THE term amateur is becoming more and more redundant in top-level sports with the time spent honing skills and costs associated with preparation continuing to grow. This is certainly the case for four teenagers from across the city who are balancing their schoolwork with a devotion to basketball. St Malachy’s College lads Conor Ryan, Conor […]
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Why a tale of basketball success is also a tale of adversity and struggle
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Saffrons rue slow start as they crash out of Ulster
Ulster Senior Football Championship preliminary round Fermanagh 1-12 Antrim 0-9 A TOMÁS Corrigan inspired Fermanagh proved just too hot to handle as Antrim crashed out of the Ulster Senior Football Championship at Brewster Park yesterday. The corner forward kicked nine points, five from frees and two incredible efforts from sidelines to help the Ernesiders continue […]
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Young Saffrons seek hat-trick of Brewster victories
ANTRIM minor football manager, Hugh McGettigan insists Fermanagh will start as slight favourites for Sunday’s Ulster Minor Football Championship preliminary round tie at Brewster Park. The Enniskillen venue has been a happy hunting ground for the young Saffrons in recent years as they overcame the Erne County in their opening game in both the 2014 […]
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Saffrons make one change for trip to Fermanagh
ANTRIM managers, Frank Fitzsimons and Gearoid Adams have named their team ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Championship preliminary round tie against Fermanagh at Brewster Park. A doubt remains over captain, Kevin Niblock who is suffering from tonsillitis, but he is named at centre forward in a team that shows a couple of positional changes […]
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St Genevieve’s complete basketball double
ST Genevieve’s is celebrating a league and cup double success after an outstanding number of days for their basketballers at the West Belfast school. The girls clinched the Junior B league title last Thursday before becoming the last team standing in the Subway All Ireland Schools U15B Girls Cup as they beat Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne […]
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Rossa punter left gutted after one team does him out of a £246,000 windfall
MANCHESTER United killed our quad last Sunday in our quest to end the season on a high, but it wasn’t to be as they were held to 1-1 draw by newly crowned champions Leicester who at 5000-1 captured the title on Monday night. Spare a thought for the poor 50p punter who cashed-out his bet 24 […]
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