http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/gaa/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:37:02 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 78 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/wme_logo_500x75.png http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/gaa/ Westmeath 2-14 Meath 1-11 Any day that a Westmeath football team defeats Meath in competitive action is special. However, the manner of last Saturday's under-21 win in the Cusack Park was particularly special, with a really tremendous second half display qualifying Brendan Hackett's charges for a Leinster semi-final tilt with Laois, our great underage rivals in recent years. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995395-superb-second-half-display-as-westmeath-axe-meath-in-leinster-quarterfinal/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995395-superb-second-half-display-as-westmeath-axe-meath-in-leinster-quarterfinal/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Meath 1-12 Westmeath 2-8 Unfortunately, moral victories don't earn precious National Football League points, but Westmeath's senior footballers emerged from Páirc Tailteann last Saturday with their pride restored, having come tantalisingly close to emulating the under-21s earlier in the day with an all-too-rare competitive win over Meath. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995394-spirited-westmeath-very-unlucky-to-lose-third-successive-league-tie/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995394-spirited-westmeath-very-unlucky-to-lose-third-successive-league-tie/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Westmeath Under 21 footballers defeated neighbours Meath last Saturday in the quarter final of the Leinster Football Championship at a sunny Cusack Park. The significance of this win goes far beyond the neighbourly rivalry between these two sides, and sets up a semi-final clash with Laois on St. Patrick's Day. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995393-under-21s-show-the-way-with-victory-over-meath/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995393-under-21s-show-the-way-with-victory-over-meath/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Westmeath Senior Ladies put on their best performance of the season to date with a narrow defeat to the favourites, Fermanagh last week-end. Westmeath were coming off the back of three defeats and showed immense strength of character and excellent team work and deserved at least a draw from this encounter. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995392-ladies-lose-out-to-ernesiders/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995392-ladies-lose-out-to-ernesiders/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Senior League Coralstown/Kinnegad 3-3 Mullingar Shamrocks 0-15 Last week our lads played Shamrocks at home in the second round of the league and came out losing by just three points. They say its better to take all your points and I suppose Shamrocks taught us that lesson even though this was a very competitive game of football by both teams. Better luck next time lads. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995385-coralstown-kinnegad-gaa-clubs-busy/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995385-coralstown-kinnegad-gaa-clubs-busy/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar 4-9 Gormanston College 1-3 The junior footballers from Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar are through to the North Leinster final after a facile win over Gormanston College in the penultimate round at Dunganny on Monday last, March 8, but they will need to be less wasteful if they are to have any chance of defeating another Meath college, St. Patrick's, Navan in the final. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995383-coliste-mhuire-always-on-top-in-north-leinster-semifinal/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995383-coliste-mhuire-always-on-top-in-north-leinster-semifinal/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport "A draw would have been a fair result and it was a cruel way for us to lose." So said Westmeath senior football manager, Brendan Hackett in reference to his side's agonising third successive National League defeat in Navan last Saturday night. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995382-an-upbeat-brendan-hackett-feels-westmeath-deserved-a-draw/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995382-an-upbeat-brendan-hackett-feels-westmeath-deserved-a-draw/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport www.castletowngeoghegan.westmeath.gaa.ie Juvenile hurling The AGM took place on Monday last and was very well attended. The secretary's report gave full details of the club's activities during 2009. It was a very successful year with the club capturing the Minor and Fe 16 titles. The under 14 team bowed out at semi-final stage. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995208-good-attendance-at-agm/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995208-good-attendance-at-agm/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Sport St. Joseph's, Rochfortbridge 1-12 Killina Secondary School 0-9 A better-balanced St. Joseph's, Rochfortbridge side were deservedly crowned as North Leinster Colleges senior hurling 'C' champions in their home ground, when they defeated a plucky side representing Killina Secondary School on Friday afternoon last in a well-contested final. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995204-st-josephs-always-on-top-in-entertaining-north-leinster-final/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995204-st-josephs-always-on-top-in-entertaining-north-leinster-final/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Sport Cross & Passion, Kilcullen 3-11 Mercy SS, Kilbeggan 2-4 As the final quarter dawned in this Leinster Schools SF 'C' semi-final at Gracefield last Friday afternoon, Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan, were holding a slender one point (2-4 to 0-9) lead against Cross & Passion, Kilcullen. Up to this stage, no more than three points separated the protagonists, and all the indications pointed to a 'race to the wire' between the well matched teams to determine who would face the Dublin area champions in the final. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995203-kilcullen-show-no-mercy-to-kilbeggan/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995203-kilcullen-show-no-mercy-to-kilbeggan/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Sport Leinster Under 21 Football Championship Westmeath's Under 21 footballers face neighbours Meath in the next round of their Leinster Championship next Saturday afternoon in Cusack Park. Having narrowly defeated last year's Championship semi-finalists Kildare in the first round and fielding a strong side, which includes several senior panel members, this is a fixture which Westmeath should be capable of wining. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995202-under-21s-to-face-royals-in-crucial-championship-clash/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995202-under-21s-to-face-royals-in-crucial-championship-clash/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Sport Carlow 5-17 Westmeath 1-10 The text this reporter received in response to last Sunday's result from Dr Cullen Park summed it up: "That is the type of beating I would expect from Kilkenny, not Carlow." It is in no way being disrespectful to the Barrowsiders to concur with this sentiment, after a bitterly disappointing 19-point hammering for a totally off-colour Lake County senior hurling side in their second game of this year's National League. