THE eighth annual Dessie Armstrong Cup took place on December 27 and this year it was Cromac Albion that claimed the trophy thanks to a penalty shootout victory over Rosario.
South Belfast netballers honoured
The year 2011 was a memorable one for the South Belfast pair of Oonagh McCullough and Fionnuala Toner and the Northern Ireland netball team, who reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time ever, in Singapore in July.
Bradley plotting to Erne win on the road in Canavan’s Fermanagh managerial bow
THE New Year is a time that offers fresh hope and a fresh start. That is certainly the objective for Antrim football manager Liam Bradley who is hoping to begin the 2012 inter-county campaign with a bang when his Saffron squad travel to Enniskillen to face Fermanagh in the first of three Section A games in the Dr McKenna Cup.
Excellent Shamrock United clinch Tommy Henry Cup
The Crumlin Star club had the ‘full house’ signs up for the much-awaited bottom half cup shoot out to decide the destination of the Tommy Henry Memorial Cup.
Champions
Crumlin Star manager Eamonn Hawkins pointed to his players’ famed ‘never-say-die’ attitude as the key ingredient to their Border Cup win at Seaview on Wednesday afternoon.
The Year in Sport
1. Lámh Dhearg won the 2010 St Paul’s minor football tournament by beating Magherafelt in the final. But who did they beat on New Year’s Day in the semi-final? 2. Kenny Dalglish became Liverpool manager for the second time in January 2011, just before the FA Cup third round match against Manchester United. But who […]