Jimmy Geoghegan

Stories by Jimmy Geoghegan

Below are recent stories by Jimmy Geoghegan

• Published: 1 Sep 2010 17:00

  Mullen strikes gold at youth All-Ireland

  Navan cyclist Ryan Mullen underlined his potential once again when he won three categories in the u-16 age group at the All-Ireland Youth Championships at Coalisland, Co Tyrone.

• Published: 1 Sep 2010 16:59

  Ledwith the high king of Tara

  Fr Murphy athlete Andrew Ledwith put in a strong performance to win the Tara 5km Road Race in a time of 15.31 on Friday evening.

• Published: 1 Sep 2010 16:58

  Eureka for Kells girls

  Eureka turned on the style to defeat local side Benfica in the FAI Women's All-Ireland Intermediate Cup semi-final at Waterford Regional Sports Centre on Sunday.

• Published: 1 Sep 2010 16:56

  League title the target for Navan's new coach

  Last Saturday Navan kick-started their competitive rugby season when they took on Barnhall in the Leinster Cup. Navan lost by 29-37, but it was an opportunity for team coach Leon Jordaan to have another look at the players he will be working with over the coming nine months or so.

• Published: 1 Sep 2010 16:55

  O'Connor keen for Kentucky success

  Fresh from his achievements at the Dublin Hosrse Show in early August, Meath's Cian O'Connor will be now turning his attention Stateside and the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games which take place in Lexington, Kentucky.

• Published: 25 Aug 2010 16:55

  Locals riders prominent at Kilmessan racing

  Navan Avonmore Road Club promoted two days of top class racing at Kilmessan last weekend with the Beechmount Cup on Saturday which attracted over 60 riders for the 40km event with victory going to John Murray (Lakeside Mullingar). Chris Reilly (Bohermeen) finished fourth.

• Published: 25 Aug 2010 16:45

  Trip to Tipp on the cards for Meath hurlers

  Comfortable victory for Meath although the lop-sided nature of the scoreline at the end of this All-Ireland u-21 A HC semi-final at St Loman's Park, Mullingar on Saturday wrongly gives the impression that they were on Easy Street from early on.

• Published: 18 Aug 2010 16:57

  Fairytale of New York for boxer with Navan links

  With an accent that was as much a part of New York as Central Park, Fifth Avenue or the Brooklyn Bridge, Seanie Monaghan paid a visit to the Navan Boxing Club last week to meet some old acquaintances and make new friends.

• Published: 18 Aug 2010 16:54

  Shooter strikes silver in London

  Kells sisters Paula and Laura Cunningham, representing the Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club, displayed impressive form in the GB 18th Junior International competition at the Lord Robert's Centre in Bisley, London.

• Last updated: 18 Aug 2010 16:51

  Narrow defeat as Meath minor hurlers bow out

  When can a defeat be regarded as something of a victory? The scoreboard stated at the end of this All-Ireland B MHC semi-final on Saturday that Meath had clearly lost by two points.

• Published: 18 Aug 2010 16:43

  Overcoming hurdles on road to gold

  Anyone taking a stroll through Dalgan Park, outside Navan, on a Saturday or Sunday morning during the winter might be surprised to come across one of the Ireland's best-known athletes going through her paces.

• Last updated: 11 Aug 2010 16:58

  Third time lucky for Kells handballers

  It was a case of third time lucky for Meath handballers Christy McGovern and Joe Lynch both from the Kells club were victorious in their Leinster Master's B Doubles final against Wexford's Ricky Barron and Damien Kelly in Arklow.

• Published: 11 Aug 2010 16:52

  Shock defeat for O'Mahonys as Duleek advance

  There are a wide variety of ways to make the leap from the group phase to the knock-out stages of the SFC.

• Published: 11 Aug 2010 16:51

  Injury-time point paves the way for Nobber men

  There was plenty of drama at the end of this IFC encounter at Kells on Friday evening as Brendan Heffernan popped up with a last-gasp point to earn a draw for Nobber and rescue them from what looked like certain defeat.

