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Updated: 29 Jan 2012 18:03
MDL soccer results table and fixtures up to date
Kingscourt Harps hosted Enfield Celtic in the all division three clash in the last 16 of the Tully Bookmakers Challenge Cup in what was a clash between two sides that have made it to the last eight of the Leinster Junior Shield.
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Updated: 26 Jan 2012 18:12
Championship and A FL proposals for next Monday night
All the proposals for next Monday night's GAA Co Committee meeting where the format for the champiionships and leagues will be finalised.
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Updated: 26 Jan 2012 18:00
Minor and u-16 GAA fixtures and starting dates
The Meath Minor Football League will start on Friday 10th/ Saturday 11th February with the second round on 18th February depending on CCCC decisions.
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 17:00
Irish Grand national-winning jockey Nina Carberry was honoured for her success at last Thusday night's well-attended Meath Chronicle / Cusack Hotel Group sportsperson-of-the-year awards when she scooped the overall accolade against quality competition.
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 16:59
Four winners for Jason Maguire at Haydock
Kilmessan jockey Jason Maguire was the man to follow at Haydock on Saturday where he partnered four winners, all for trainer Donald McCain junior.
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 16:58
Navan resume with a tough Highfield test
The long trip to play Highfield in Cork awaits Navan as they resume their AIL Div 2B campaign on Saturday, but their cause has been boosted by the return of Eoin King.
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 16:55
Meath struggle after students pose some major questions
Silent supporters turned up at Páirc Táilteann on Saturday night and created an eerie atmosphere as Meath exited the O'Byrne Cup at the semi-final stage following a disappointing display against a DCU side that produced a high-octane performance.
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 16:54
Nothing lovely about Leitrim as Ballivor say goodnight
Goodnight Ballivor, the dream is over. Any aspirations of securing a place in the All-Ireland Club JFC final were firmly put to bed at Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday as Ballivor were overwhelmed by Galway champions Naomh Padraig, Clonbur.
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 16:52
Boca Rovers shape up for league title with fine win
Chastened by past disappointments in trying to get out of the Meath & District League Div 3A Boca Rovers look determined to make sure that they're not going to miss the boat this time around.
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Updated: 22 Jan 2012 17:30
Soccer results/tables/fixtures 22nd Jan
Trim Celtic recorded another fine win when they advanced to the next round of the Leinster Junior Cup with a 2-1 suxxess against Darndale Rovers.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 17:00
Barry exit confirmed amidst war of words
Former Meath senior football manager and out-going Co Committee coaching officer Eamonn Barry was finally sidelined at Monday night's adjourned GAA convention at Áras Táilteann in Navan.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 16:59
The news Niall Ronan had been dreading was revealed to him Monday when he was told he had badly damaged his cruciate ligament in his left knee and will be out for the rest of the season.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 16:58
Bus arrives on time for Lynch and Casey
Ashbourne jockey Andrew Lynch enjoyed another big winner, his 25th of the season, at the weekend when he partnered the Peter Casey-trained Jack The Bus to victory in the featured Foxrock handicap chase, a grade C event, at Navan on Sunday.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 16:53
Telegram Sam that Meath aim to regain title
The purists were left frustrated as they left Pairc Tailteann on Sunday afternoon, but the pragmatic were satisfied as Meath advanced to the O'Byrne Cup semi-finals with a comfortable, yet uninspiring, victory over Louth.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 16:52
No frontiers for Ballivor as All-Ireland date beckons
Star date: Sunday 22nd January 2012. Captain's log: After 11 games unbeaten in both the Meath and Leinster JFC Ballivor will attempt to boldly go where no Meath side has gone before when they tackle Galway champions Naomh Padraig for a place in the All-Ireland Club JFC final next month.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 16:51
Campbell's strike from distance saves Trim Celtic
This was another point in the bag for Trim Celtic as they lead the chase for the Meath & District Premier League title.
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Updated: 18 Jan 2012 16:50
End of the road for Royal County reign as Leinster VEC champions
Meath's five-year reign as Leinster VEC Inter-County SFC champions ended at St Conleth's Park, Newbridge on Saturday when hosts Kildare shaded the exchanges in a semi-final that was the real game of two halves.
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Updated: 15 Jan 2012 18:10
Graham Geraghty featured for Meath as they negotiated Louth in the O'Byrne Cup quarter-final at Pairc Tailteann today.
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Updated: 15 Jan 2012 17:30
MDL soccer results focus - w/e 14th 15th January
Trim Celtic remain five points clear at the top of the MDL Premier despite dropping points in a 1-1 draw against Dromin today.
