Saturday 25 May 2013
WEXFORD'S MINOR football adventure came to an end on Saturday last when a slicker Dublin side always seemed to have that bit in reserve in the Electric Ireland Leinster championship quarter-final held in the D.C.U. grounds.
AFTER SURVIVING the last-day relegation trauma of 2012, Glynn-Barntown hit three unanswered points from the 55th minute onwards to take Rathnure's scalp in this low-scoring and defence-dominated Pettitt's Senior hurling championship Group B opener in Bellefield on Saturday last.
NOW THAT the hurling season is in full swing, memories came flooding back, particularly on Bank Holiday Monday when I covered an Under-21 Premier championship game.
WING-FORWARD Seán Stafford proved the key man for St. Martin's as he inspired his side's second-half recovery to an eventual two-point victory over Rathnure in this excellent Under-21 hurling Premier championship quarter-final at Piercestown on Bank Holiday Monday.
THE WEXFORD Minor footballers gave the appreciative crowd in Bellefield on Wednesday last a huge lift when they battled back twice from four-point deficits in the second-half before grabbing a brace of memorable late scores to pip Louth in this highly-entertaining Electric Ireland Leinster championship losers' section clash.
ADAMSTOWN FIRED the final five points against 14-man Starlights to claim an opening round Group B win in the Tom Doyle Supplies Senior football championship at O'Kennedy Park, New Ross, on Saturday last.
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CROSSABEG-BALLYMURN made the leap from Junior 'A' ranks to Junior in impressive fashion in Killurin on Saturday last, and the fact that near neighbours Blackwater were their first victims made it all the sweeter.
COUNTY CHAMPIONS St. Anne's got their 2013 Tom Doyle Supplies Senior football championship off to a flying start with a facile win over a struggling Duffry Rovers in O'Kennedy Park on Saturday last.
FETHARD FIELDED one of the youngest teams ever seen in Senior championship football in this Tom Doyle Supplies Group B opener in Taghmon on Friday last and reaped rich rewards as they recorded a fully-deserved seven-point win over a disjointed Sarsfields side.
FETHARD'S PERFORMANCE on Friday night made them the talk of the county, but that only lasted 24 hours as Kilanerin stole their thunder with a sensational win over keenest rivals Castletown in the biggest shock of the weekend.
THE 2013 local football championships kicked off last weekend with a host of entertaining matches at all levels. Last year's champions, St. Anne's, along with Kilanerin and Horeswood were the most impressive performers, and will no doubt be involved at the business end of the season.
THE WEXFORD Under-16 'B' team was in action after the 'A' decider in Mullinavat on Sunday last when they took on a strong Dublin side in the Leinster 'B' championship final.
I'M NOT a fan of the second chance for Minor teams in the provincial championships, although the Wexford players and mentors will be very glad to avail of it after the events in Mullingar on Saturday last.
WEXFORD WILL be without the services of attacker Diarmuid 'Gizzy' Lyng for their Leinster championship opener with Dublin on June 8.
THE WEXFORD Minor footballers looked to be on course for a first championship win of any value since defeating Wicklow five years ago with 17 minutes left in a damp and dreary Cusack Park, Mullingar, on Saturday last when Donal Shanley tapped over a free to extend his side's advantage to 0-9 to 0-4.
TWO IMPACT divisional conferences take place in Wexford on May 22 and 23.
A national alert asking the public to be on the lookout for a 17 year old girl living in the Oulart area was called off at the weekend.
ThE OVER the water area is extremely proud of its adopted son, Pat Whelan of Castlebridge, who last weekend bagged the prestigious 'Best Director' award in his debut at the RTE All-Ireland drama festival in Athlone.
SOLVING problems outside the box, that's what the 3rd year BA in Visual Communications students from the Wexford Campus of IT Carlow did for community groups in Wexford.
ALMOST 100 local businesses have submitted applications for the 2013 Wexford Business Awards.
GARDAI ARE now preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions following an arson attack on the office of Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe.
IN case you hadn't noticed the traffic lights outside Dunnes are back in action.
A man who could not explain how the drug came to be in his pocket pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis last week.
HE'S toured with Riverdance and backed Kelly Clarkson but Wexford's Nicky Bailey will play to his biggest audience yet in Malmo tonight (Tuesday).
A WEXFORD family was stunned after vandals overturned their parked in the street outside their home.
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