De La Salle 5 Mooncoin Celtic 2 Matt Keane Two teams who are battling it out for the league title met in Williamstown on Thursday evening. De La Salle had a total of nine points from their opening four games while Mooncoin Celtic had banked seven points, but they had played only three games. This was always going to...
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Seamus Power ties for 8th at Rocket Mortgage Classic
Seamus Power ties for 8th at Rocket Mortgage Classic
Catherine Power Seamus Power produced his best finish of the season on the PGA Tour when he finished in a tie for eighth at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit on Sunday. Having finished in a tie for ninth at the AT & T Byron Nelson in May and tied 19th at the Travelers Championship on June 27th, Power...
Sport suffering at the hands of government ‘guidance’
Sport suffering at the hands of government ‘guidance’
Jordan Norris If the government were a goalkeeper entrusted with saving a penalty to restore the hopes of the nation going into the latter stages of an arduous and trying journey, it’s fair to say they would be more of a Loris Karius than an Edwin Van der Sar. I sat down on Tuesday evening last to watch England play...
Lohan: “Waterford have come on again”
Lohan: “Waterford have come on again”
Jordan Norris Clare manager Brian Lohan says that Waterford have pushed on again since the counties met in last year’s All-Ireland Quarter Final. The Deise won out on a scoreline of 3-27 to 3-18 versus the Banner on that occasion, and speaking to the Munster Express, Lohan says that Liam Cahill’s side have grown...
Championship curtain-raiser presents ample opportunity
Championship curtain-raiser presents ample opportunity
Munster Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final Preview Waterford v Clare (Semple Stadium, Sunday 3:30) Jordan Norris Waterford face Clare in the Munster Championship curtain-raiser at Semple Stadium, and despite some notable injury concerns – one would imagine the Deise should have enough to see off Brian Lohan’s...
Henry De Bromhead receives Freedom of Waterford
Henry De Bromhead receives Freedom of Waterford
Jordan Norris It was a joyous occasion at Tramore Racecourse on Thursday afternoon as the Freedom of Waterford was formally conferred upon local horse trainer Henry De Bromhead. It has been a remarkable 2021 for the Knockeen-based trainer, who trained six winners at the Cheltenham Festival in March, which included an...
Piltown crush Bohs with quickfire goals
Piltown crush Bohs with quickfire goals
WSFL Under 15 A League Bohemians 0 Piltown 3 Matt Keane Live football returned to Waterford on Tuesday last as the 2020-21 Waterford Schoolboy League season resumed after the eight-month closure due to Covid-19. The 2021-22 season will start in September. The long break certainly did not have any ill effect on the...
Top 20 finish for Seamus Power in South Carolina
Top 20 finish for Seamus Power in South Carolina
Catherine Power Seamus Power posted another good finish on the PGA Tour on Sunday but his tie for 19th at the Palmetto Championship in South Carolina could have been much better but for a costly double bogey on the 16th hole of his final round on Sunday. A run of three birdies from the third to the fifth gave Power a...
Down With The Doomsday Talk
Down With The Doomsday Talk
Jordan Norris It’s been little more than a fortnight since the return of hurling, but our national game now finds itself in ‘crisis’. Or at least some people would have you believe such. With the growing numbers of frees, the odd rule change here and there, players ‘wrapped in cotton wool’ – ‘the game’s not the...
Deise dig deep for Wexford Park win
Deise dig deep for Wexford Park win
Allianz National Football League Division 4 South Waterford 2-13 Wexford 0-18 Jordan Norris It was another worthwhile trip to Wexford Park for Waterford as they made it three wins on the spin at the home of their near neighbours to seal a maiden victory under the management of Shane Ronayne. After what was an...
Waterford IT named Basketball Ireland Centre of Excellence
Waterford IT named Basketball Ireland Centre of Excellence
Waterford IT along with Letterkenny IT have been named as Basketball Ireland Centres of Excellence, bringing the total to four. In March, NUI Galway and Ulster University in Jordanstown were the first two Centres of Excellence announced. Basketball Ireland plans to have 8-10 Centres of Excellence rolled out...
Billy Kennedy awarded Cycling Ireland Honorary Life Membership
Billy Kennedy awarded Cycling Ireland Honorary Life Membership
Billy Kennedy has been awarded with honorary life membership of Cycling Ireland. Billy has played a leading role in cycling administration since the age of 17 when he became secretary of the National Cycling Association. His contribution to Irish Cycling continued for many years to come as he held various roles...
