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Counsel come up just short on home ground

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

A DOGGED and battling Good Counsel came up just short in New Ross on Wednesday last as they exited the Leinster Colleges Senior football championship by the slimmest of margins at the hands of Dublin outfit Coláiste Eoin.

Peter's claim big scalp

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

AN ENERGETIC and resilient St. Peter's College dug deep into their reserves on Thursday last as they drove past St. Patrick's (Navan) in Baltinglass to reach the last eight of the Leinster Colleges Senior football 'A' championship.

Experienced Shels eliminate neighbours

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

DISPLAYING ALL their experience, Shelmaliers took a step nearer to winning their sixth Jim Byrne Cup Minor football title in a row when they proved much superior to their depleted neighbours from CrossabegBallymurn in greasy conditions at Ballymurn on Sunday last.

Wexford C.B.S. advance to final with Dixon point

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

DESPITE TRAILING by six points at the interval, the Juvenile (Under-14½) footballers of Wexford C.B.S. put in a sterling second-half shift packed with determination in Mcgrath Park, Bagenalstown, on Thursday last to qualify for the South Leinster final.

Segregation call is an insult to Crossmaglen and its fine personnel

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

I DIDN'T know whether to laugh or cry last week when I heard the request from Dr. Crokes Chairman, Vincent Casey, who sought an exclusive seating arrangement for their supporters in the upcoming All-ireland SFC semi-final against Crossmaglen Rangers.

Chairman announces Board sub-committees

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

BRIAN FOLEY of the Crossabeg-ballymurn is the nominee of the new Chairman, Diarmuid Devereux, to the county Management committee.

Costly referees

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

WEXFORD REFEREES are the most costly in the country.

A woman's handbag can be lethal weapon!

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

I AM going to start this week with some observations which I believe to be true, particularly in light of the recent 'G.A.A. violence' controversy which has erupted and dominated headlines since the Derrytresk and Dromid Pearses so-called Battle of Portlaoise.

Floodlit Friday night championship games to be considered

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

G.A.A. is set to embark on a new marketing initiative in a bid to increase attendances.

Grassroots

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

SARSFIELDS: Best wishes to the following mentors who were ratified at a committee meeting in the clubhouse on Friday last.

Starlights aim for third time lucky in decider

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

THE JIM Byrne Cup Minor football final has been provisionally fixed for the afternoon of Sunday, February 12, most likely in St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy.

Banville the main doubt

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

WEXFORD WILL strengthen up their team considerably for their opening round Allianz Football League Division 3 clash with Cavan at Wexford Park on Sunday next (2.30 p.m.).

Taghmon-camross hit hard by emigration

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

EMIGRATION HAS hit one of Wexford's oldest clubs, Taghmon-camross, particularly hard.

GAA Board pays back €200,000 to Leinster Council

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

WEXFORD'S BID to overcome their financial crisis received a further setback when County Chairman, Diarmuid Devereux, revealed that the county had to pay back €200,000 out of a total of €370,000 owed to the Leinster G.A.A. Council.

Enniscorthy have one point to spare

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

ST. MARY'S C.B.S. survived a determined second-half revival by Portarlington C.B.S. by the narrowest of margins in the Leinster Colleges Junior (Under-16) football championship quarter-final in St. Patrick's Park.

Mansfield hits net three times in easy victory

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

GOOD COUNSEL proved too strong for St. Peter's on Friday last as they sauntered to a classy victory in the South Leinster Schools Juvenile football final in St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy.

Strong start sufficient for Glynn-Barntown

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

GLYNN-BARNTOWN 2-12 VOLUNTEERS 1-6

Sars rise from the ashes to pip stunned Gusserane

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

THE FOUR O'loughlin Cup Minor football semi-finals were decided on Sunday last, resulting in wins for Sarsfields, Ballinastragh Gaels, Castletown and Glynn-barntown over Gusserane, Ballyhogue, Craanford and Volunteers respectively. The semi-final draw will be made on Wednesday night.

Long and hard road to recovery in store

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

WEXFORD G.A.A. finances dominated the headlines last week, not surprisingly, but nevertheless all for the wrong reasons.

Mixed views on make-up of Intermediate grades

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

IT HAS taken three years to arrive at the proposed Intermediate 'A' and 'B' structure for the county hurling and football championships, but two clubs attempted to alter those plans at a County Board meeting last night (Tuesday).

HQ TO SEEK ANSWERS

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

WEXFORD G.A.A. is coming under mounting pressure over its financial overspend for the 2011 season which is likely to lead to Croke Park intervention.

Room to spare at Andy's place!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

HOUSE HUNTING in Dublin can be a tiring experience. Turn on computer, log on to DAFT, enter your search criteria making absolutely sure you exclude all undesirable areas of the city and county and BANG! Three thousand results. Groan. Well, thank God for Aindreas Doyle (@ aindreasdoyle).

Stalemate in Keevans Cup final

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

Good Counsel (New Ross) 1-5, St. Peter's (Wexford) 0-8: For the second year in succession, Good Counsel College (New Ross) and St. Peter's College (Wexford) finished level in the final of the Keevans Cup Senior football schools competition when they met in Grantstown on Wednesday last.

Counsel claim Junior honours

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

GOOD COUNSEL (NEW ROSS) 2-10 ST. PETER'S (WEXFORD) 3-4

Three on shortlist

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

ONLY THREE Wexford men were among the 75 players shortlisted for the Irish Daily Mail Fitzgibbon Cup Team of the Century which is due to be announced this week.

All the G.A.A. results and weekend fixtures

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

WEDS. JAN. 25

G.A.A. gets tarred with different sporting brush

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

OVER THE years I have become increasingly irritated by the fact that the G.A.A. has been for some reason designated as the moral standard-bearers for sport within society and are judged and criticised in some areas more than other sports within the country.

Ballinastragh boosted by brace of late goals

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

BALLINASTRAGH GAELS 5-7 BALLYHOGUE 2-12

Castletown dismiss 14-man Craanford

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:48 +0000

CASTLETOWN 1-15 CRAANFORD 3-3

'The money is not there, we have a cash flow problem'

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:01 +0000

IT WAS Wednesday night, January 11, 2012, when County Chairman, Diarmuid Devereux, shed real light on the financial crisis that is facing Wexford G.A.A.

Glenbrien land deal left Board with €357,803 loss

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:01 +0000

FINALLY IT was laid bare. Wexford G.A.A. is bleeding so badly that one would fear for its future after Chairman, Diarmuid Devereux, leafed through the finances of the County Board at a meeting in the Ferrycarrig Hotel on Wednesday last.

High Court settlement

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:01 +0000

MEMBERS OF Wexford G.A.A. were told that they have to stop talking ' monopoly money and La, La economics'.

Women suffer Cork setback

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:01 +0000

AN IMPRESSIVE Cork performance proved way too much for Wexford Youths to handle as they failed to pick up their opening Ferrycarrig Park win of this inaugural Bus Eireann Women's National League season on Sunday afternoon last.

Ex-worker got lump sum

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:01 +0000

THE SUM of €29,000 under the heading of miscellaneous in the County Convention booklet was questioned by St. Anne's delegate and Coiste na nog Treasurer, Noel O'keeffe (right).

CBS march on

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:01 +0000

Wexford C.B.S. 2-9, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin 1-7: The Under-16 footballers from Wexford C.B.S. qualified for the semi-final of the South Leinster championship following this recent hard-earned victory over Coláiste Chill Mhantáin in Páirc Charman.