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Updated: 12 Jan 2012 21:30
McGrane shares lead in Jo'burg
Damien McGrane shares the clubhouse lead on 63 with England's Jamie Elson after a weather-interrupted first round of the Joburg Open on Thursday.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 17:00
Barry axed ahead of adjourned convention
Former Meath senior football manager Eamonn Barry has been sent to the departure lounge ahead of next Monday night's adjourned GAA convention.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:59
Ashbourne hold out for victory despite some heavy pressure
In the closing stages of this Leinster League Div 1B encounter at Milltown on Sunday one Ashbourne clubman who was anxiously watching the action unfold wiped his brow and said: "This is not good for the heart."
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:58
McDonagh involved in Hession bid for London Olympics
Ciaran McDonagh, who is the long-standing holder of the Irish record for the long jump, has been recruited by Galway athlete Paul Hession to help him in his preparations for the London Olympics.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:57
Three see red as OMP strike late
Three red cards, almost a dozen of the yellow variety and four goals which included a 94th minute equaliser all combined to give the OMP Utd and Navan Cosmos players, officials and supporters plenty to talk about after this thrill-a-minute Meath & District League Div 1 clash at the MDL on Sunday morning.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:57
Recovering jockey for operation next week
Ratoath jockey Peter Toole, who was injured in a serious fall at the Aintree Grand National meeting last April, is to undergo an operation in Cardiff next week in an attempt to mend his injured right shoulder.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:56
War horse back on the path with another Dundalk win
Meath could very well have a candidate to rival Steven Spielberg 'War Horse' following the successful return to the track of a seven-year-old gelding named Billyford which won for the second time in three weeks at Dundalk last Friday.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:55
Positive start as Wexford exit at first hurdle
There were no trumpets or farfare as Meath opened 2012 with victory over Wexford in the O'Byrne Cup at Pairc Tailteann on Sunday, but there was still enough cause for celebrations.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:54
Locals back Rathkenny's novel fundraiser
A sporting dream became a reality for 15 lucky patrons whose tickets were pulled from the drum in the Rathkenny GFC fundraising draw at the Newgrange Hotel, Navan last Saturday night.
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Updated: 11 Jan 2012 16:50
Eamonn O'Brien has joined the Monaghan management football team as an advisor under coach Eamonn McEaneney.
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Updated: 8 Jan 2012 18:40
MDL soccer results - 8th January
OMP Utd and Navan Cosmos played out an exciting 2-2 draw today in the MDL Div 1 where three players received red cards.
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Updated: 8 Jan 2012 18:30
Meath manager Seamus McEnaney got his 2012 campaign off to a winning start when the Royals won the first round O'Byrne Cup clash with Wexford in front of about 2,000 spectators at Navan's Pairc Tailteann today.
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Updated: 8 Jan 2012 09:30
Rathkenny GAA club hosted their Sporting Dream draw on Saturday night where the top prizes went out of the county.
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Updated: 6 Jan 2012 09:30
Clash of the week - Div 1 - Navan Cosmos v OMP Utd: Lots of local pride on the table as two of Navan's top teams get ready to settle a few scores. Plenty of goals in prospect with Cosmos tipped to score more than OMP. Verdict - Navan Cosmos.
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Updated: 6 Jan 2012 09:30
Queeney suffers suspected broken jaw
Meath will be without several key players ahead of Sunday's O'Byrne Cup opener against Wexford at Pairc Tailteann including Jamie Queeney who suffered a suspected broken jaw in Tuesday night's SF Challenge win over Cavan.
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 17:00
Geraghty to play again for Meath
Graham Geraghty has targeted a return to action for Meath sometime during the NFL campaign as he takes another step towards resurrecting his inter-county career.
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 16:59
Wexford will provide first test for McEnaney
Seamus McEnaney insists he's under no more pressure than any other inter-county manager as he starts his second year at the helm of the Meath football team.
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 16:58
Carberry shows true colours as Dublin owner sings about Sam
Paul Carberry had to get vocal to show his support for the Royal County in the winners' enclosure at Fairyhouse on Sunday where the popular jockey partnered the first winner of the year at the track for an opening day double.
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 16:57
Fox and Sheridan show up well in Arizona
Young Meath handballers Robert Fox and Evan Sheridan, both from the Kells club, were in action last week at the 56th annual USHA Junior Nationals in Tuscon, Arizona.
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 16:55
Helen applying common sense to the laws of the game
When it comes to the rugby pitch, Ashbourne resident Helen O'Reilly is one of those women who certainly deserves the title of 'she who must be obeyed.'
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 16:54
Kentstown undone by battling Kells side
It would have been understandable if Kells/Blackwater had travelled to Kentstown thinking that they had little or no chance of victory in this Meath & District League Challenge Cup clash on Monday afternoon.
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 16:53
Referee's rite rights Wright wrong
When can a team have a player red-carded yet still finish the match with the full complement of players?
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Updated: 4 Jan 2012 09:30
Clash of the week - Div 1 - Navan Cosmos v OMP Utd: Lots of local pride on the table as two of Navan's top teams get ready to settle a few scores. Plenty of goals in prospect with Cosmos tipped to score more than OMP. Verdict - Navan Cosmos.
