
Newry Rugby Club hosted their second Girls Youth training session on Monday evening. The session was led by Ulster Rugby’s Community Rugby Coach Jonathon Graham, who recently delivered a six week rugby programme in Our Lady’s Grammar School and St. Mary’s High School. Zoe Templeton, Female Rugby Officer for the South of Ulster, also assisted […]
Nov 6 2013 | Posted in
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Richard Bullick The prospect of Northern Ireland breaking into the world’s top 10 is adding extra incentive to this week’s International Festival of Netball at Antrim Forum for local sporting star Caroline O’Hanlon. World-class centre O’Hanlon has her sights set on what would be only Northern Ireland’s second ever trophy triumph in international netball – […]

Around one hundred kids from four schools in the Newry and Mourne area took part in an U14 Rugby Blitz at Newry RFC recently. The participating schools were The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School (two teams), St. Paul’s High School (two teams), Shimna College and Blackwater Integrated College. The event was organised by Ulster Rugby’s […]
Nov 1 2013 | Posted in
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A host of celebrities from the world of sport, music and television attended an event recently to pay tribute to the Northern Ireland goalkeeping legend Pat Jennings. Soccer, GAA, rugby, golf and snooker heroes along with iconic names from the music business joined Pat for the 20th anniversary of his annual Pat Jennings Golf Challenge […]
Oct 25 2013 | Posted in
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AGHYARAN 0-13 SHANE O’NEILL’S 3-15 Richard Bullick in Emyvale. Shane O’Neill’s are Ulster Junior champions after battling back from an unaccustomed deficit to clinch a deserved victory in the final against Aghyaran in Emyvale. The awful weather which produced atrocious conditions in the first half wasn’t what swashbuckling Shane’s would have wanted and they took […]
Oct 23 2013 | Posted in
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A pair of golfers from Newry have qualified for the trip of a lifetime and will compete in the grand final of the 2013 HowDidiDo National Matchplay pairs championship, to be played in the Algarve in February. Tom Muldoon, who plays off 17, and four-handicapper Kevin Commins – both of whom play their golf at […]
Oct 21 2013 | Posted in
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Craobh Rua Camlocha hurling Club will face the highly fancied Antrim champions Ciceam an Creagan (Creggan Kickhams) in the Ulster Club Championship Junior Hurling final this Sunday. The match will take place in the Athletic grounds, with throw in timed for 2:30pm. The Armagh Champions have a diverse mix of experience and youth and this […]
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) met recently to take part in a multi-team training and support seminar. The aim of the seminar was to develop working relationships between both organisations, improve skills and build expertise in the areas of health and safety, spectator behaviour, emergency planning, sporting […]
Oct 18 2013 | Posted in
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SHANE O’NEILL’S 8-12 BROOKEBOROUGH 1-9 Richard Bullick reports. Seemingly unstoppable Shane O’Neill’s are only an hour of football away from lifting an Ulster title after Aimee Mackin’s five goals fired them into the provincial Junior Club Championship final. This time Mackin piled up an astonishing tally of 23 points with a personal score of 5-8 […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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CARRICKCRUPPEN 2-9 TERMON 2-10 Richard Bullick at Lowe’s Lane. The last of several soul-destroying decisions by a replacement referee cruelly ended Carrickcruppen’s Ulster Senior Club Championship hopes after a pulsating semi-final. Their magnificent fightback from seven points down against formidable Donegal champions Termon definitely deserved extra time but talismanic ‘Cruppen captain Caroline O’Hanlon was controversially […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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