http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/ http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/brideen-bags-mixed-title-at-masters-event-3011786.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/brideen-bags-mixed-title-at-masters-event-3011786.html <P>JUST TWO weeks after Clodagh Dunne and Nicholas Murphy performed so well at the Leinster Open Under-13 and Under-17 events respectively, it was the turn of the Under-11s and Under-15s to travel to Baldoyle to compete in the Leinster Open, an event that attracts the best under-age players from all over Ireland.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/kilkenny-pair-walk-off-court-3011852.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/kilkenny-pair-walk-off-court-3011852.html <P>THE LEINSTER Over-35 40 x 20 doubles final with Gavin Buggy and Tony Breen representing Wexford ended in controversy as their Kilkenny opponents, Eddie Burke and Michael Clifford, refused to play on with the third game on a knife edge at 20-20.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/enniscorthy-10k-set-for-another-big-entry-3011858.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/enniscorthy-10k-set-for-another-big-entry-3011858.html <P>THE ANNUAL Enniscorthy 10K road race takes place this coming Sunday at 12 noon and is being sponsored by Creane &amp; Creane Insurance.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/all-the-horseshoes-news-3011855.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/all-the-horseshoes-news-3011855.html <P>THE H.P.A.I. are holding their A.G.M. in Eire Og, Carlow, on Saturday, February 18, at 2 p.m. The Wexford County Board has arranged a free bus for anyone willing to travel to Carlow.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/greyhounds-called-off-3011854.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/greyhounds-called-off-3011854.html <P>UNFORTUNATELY, frost was the only winner on Thursday night last, but it was planned for the card to be run on Monday night of this week.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/road-race-pot-of-150-for-winners-3011889.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/road-race-pot-of-150-for-winners-3011889.html <P>PRIZES OF &euro;150 apiece are on offer to the leading men and women runners as the seventh annual Enniscorthy 10K road race takes place on Sunday, February 12 at 12 noon, sponsored by Creane &amp; Creane Insurance and organised by Slaney Olympic athletics club.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/club-call-3011859.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/club-call-3011859.html <P>RACING795: David Furlong and Ross Moorhead took part in a wet and mucky Munster mountain biking league in Cork recently. With both competing in the elite section, Ross finished in tenth position with David in 21st place - great results for both.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/ryan-makes-a-splash-3005003.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/ryan-makes-a-splash-3005003.html <P>BACK IN October, Ryan Shannon competed in the Leinster Schools swimming championships. He represented Ramsgrange Community School in the 100m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/greyhound-racing-resumes-3005002.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/greyhound-racing-resumes-3005002.html <P>RACING RESUMED after the Winter break at Enniscorthy on Thursday night and a good card featuring sweepstakes over several distances was well attended.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/powerful-event-3005001.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/powerful-event-3005001.html <P>SOME OF Wexford's finest powerlifters will be in action this Saturday in the Naomh Eanna G.A.A. complex in Gorey. They will be competing in the I.D.F.P.A. Single Lift championships in both the equipped and unequipped sections, and it promises to be a tremendous event for fans of the sport.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/adam-packs-a-punch-3011926.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/adam-packs-a-punch-3011926.html <P>ADAM NOLAN, formerly of The Ballagh and now boxing out of the Bray club, mixed it with the very best before going on to score a superb victory over John Joe Joyce to retain his National Senior Welterweight title at the National Stadium, Dublin, on Friday night last.</P> Other Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/gorey-girls-take-titles-in-leinster-tournament-3005015.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/gorey-girls-take-titles-in-leinster-tournament-3005015.html <P>JUST ONE week after performing so well at the Juvenile blitz in Enniscorthy, Wexford players Ciarán Lancaster, Declan and James Carroll, Eoghan and Micheál Kennedy, Elma and Aime Butler, Jack Nolan and Max Bursey were off to the National Badminton Centre in Dublin to compete in the Leinster tournament.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/byrne-runnerup-in-winter-festival-3005016.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/byrne-runnerup-in-winter-festival-3005016.html <P>THE 24th Winter Shore Angling Festival was held on the east-facing beaches of Co. Wexford over three days, from Thursday to Saturday last. Organised by EFSA Ireland, this event annually attracts the cream of sea match anglers from both the U.K. and Ireland, and with many thousands of euro in prize money up for grabs divided between individual, team, zone and optional pools, competition is keen.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/ifi-back-anglers-in-noshrimp-ban-lift-3004927.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/ifi-back-anglers-in-noshrimp-ban-lift-3004927.html <P>THE ENNISCORTHY Local Anglers group has won backing from the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) for its call to lift a ban on shrimp as bait.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/conaill-in-top-form-in-dubai-marathon-3004978.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/conaill-in-top-form-in-dubai-marathon-3004978.html <P>MONAGEER athlete Conaill Cooper was in great form at the weekend as he completed the Dubai marathon in just over 2 hours and 44 minutes. The Slaney Olympic runner may have been 40 minutes behind Ethiopian winner Ayele Abshero Biza, who was awarded $250,000 for his world class effort.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/clubcall-3005004.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/clubcall-3005004.html <P>RACING795</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/buggy-lands-leinster-title-to-get-his-season-on-track-3005007.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/buggy-lands-leinster-title-to-get-his-season-on-track-3005007.html <P>GAVIN BUGGY captured the Leinster Senior singles 40 x 20 championship last weekend in St. Joseph's as he won three tough games all in tiebreakers. The Leinster Senior championship is a separate tournament to the All-Ireland singles, but still it is a great start to the season for Buggy who was struggling with his early-season form up to last weekend.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/woodsmen-make-plans-for-year-ahead-3005014.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/woodsmen-make-plans-for-year-ahead-3005014.html <P>THE WOODSMEN Horseshoe Club held their A.G.M. in Sinnott's of Bunclody recently. The Chairman, Liam Bond, opened the meeting by thanking everyone including the sponsors and Paddy Kavanagh for the use of the field.