fathom but she’s also lined out on a yearly basis during Donaghmoyne’s run to 20 successive county titles (a mind-boggling statistic on […]


“We’re often coaxed to take a feed of cottage cheese and blueberries”


WE chat this week to Brenda Bannon as she lifts the lid on her teammates… Name: Brenda Bannon. Age: 27. Teams played for: Advertisement There are quite a few I’m always on the move! Home club: Aghadrumsee, St Macartan’s, county: Fermanagh ladies, current club:  Derrygonnelly Harps. Secondary school: St. Eugene’s, Roslea, Mount Lourdes Grammar School, […]


Hard work the key for Clonoe ladies


By Michael McMullan HARD work has been the key for Clonoe as they turned two 2021 semi-final defeats into a march to Sunday’s Ulster final, insists captain Orlagh Gavin. After their formation in 2016, Clonoe won the junior title 12 months and stayed in the intermediate grade until relegation at the end of the 2018 […]