Following a near two-week break, the national hunt season resumed on Tuesday of last week at Tipperary. There was an eight-race card at the ‘Junction’ venue and the Philip Fenton- trained Good As Hell won the featured Tipperary Town Plate Handicap Chase. The eight-year-old mare Good As Hell atoned for unseating at...
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Speaking from experience: the lows of high life. Kill talk on drugs issues
Speaking from experience: the lows of high life. Kill talk on drugs issues
Conor Harris from Kildare, a talented footballer in his youth and a minor medal winner for the Lilywhites, told how he took the wrong path on drugs. However, he turned his life around and is now a counsellor trained in drug rehabilitation and doing talks around Ireland. He shared his experiences, along with another...
Shock still palpable following death of rally ace Craig Breen
Shock still palpable following death of rally ace Craig Breen
Passing of a magnetic personality who was a superb ambassador for Waterford and Ireland Tributes continue to pour in from all over the world ahead of the funeral of Ireland’s top rally driver Craig Breen, who died in a crash in Croatia last week. Described by his family as “talented and much adored,” the 33-year-old...
Women’s Superleague
Women’s Superleague
Wildcats edge Meteors in Superleague thriller Waterford Wildcats 60 Trinity Meteors 59 There’s an old saying “the bigger they come the harder they fall“. Such was the case in the Mercy Sports Hall on Saturday night last when Trinity Meteors were raging hot favourites to see off the challenge of hosts Waterford...
Success for Master Franks Academy at Dutch Open Championships
Success for Master Franks Academy at Dutch Open Championships
Students from the Master Franks Taekwon-Do Academy in Waterford enjoyed considerable success at the Dutch Open Championships in Helmond. The Netherlands last month. Athletes from 17 countries including Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Finland, Canada, England, and many others took part in this...
The 1930’s- A Golden Era of Greyhound Racing in Waterford
The 1930’s- A Golden Era of Greyhound Racing in Waterford
The 1930’s was a terrific decade for Waterford greyhound racing when Waterford, bred, trained and owned greyhounds won nine major Classics in Ireland and England Greyhound racing and coursing in County Waterford has been an extremely popular sport for well over a century and in this article we look back on a...
ROYAL THIEF MAKES WINNING RETURN
ROYAL THIEF MAKES WINNING RETURN
It’s not very often that Henry de Bromhead can call on the services of Patrick Mullins but the pair teamed up at Punchestown on Sunday to win the Qualified Riders Handicap Chase over 2m 6f with Royal Thief. Running in the colours of Gigginstown House Stud, Royal Thief, who was making his first appearance on the track...
Gunners determined to retain Munster crown
Gunners determined to retain Munster crown
According to the bookies Ballygunner are 1-6 searingly hot favourites to win their fourth Munster Senior Club Hurling title when they face Ballyea in the 2022 decider at Semple Stadium on Saturday next. The ‘hot favourites’ tag though will count for nothing if the Gunners fail to see off the Clare champions...
Ballygunner v Ballyea
Ballygunner v Ballyea
(Semple Stadium, Thurles, Saturday, 3.15pm) Thomas Keane Clare champions Ballyea are without doubt the most consistent Munster club west of the Shannon in recent years, winning four of the last seven county championships. This statistic makes for impressive reading but it pales into significance in comparison with...
Munster Club Finals and Ballygunner
Munster Club Finals and Ballygunner
Brian Flannery Since it’s inauguration in 1964 the Waterford champions have been successful on seven different occasions. Ballygunner has was won three titles; in 2001 and 2018 and 2021. Ballygunner annexed a hat-trick of county senior titles from 1966 to 1968 and also contested the Munster club finals in ’66 and...
Munster Hurling Senior Club Final
Munster Hurling Senior Club Final
Gunners odds on to retain Munster crown Brian Flannery Having arrived early at the Gaelic Grounds last week I was able to watch the other semi-final on TG4 in the comfort of the press box. Clare champions Ballyea enjoyed home advantage at Cusack Park, Ennis and from the ninth minute also had a numerical...
Road Trip to Irish Greyhound Derby Final
Road Trip to Irish Greyhound Derby Final
Catherine Power Ahead of the Irish Greyhound Derby Final at Shelbourne Park last month, I was asked by Rásaíocht Con Éireann (otherwise known as Greyhound Racing Ireland) if I would be interested in interviewing the six trainers with greyhounds in the final. The interviews would be part of Virgin Media 2’s live...
