THE ANTRIM Club Championship season gets underway in earnest this evening (Friday, 7.30pm) when Rossa host Ballycastle in the two-legged Senior Hurling Championship preliminary round tie. McQuillan’s, of course, are no strangers to this format, having played in the preliminary round last year when the group stages were first introduced. However, the North Antrim men […]
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Race for the Volunteer Cup gets underway
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Bredagh overcome Gorts in thrilling league clash
Antrim Hurling League Division Three Bredagh 2-22 Gort na Móna 4-12 BREDAGH inflicted a first league defeat on Gort na Móna at Cherryvale on Wednesday as they edged a breathtaking contest 2-22 to 4-12. It was Bredagh who made the fast start on a wet and windy evening as Sean McGourty popped the ball between the […]
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Antrim hoping to draw home comforts ahead of Corrigan clash
All-Ireland Senior Football Qualifiers Round Two Antrim v Kildare (Saturday, 3pm, Corrigan Park) IT was meant as a tongue-in-cheek tweet, sent out against the backdrop of Kildare’s famous ‘Newbridge or nowhere’ campaign last summer, but Paddy McBride admits he had no idea how much influence his post would have. Some 20 minutes after Antrim were […]
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Corrigan Park gets the green light to host Qualifier clash
THE GAA have confirmed that Corrigan Park will host the second round Qualifier meeting between Antrim and Kildare on Saturday, June 22. The Saffrons had been drawn out first for Monday’s draw and would have been a designated ‘home’ county in any case owing to their Division Four status. However, there were fears that Antrim […]
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Saffron Saturday as hurlers and footballers seek to progress
Joe McDonagh Cup Round Four Antrim v Westmeath (Saturday, 2pm, Dunloy) THE permutations are much simpler for Antrim this time around as they seek to reach the Joe McDonagh Cup final. Almost exactly 12 months ago, the Saffrons had to defeat Kerry in Cushendall while also needing a favour from Westmeath against Carlow. In any […]
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Antrim ace Fitzpatrick backs tiered Championship plans
IT looks as though some form of a tiered Championship in football is coming down the tracks, possibly as soon as next summer and Antrim star Matthew Fitzpatrick feels change should be welcomed. Speaking after Monday morning’s round one Qualifier draw, which paired Antrim away to Louth, GAA president John Horan reiterated his desire to […]
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