Wexford, Galway, Laois and Waterford advance in first major weekend for hurling Championship. Laois bridged a 43 year gap when they comprehensively defeated Offaly in the Leinster Championship Quarter final with Willie Hyland and Cha Dwyer striking the sliotar with great accuracy, scoring 12 pts. from play between them. Wexford had a comfortable win over …
Westmeath footballers follow their hurlers in keeping the County colours flying. In a mixed weekend for the Midland teams in the first round of the Leinster football Championship, Westmeath and Laois had good wins while Offaly had a disappointing defeat to Longford, whom they had trounced by 13 pts. only 3 weeks ago in the …
Rudds and Offaly Camogie off to a winning start. Last Friday night saw the launch of Rudds Fine Foods as the new sponsor of Offaly Camogie, and the presentation of the new Offaly Camogie jersey which was designed by Sheila Sullivan, one of the Offaly players and all-star winner. And following on from that Offaly …
Mixed luck for Midland teams in first round of Leinster Championship round robin series. Laois senior hurlers were very unlucky to be beaten by a single point in a thriller with Antrim. There were 47 scores in the 70 mins including 8 goals with both teams playing some fantastic hurling. Laois were leading by a …
