Limerick 0-30 Waterford 2-21 Brian Flannery Waterford Waterford suffered their first defeat in this season’s Munster hurling championship when going down by just three points to reigning champions Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening last. This round two tie was billed as the title holders versus...
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Waterford come good in Wexford
Waterford come good in Wexford
Wexford FC 0 Waterford FC 2 Matt Keane Two goals, a clean sheet and three points secured. That was the outcome from a Waterford point of view in Ferrycarrig Park on Friday night last. Playing their first game since the departure of manager Ian Morris, the Blues just simply had to win this game following the...
Superb De La Salle crowned Munster champions
Superb De La Salle crowned Munster champions
De La Salle 7 St Francis (Rochestown, Cork) 2 Matt Keane The extraordinary run of success by the De La Salle teams continued in Cahir Park last week. Seven days previously the Under 19 side won their Munster title and following this latest victory by the Under 17 side it means De La Salle have now got two...
Kilbarry Gymnasts medal at National Series
Kilbarry Gymnasts medal at National Series
Gymnasts from Waterford’s Kilbarry Academy won two gold and a silver medal at the Women’s Artistic All-Around Championships and Level Competitions at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena in Dublin. Over 1200 gymnasts from every corner of Ireland competed at the first National Series event of 2022. The National...
Goals galore as Waterford take title
Goals galore as Waterford take title
Waterford 4-20 Cork 1-23 Brian Flannery Waterford comprehensively defeated Cork at Semple Stadium on Saturday evening last to record a first Allianz National Hurling title since 2015. The final score-line doesn’t flatter the victors here in the least with Waterford dominant from the opening quarter....
Blues blow another Munster Derby in disappointing fashion
Blues blow another Munster Derby in disappointing fashion
Treaty United 2 Waterford FC 1 Matt Keane After losing to Cork City in Turners Cross two weeks previously Waterford FC travelled to the Markets Field on Friday last to play Treaty United in another Munster Derby encounter. The performance in Cork was bitterly disappointing and everyone involved with Waterford...
Waterford Sports Partnership welcomes Olympian David Gillick to Waterford
Waterford Sports Partnership welcomes Olympian David Gillick to Waterford
Marathon Kids Ireland ambassador and Olympian David Gillick visited Our Lady of Mercy Girls and St. Stephen’s De La Salle Boys National Schools, as both are taking part in the Marathon Kids Ireland eight-week programme. Targeted at 5th and 6th class students, the programme covers topics on healthy eating,...
Champions Trophy Quarter-Final – Wildcats through to semi-finals
Champions Trophy Quarter-Final – Wildcats through to semi-finals
WIT Waterford Wildcats 79 Liffey Celtics 55 Karen Devereux Waterford Wildcats had a comprehensive win over Kildare side Liffey Celtics in the Champions Trophy quarter-final at home in the Mercy Sports Hall on Saturday night last with 24 points to spare at the finish. The top six teams at the end of the regular...
Kilbarry Gymnastics Academy excel at GymSTART
Kilbarry Gymnastics Academy excel at GymSTART
Talented young gymnasts from Waterford’s Kilbarry Gymnastics Academy (KGA) had a very successful weekend at Gymnastics Ireland GymSTART at the Sports Ireland National Indoor Arena in Dublin, bringing home 17 medals in total, seven gold, eight silver and two bronze. This was a remarkable achievement building on KGA’s...
Determined Kilkenny join neighbours in final four
Determined Kilkenny join neighbours in final four
Kilkenny 2-21 Waterford 0-21 Brian Flannery Kilkenny finished top of Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League after this determined and well merited six-point victory to claim the bragging rights over neighbours Waterford. Waterford A goal in either half from Cillian Buckley and Billy Ryan ultimately...
Henry’s golden double
Henry’s golden double
Catherine Power There were smiles all round at Henry De Bromhead’s Knockeen yard on Monday morning as the press gathered to photograph the Waterford trainer’s champions and reflect on another brilliant week at Cheltenham. It was a very relaxed De Bromhead and jockey Rachael Blackmore who paraded Honeysuckle, Bob...
League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win
League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win
Waterford FC 2 Wexford FC 1 Matt Keane This was a game that will not live in the memory. From a Waterford point of view it was another vital victory which moved them three points clear at the top of the league table but from a performance point of view it was sluggish, especially in the second half. It was...
