Thursday, September 02 2010

Sport

One step from heaven

ALL STAR forward Sinead Aherne and her Jackies colleagues have heightened anticipation of a Dublin triumph at Croke Park this year after booking their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies decider. And Aherne for one will be desperate to get her hands on a winner's medal after suffering heartache on three previous occasions. The St Sylvester's sharpshooter is a survivor from the 2003 and 2004 county panels who tasted defeat in successive finals, and it was third time unlucky 12 months ago when Cork defeated the Dubs by a single point to make it five AllIreland titles in a row.

Inside Sport

SPORTING CLUB NOTES: GAA

Well done to the first team who beat Naomh Fionnbarra in the second round of the Intermediate Championship in Skerries last Saturday. Thanks to all supporters who turned out in their numbers to cheer on the team. The U-13 boys team play a league match away to Lucan Sarsfields on Saturday, while the U-10s play their first match the following Saturday ( 11th) and U-14 girls team are in action on Friday the 10th.

INSIDE RIGHT: Favourable draw for English sides

WHEN the Champions League draw was made last Thursday in magical Monaco most of the interest of ' Final Whistle' was focused on how Spurs would fare as the teams were painstakingly pulled from the hat. The verdict of yours truly is that clearly it could have been easier, but also could have been a hell of a lot worse for the tournament virgins, and the wily Harry Redknapp may have a trick or two up his sleeve to give Spurs a real chance of progressing.

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In Pictures

  • Monica Willis and Nicole Mooney in Wright's bar.
  • Brendan McGuirk, Alan Leetch, Carol O'Brien and Jonathan Gaule in the Old Schoolhouse.
  • Susan O'Rourke and Audrey Carr in Wright's bar.

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