ANTRIM hurling manager Jerry Wallace has explained his decision to remove Antrim from next year’s Walsh Cup competition is in order to ensure his team can hit the ground running in the National League.
He also cleared up the debate regarding the spelling of his name – he says either Wallace or Wallis is acceptable.
“Wallace is on the birth certificate, but both spellings can be used. I have been called worse in hurling,” laughed the new Antrim boss.
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Wallace explains Walsh withdrawl
Gas times as city shines under glow of new lights
Cost-cutting has forced some local authorities to reduce expenditure by turning off lights in towns and on motorways. Belfast does not seem to have suffered in this way, as a look over the city from the surrounding hills will show. But the place was not always so brightly illuminated.
Knife burglary fears calmed
A LOCAL councillor has told Lisburn Road residents “not to be alarmed” at local crime rates after a householder was confronted by a knife-wielding intruder in the early hours of Monday morning.
Cyclists running into trouble due to parked cars
POLICE on the Lisburn Road must protect cyclists by keeping bicycle lanes free, a local MLA has said.
Landlords get their houses in order
Landlords in South Belfast’s student heartland have carried out a series of precautions to prevent a repeat of last year’s extensive flooding during the severe weather.
Condolences over Lagan body find
THE Chairperson of the Lagan Valley Regional Park Board has offered condolences to the family of a man whose body was found close to Shaws Bridge in South Belfast.
