Sport
Kilkenny breeze past Offaly
BY KILKENNY OBSERVER REPORTER Allianz National Hurling League UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny 1-26 Offaly 1-19 Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) Kilkenny had to wait for a wind assisted second half to pull away from a determined Offaly team who owned the first half as Kilkenny looked out of sorts. Offaly took full advantage of the wind …
Black & Amber seek home win ahead of Banner & Deise trips
Lyng’s Cats seeking to down the Faithful County BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Allianz National Hurling League Kilkenny vs Offaly Sunday, 1:45pm, UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) Kilkenny will look to secure a second win in this season’s Allianz hurling league when they welcome Offaly to UPMC Nowlan Park on Sunday (throw-in …
Rebels edge league opener!
Defeat for Cleere’s ladies, but plenty of positives for our senior camogs BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW Very Camogie League Division 1 A UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1-16 Cork 1-17 Referee: Gavin Donegan, Dublin Pictures: INPHO/Leah Scholes All-Ireland champions Cork emerged from UPMC Nowlan Park with maximum points after overcoming their hosts Kilkenny, …
KILKENNY RUGBY CLUB
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Rugby is on a crest of a wave across Ireland at present, with both the National Senior and U-20 Teams continuing their defence of The Grand Slam this weekend. The Senior Team are in action tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) at home to Wales in The Aviva Stadium at 2.15pm, while The U-20s are …
Super Cats valu for Páirc Uí Chaoimh win!
Mullen outstanding as Donnelly notches late winner BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW Allianz National Hurling League Cork 1-17 Kilkenny 0-21 Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Johnny Murphy Kilkenny left the newly Supervalu sponsored Páirc Uí Chaoimh with maximum points from their round 2 Allianz hurling league clash, thanks to an injury-time winner from Thomastown’s John …
OLLIE O’ NEILL
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY This day two weeks ago on Friday 2nd February, the very sad news emerged with the passing of Ollie O’Neill following an illness bravely borne. Ollie was best known in Boxing circles for been head coach of his native Paulstown, while he was such a hugely influential and well respected figure both …
Back Pain is a Fact of Life – Why that’s not such a bad thing
By Paul Bolger. Nano Physiotherapy Are you alive? Breathing? A human being? If you have answered yes to these questions, then you will almost certainly suffer from back pain at some stage in your life (research tells us that up to 95% of us will!). Sounds like a gloomy prospect, but it might not be …
JEREMY DUNCAN
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Jeremy Duncan is part of the Ireland International Hockey Squad that will be travelling to Paris in July for The Olympic Games, after the Irish team booked their path to the French Capital following there final Olympic Qualifier in January that was held in Valencia, Spain. The Kilkenny native made his debut …
All square in League opener
Billy Drennan hits 2-3 in second half cameo BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW Allianz National Hurling League UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 2-16, Wexford 2-16 A share of the spoils for both sides following an intriguing battle at UPMC Nowlan Park. A stop-start first half dominated by the wind provided no indication of what was …
Model Neighbours take points on Noreside
By Aoife Lanigan, PRO Rebels next up for Intermediate Ladies Very League Division 2B Round 2 Kilkenny 1-8 Wexford 3-9 Unfortunately, Kilkenny Intermediates suffered their second defeat in the Very League Division 2B game against neighbours Wexford played in Graiguenamanagh last Saturday Grace Roche opened the scoring with a point from play for Wexford in …
