By Niall Gartland PROMOTION has already been banked by virtue of a long-awaited league title, but Drumquin boss Stephen Ferguson says that they are going all guns blazing in the pursuit of Junior Championship glory. The Wolfe Tones found their groove in the second-half of their first-round tie against Brackaville, Ferguson’s home club, but they’ll […]
LAST weekend, the first round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship took place. Most of the results went as people would have predicted with my own club Gaoth Dobhair suffering the biggest shock of the round. Four Masters easily disposed of our lads, and they were full value for a win which should set them up […]
By Niall Gartland KILDRESS boss Cathal Corey is proud of how his players have come together and given everything to the cause in memory of their captain Matty McGuigan, who died suddenly last December. Matty’s untimely death sent shockwaves reverberating through the entire Tyrone GAA community, but it was a particular loss to the Kildress […]
By Niall Gartland THE All-County Leagues will step another notch this Friday night with the commencement of Division Two senior football. Initially, Division One was scheduled to begin in tandem with Division Two, but the Tyrone CCC have taken the decision to postpone top-flight football by a week as the starred games have had to […]
By Niall Gartland THIS weekend marks the return of All-County Football League at Division Three senior level in Tyrone, and while it’s a marathon not a sprint, there will be a natural degree of excitement at the return of competitive football after months of training and preparation. New to Division Three this season are Strabane, Tattyreagh […]
By Michael McMullan AFTER being relegated from the top flight last season, the Clonoe mantra was to treat every game like they were stepping into the championship arena. The O’Rahilly’s secured promotion with victory at home to Tattyreagh and step into the championship against Rock on Wednesday night (Stewartstown, 7.30pm). “Our main aim was to […]
By Niall Gartland INJURED Gortin goalkeeper Cathal McCullagh has emphasised that the fortunes of his team remain the big priority as he faces into a potentially prolonged period on the sidelines. McCullagh was forced off with a serious shoulder injury in his side’s recent league encounter against Stewartstown, having landed awkwardly following an innocuous encounter […]
By Barry O’Donnell UPBEAT Donaghmore manager Barry Tracey insists his charges are capable of mixing it with anybody on their day if they hit their peak. The St Patrick’s were forced to chisel out a draw in their basement battle with bottom of the table Derrylaughan last weekend, ‘keeper Lorcan Quinn slotting over a 45m […]
By Barry O’Donnell EXPERIENCED Clonoe goalkeeper Michael O’Neill feels it is up to the younger brigade now to carry on the club’s proud tradition after they chiselled out a vital league victory away to Dromore on Friday night. The Rahillys came into the contest at Gardrum Park having lost all bar one of their opening […]
Red Hand CCC chief envisions a late-May start for club leagues