</P> Other Sports Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/goreys-thomas-in-pole-position-2998335.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/goreys-thomas-in-pole-position-2998335.html <P>GOREY NATIVE Thomas O'rafferty picked up the biggest award at the recent South East Stages Rally awards night. The talented rally driver scooped the overall award in the club championship for the second year in a row after scoring maximum points in all but one round of the 2011 championship.</P> Other Sports Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:50 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/craanford-plays-host-to-modelmaking-final-2998346.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/craanford-plays-host-to-modelmaking-final-2998346.html <P>THE FIRST county final for the new year took place recently in Craanford. It was the model-making competition and entries were quite small and came from Clonroche-poulpeasty, Craanford, Clongeen, Ballycanew and Rathgarogue-cushinstown.</P> Other Sports Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:50 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/local-handballers-fare-well-in-leinster-games-2998355.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/local-handballers-fare-well-in-leinster-games-2998355.html <P>WEXFORD HAD a very good week in the Leinster 40 x 20 handball championships, with some very impressive wins for the purple and gold as the championships head for the quarter-finals and semi-finals.</P> Other Sports Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:50 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/juveniles-show-fine-potential-for-future-2998374.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/juveniles-show-fine-potential-for-future-2998374.html <P>WEXFORD'S UP and coming badminton stars were in action in a Juvenile blitz in Enniscorthy recently.</P> Other Sports Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:50 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/adam-advances-to-another-senior-final-2998377.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/adam-advances-to-another-senior-final-2998377.html <P>BRAY-BASED Garda Adam Nolan, the reigning champion, is through to next Friday's welterweight semi-finals after two splendid displays during the opening sessions of the National Senior boxing championships in the National Stadium last weekend.</P> Other Sports Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:50 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/senior-crosscountry-results-2991146.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/senior-crosscountry-results-2991146.html <P>THE FOLLOWING are the results of the County Wexford Senior cross-country championships that were hosted by Sliabh Buidhe Rovers A.C. in Ferns recently and attracted a fine attendance -</P> Other Sports Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:58:14 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/horseshoes-weekly-news-2991209.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/horseshoes-weekly-news-2991209.html <P>THE WEXFORD Horseshoes Association are holding a meeting in Ferns on Wednesday, January 18, at 8 p.m. Among the items on the agenda will be the start of the transfer window - to clarify, this window will be open until the end of March, when the next meeting will take place. Anyone wishing to be transferred has to be present at the meeting.</P> Other Sports Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:58:14 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/laura-does-club-and-county-proud-in-ulster-junior-open-2991210.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/laura-does-club-and-county-proud-in-ulster-junior-open-2991210.html <P>YOUNG LAURA Butler from Davidstown was in full swing recently as she travelled to Lisburn to take part in the Ulster Junior Open. The talented young player did both her club and her county proud as she made her way to semi-finals and finals in the ladies' singles, doubles and mixed events.</P> Other Sports Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:58:14 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/hughes-springs-shock-in-co-senior-singles-2984543.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/hughes-springs-shock-in-co-senior-singles-2984543.html <P>NOEL HOLOHAN bowed out of the Leinster Junior handball championships at the first round stage as he lost out 21-11, 21-9 to William Love from Kilkenny in his first provincial action in over 18 months since suffering a cruciate ligament injury playing football.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/jackie-and-jim-are-the-proven-masters-2984553.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/jackie-and-jim-are-the-proven-masters-2984553.html <P>THE COUNTY Masters ladies' 3 km. race was held at Lingstown, Tomhaggard, on Sunday last and produced the following results:</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/modelmaking-gets-busy-programme-up-and-running-2984564.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/modelmaking-gets-busy-programme-up-and-running-2984564.html <P>A VERY happy and prosperous new year to each and everyone who will compete in the Community Games activities for the coming year.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/this-sporting-life-2984565.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/this-sporting-life-2984565.html <P>IN ORDER to excel in any sport, commitment and dedication are serious requirements. However, in the times we live in with the focus on what haircut Man City's Mario Ballotelli will be sporting this week, the dedication and hard work put in by local sportspeople can sometimes go overlooked.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/right-on-cue-the-life-of-rodney-goggins-2984566.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/right-on-cue-the-life-of-rodney-goggins-2984566.html <P>I am a better player because of it. I currently work at Equifax and I have to say that they have been brilliant over the years and have always tried their best to accommodate my snooker.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/clubcall-2984585.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/clubcall-2984585.html <P>NEWBAWN DARTS</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/predatory-pike-a-fantastic-quarry-2984586.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/predatory-pike-a-fantastic-quarry-2984586.html <P>I RECEIVED a text the other day from David Murphy which read 'check your emails'. Now that can mean only one thing thought I to myself, he's caught a decent pike.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/young-clodagh-the-cream-of-the-crop-2984587.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/young-clodagh-the-cream-of-the-crop-2984587.html <P>BETWEEN DECEMBER 27 and 29, while most people were finishing off the turkey sandwiches, some of the best under-age players from Wexford were taking part in the Leinster Juvenile Close tournament in Dublin. Players from Terrerath, Davidstown, Taghmon, Monaseed and Gorey travelled to Dublin to compete in this tournament featuring the best under-age players from all across Leinster.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000 http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/accurate-archers-leave-mark-2984588.html http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/accurate-archers-leave-mark-2984588.html <P>A YEAR full of achievements and memories - that was 2011 for Dunbrody Archers.</P> Other Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000