Category: Sport

Young athletes missing out as lockdown wears on

by Mark Higgins 28/02/21 1:54pm

Like clubs across all sporting disciplines around the country, Swinford Athletics Club has the shutters pulled down for the time being, waiting for the latest lockdown restrictions to end so they can get back to the business of running, jumping,...

Filed under: Covid-19, Mayo newspaper, sport, Swinford

Water good idea: New club rows into town

The O’Donovan brothers, Paul and Gary, are almost as famous for what they say as for what they do. Actually,...

Friday, 26/02/21 - 4:02pm Read More

Connacht GAA makes big decision on upcoming fixtures

All Connacht GAA post-primary schools competitions for the 2020-21 academic year have been officially cancelled by the Connacht Council. A...

Thursday, 25/02/21 - 1:27pm Read More

Mayo GAA coach worried for mental and physical health of children

For months on end, the youngest of society have been largely devoid of interaction with their peers in educational, social...

Thursday, 25/02/21 - 9:52am Read More

Ger undertaking a million-step March

Claremorris man Ger Commins is embarking on a daunting endurance challenge over the month of March to raise money for...

Tuesday, 23/02/21 - 5:46pm Read More

Magic Mullin maintains a proud Mayo tradition

By the time last Saturday evening came around it was almost a foregone conclusion that Oisín Mullin would pick up...

Tuesday, 23/02/21 - 2:13pm Read More

Walsh adds another shot put title at Elite Micro Meet

Swinford AC’s Michaela Walsh added to her ever-lengthening list of titles by winning the women’s 4kg shot put at the...

Sunday, 21/02/21 - 10:47am Read More

Mayo’s Mullin named Young Footballer of the Year

Mayo’s Oisín Mullin has been named the 2020 GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year. The Kilmaine clubman was announced as...

Saturday, 20/02/21 - 6:59pm Read More

High hopes for Keelan after his gruelling African adventure

By Anthony Hennigan A little over two weeks ago some of the very best long-distance runners in Europe set out...

Saturday, 20/02/21 - 1:45am Read More

Diehards design a grand plan for the great game

If it’s not quite as old as Methuselah, it’s probably as old as his grandson Noah, that question of what...

Friday, 19/02/21 - 11:27am Read More

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