WORLD number one, Michael Van Gerwen, is among a quartet of leading darts players who will return to Belfast for the Devenish Darts Masters in September. Five-time world champion Raymond Van Barneveld will also be attendance along with fellow Dutch ace Vincent van der Voort and local darts star Daryl Gurney. Van Gerwen says is […]
Darts stars to return to Devenish Complex
‘Sambo’ backs Saffrons to turn season around
RARELY in the 12-year history of Christy Ring Cup has one game meant so much to one group of players. Yet, for Antrim, this Saturday’s clash with Kildare is more than a second-tier Championship match. The fallout from their dismal National League campaign has been seismic, culminating in the departure of manager PJ O’Mullan after […]
Antrim boss expecting big challenge from Wee County
ANTRIM will bid to round off a successful National League campaign by claiming the Division Four title at the expense of Louth at Croke Park on Saturday afternoon. Both counties sealed promotion after six rounds, rendering their clash at Corrigan Park earlier this month rather meaningless. This weekend, however, the stakes will be higher. Silverware, […]
Tennyson becomes patron of Suicide Awareness ahead of British title bout
WITH just over two weeks to go until he challenges Ryan Walsh for the British featherweight title in the Copper Box in London, James Tennyson took some time out from his training camp to meet the manager of Suicide Awareness and Support Group of Belfast, Margaret Walker. The Poleglass man revealed he will act as […]
McKillop: ‘I wouldn’t be recognised in Belfast’
IN the age of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, one of our most successful local sports stars reckons that, if he stood in the centre of Belfast, the vast majority of passers by wouldn’t know who he was. That’s the view of Michael McKillop, who recently starred in the ‘More Than Sport’ promotional video released by […]
McAllister plays down promotion talk
SUCH is the tight nature of life in Championship 2 that Sport and Leisure Swifts may still clinch promotion just weeks after staving off the threat of relegation. The permutations of the league mean that Swifts can’t be overtaken by enough teams with five set to make the drop due to an overhaul planned for […]