• Published: 11 Aug 2010 16:50

  Dunsany on the scent of final ticket again

  Goals each side of half-time provided the platform for Dunsany to go on and make it five wins from five outings in the JFC on Skryne's excellent surface on Sunday.

• Published: 4 Aug 2010 16:50

  Time to take stock and make some long-term plans

  The bus containing the Meath players pulled out of Croke Park soon after six o'clock on Sunday evening.

• Published: 14 Jul 2010 16:59

  Kells and Crossakiel the Mecca for two-wheel racing enthusiasts

  Thousands of motorcycling fans as well as many curious onlookers are expected to descend on Crossakiel this weekend for the annual Kells Road Races.

• Published: 14 Jul 2010 16:58

  Kells club host successful tournament

  Meath's Brian Carroll missed out on the chance of becoming one of the first names to be carved on the Michael Black Memorial Cup when, along with his playing partner, Westmeath's Robbie McCarthy, they were edged out in the final by Wexford pair Barry Goff and Colin Keeling at the weekend.

• Published: 14 Jul 2010 16:56

  Busy weekend ahead for Navan Road Club

  It's all systems go for a busy few days of action next weekend when Navan Avonmore Road Club stage two events that have become annual fixtures on the local cycling calendar.

• Published: 14 Jul 2010 16:49

  Manager suggests that one incident cannot be examined in isolation

  Like many in Croke Park on Sunday Eamonn O'Brien didn't see Joe Sheridan's controversial goal.

• Published: 8 Jul 2010 13:59

  Referees' targeted

  The A FL Div 2 encounter between Dunderry and Rathkenny was abandoned last Tuesday evening after the referee was allegedly abused by a Dunderry official.

• Published: 7 Jul 2010 16:49

  Fitzpatrick aims to turn the dream into reality for the underdogs

  Peter Fitzpatrick says he is savouring every minute of what he regards as the "dream" job managing the Louth senior footballers and admits he thought his chances of getting the top job in Louth had by-passed him.

• Last updated: 7 Jul 2010 16:48

  Kilmessan shape up for semi-finals

  As expected, Kilmessan did the business against Na Fianna at Trim on Sunday and maintained their 100 per cent recorded in the SHC with a win that was more comprehensive than the scoreline suggests.

• Published: 7 Jul 2010 16:47

  Trim 1-12, Gaeil Colmcille 1-8

  The Trim bandwagon just keeps rolling along and they made it three wins from their last three outings in the SHC on Saturday evening.

• Published: 30 Jun 2010 17:00

  Green zone too hot for Dubs

  The green zone proved to be a very hostile place for Dublin on Sunday as Meath bombarded the five-in-a-row Leinster SFC champions into submission and extinguished their provincial regime front of more than 60,000 supporters.

• Published: 30 Jun 2010 16:57

  Promotion a realistic target at Balreask Old

  This week the Navan RFC players will kick-start their preparations for the 2010/2011 All-Ireland League when they hold their first training sessions.

• Published: 30 Jun 2010 16:49

  Celebrity status for Nobber footballers

  The Nobber intermediate footballers are in line for at least 15 minutes of fame when the next series of Celebrity Bainisteoir is screened by RTE after the club was selected to take part in programme.

• Published: 30 Jun 2010 16:47

  Stars and stripes for Sheridan and Walsh

  Just two weeks after claiming the All-Ireland Masters Hardball title, Meath's Tom Sheridan added another trophy to his collection when he won the US National Open Doubles title at the USHA National Four-Wall championships.

• Published: 23 Jun 2010 16:59

  Ronan named on Irish team for Australia game

  Niall Ronan has been selected on the Irish team to face Austriala at Brisbane on Saturday. His call up to the team is another step in a memorable few weeks for the former Meath minor footballer.

• Published: 23 Jun 2010 16:57

  Mullen breaks time-trial record

  Navan Road Club cyclist Ryan Mullen was in excellent form over the weekend as he set a new record time for a time-trial on Saturday and then on Sunday bettered that time to establish another record.