Pictured is Jamie Burns, scorer of a remarkable five goals in double winners Seaview Celtic’s 7-1 demolition of Piltown in last Wednesday’s Second Division Infirmary Cup final in Waterford’s Ozier...
Author: Jamie OKeeffe
Universal approval
Universal approval
What to say about Barcelona that hasn’t already been described to death since Saturday’s superlative-stretching performance in...
Excuses, excuses
Excuses, excuses
Ireland might have collected their first silverware since Jack Charlton’s team took Iceland by storm a quarter-of-a-century ago (my God we’re getting old) but by and large the inaugural Carling Nations tournament was the stuff of PR nightmares.
Micky Harte finds inspiration from likes of Oisin and Eoin
Micky Harte finds inspiration from likes of Oisin and Eoin
Two Waterford boys who will take part in the World Transplant Games in Sweden, starting on June 17, have been described as an “inspiration” by one of the country’s most respected sporting figures.
Truth serum
Truth serum
America’s indifferent attitude to drug-taking in sport could change as the federal probe into alleged doping by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong moves up a...
Mission improbable accomplished
Mission improbable accomplished
Whether they got a sneak preview of Osama’s ‘Is féidir linn’ speech or what, something happened midway through last Saturday’s Heineken Cup final that led Leinster out of the...
Protocols and photocalls
Protocols and photocalls
An ex-GAA president escorting Queen Elizabeth II by the elbow is scarcely on a par with Martin Johnson making Mary McAleese take a walk on the wet side of the red carpet at Lansdowne...
Hoops better than Blues?
Hoops better than Blues?
Having clinched their ninth Premier League title in 12 seasons, there’s a strong argument to be made that Carrick United may well be the best side in and around the Waterford ‘district’ – including the current Blues. Adam McSherry, for one, has been sensational of late for the Hoops, scoring wonder goals for fun...
Bobby Power’s iron will steered the way
Bobby Power’s iron will steered the way
Carrick has a history of producing stellar and steely sportsmen. Bobby Power, ‘Mr Carrick Wheelers’, was one such person in every sense. A prolific one-day rider who amassed 107 open senior race victories from the mid-1970s to the early ’90s, including six Rás stages, Bobby’s passion copper-fastened the future of the...
God’s Gift to Golf
God’s Gift to Golf
He rewrote the course-management manual, redefined the bounds of possibility, but superlatives aside, more than anything Seve made golf gripping. And, let’s face it, sexy. Up until his teenage emergence in the mid-seventies, it was a grey enough game (for all the garish attire), with an inordinate proportion of...
Class versus crass
Class versus crass
Anyone I’ve spoken to who saw last week’s low-key BBC2 documentary about Bobby Charlton was struck by the same thing – the sheer humility of the man. At Christmas, ESPN Classic screened a series of sporting documentaries, one of which was about another World Cup-winning Bobby, Moore. It was much the same story, of...
Tom’s mile of a lifetime
Tom’s mile of a lifetime
Tom Queally’s stunning runway success on flat racing’s latest ‘wonderhorse’ Frankel in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday has consolidated his status as one of the top jockeys in Europe. Not that he’d even entertain the thought. The bashful Cappagh man’s career curve continues to arch upwards, putting the...