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995201-very-poor-westmeath-performance-results-in-hammering-by-carlow/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995201-very-poor-westmeath-performance-results-in-hammering-by-carlow/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Sport Westmeath's senior hurlers went down, as expected, to one of the game's traditional powers, Wexford in their opening game of this year's National Hurling League at Cusack Park last Sunday, but the nine-point margin could certainly have been a lot smaller but for many unforced errors and some key players underperforming on the day. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995017-westmeath-fade-after-promising-start-against-superior-wexford-side/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995017-westmeath-fade-after-promising-start-against-superior-wexford-side/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:05:00 +0000 Sport A difficult period in the recent history of Westmeath's senior football team looks to have taken another negative turn, with speculation mounting this week that ace forward Denis Glennon has decided to opt out of the panel. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995006-no-show-glennon-refuses-to-be-drawn-on-departure/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995006-no-show-glennon-refuses-to-be-drawn-on-departure/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:05:00 +0000 Sport Registration Day One of the most important days of the year takes place on Saturday 6th March with the registration for all players, boys and girls for 2010.If your child or children wish to play football with Shamrocks in 2010 the they are asked to get them down to Springfield on Saturday 6th March next between 10:30 and 12:30. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995018-mullingar-shamrocks-gaaclub-notes/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995018-mullingar-shamrocks-gaaclub-notes/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Just a week after putting up a grittty performance against Wicklow, Westmeath's senior ladies were brought down to earth in Mullahoran on Sunday following a 21 point reversal to Cavan. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995015-westmeath-ladies-suffer-breffni-bashing-from-table-toppers/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995015-westmeath-ladies-suffer-breffni-bashing-from-table-toppers/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport Less than six months on from their All-Ireland final meeting, Westmeath's top handballer, Robbie McCarthy, will renew rivalry with Dublin's Eoin Kennedy this weekend in the Leinster GAA Handball 40x20 Senior Final. McCarthy, who dispatched of Wicklow's Michael Gregan in a thrilling semi-final battle two weeks ago, will be eager to get another crack at the Dubliner after his defeat in last September's All-Ireland 60x30 Senior Final. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995007-robbie-mccarthy-to-face-kennedy-in-leinster-final/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995007-robbie-mccarthy-to-face-kennedy-in-leinster-final/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Sport Next Saturday February 20th we will see the conclusion of the Scor na nOg for the season 2009/2010 with the staging of the All-Ireland Finals in the Count John McCormack Memorial Hall, Athlone commencing at 3p.m. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994819-moate-all-whites-the-downs-and-shane-dalton-in-line-for-allireland-title-in-scr-na-ng-finals/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994819-moate-all-whites-the-downs-and-shane-dalton-in-line-for-allireland-title-in-scr-na-ng-finals/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:11:00 +0000 Sport A special event to commemorate Kilbeggan Shamrocks' winning of the 1959 Westmeath junior football and hurling championships will take place in Locke's Distillery, Kilbeggan on Sunday, March 7 next. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994827-kilbeggan-to-honour-1959-gaa-heroes/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994827-kilbeggan-to-honour-1959-gaa-heroes/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:58:00 +0000 Sport Kevin Martin's reign as Westmeath senior hurling manager has got off to an ideal start with his charges retaining the Kehoe Cup by virtue of a deserved four-point win over Kildare, albeit in a poor standard game at Newbridge last Saturday. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994824-westmeath-retain-kehoe-cup-in-disappointing-decider/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994824-westmeath-retain-kehoe-cup-in-disappointing-decider/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:56:00 +0000 Sport Westmeath senior footballers suffered their second consecutive defeat in this year's National Football League to Ulster opposition when Armagh dished out a comprehensive 17-point hammering at Crossmaglen last Sunday, with veteran full forward Steven McDonnell stealing the show with a remarkable personal haul of 1-9, all from play. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994828-master-class-from-mcdonnell-as-westmeath-suffer-heavy-nfl-defeat-in-crossmaglen/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994828-master-class-from-mcdonnell-as-westmeath-suffer-heavy-nfl-defeat-in-crossmaglen/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport For the second time in the 2009/10 season, Cistercian College, Roscrea edged out Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar in dramatic circumstances in the Leinster Colleges senior hurling 'B' championship, with last Friday's astonishing turnaround in injury-time in Rath, County Offaly cruelly eliminating Niall O'Brien's charges at the penultimate round stage. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994822-injurytime-heartbreak-for-coliste-mhuire-in-leinster-semifinal/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994822-injurytime-heartbreak-for-coliste-mhuire-in-leinster-semifinal/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport It took quite a while for Westmeath senior football manager, Brendan Hackett, to emerge from the Crossmaglen dressing room, after what was clearly a serious talk with his players, in the wake of their 2-19 to 0-8 hammering at the hands of Armagh in last Sunday's second round National Football League game. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994814-hackett-remains-positive-despite-17point-hammering-from-armagh/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994814-hackett-remains-positive-despite-17point-hammering-from-armagh/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport By popular consensus the 2010 Westmeath Examiner Sportstars was the biggest and the best yet. An audience of almost 400, made up from sportsmen and women and their friends, family and well wishers, turned out for the evening of celebration at the Mullingar Park Hotel. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994644-wonderful-night-of-celebration-at-westmeath-sports-stars-awards/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994644-wonderful-night-of-celebration-at-westmeath-sports-stars-awards/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:52:00 +0000 Sport Westmeath senior footballers played the first round of this year's Div. 2 National League last Sunday against Donegal in Cusack Park. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994643-footballers-fade-after-impressive-opening/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994643-footballers-fade-after-impressive-opening/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Sport