We’re starting 2020 on the Mayo News football podcast with a mixture of off-field and on-field action. Our first episode of the year focuses on the Club Stars annual awards banquet, which attracted a bumper attendance to the Knockranny Hotel in Westport on Saturday night, before moving onto MacHale Park in Castlebar yesterday afternoon where Mayo took on Galway in […]
The Club Stars event last night was great fun, with the added advantage that I’m waking up here in Westport this morning with only only a short trot to complete to get to MacHale Park a bit later on. The ballroom in the Knockranny was full to capacity last night, with a succession of award winners honoured on the night. […]
While the main focus for most supporters this weekend will be the FBD semi-final against Galway at MacHale Park on Sunday afternoon (throw-in 2pm), that’s not the only action that’s on. Tomorrow there’s a choice between club and county, with matches of interest taking place in Ennis and Ballina. At Cusack Park in Ennis Kilmaine face Na Gaeil of Kerry […]
It’s been a long year of Mayo GAA action – we’ve had club and county, underage and senior, ladies and lads, League and Championship. There’s been plenty of chat about all of these and more on the Mayo News football podcast over the the last twelve months and now, on New Year’s Eve, we’re signing off on 2019 with our […]
The first batch of early bird tickets for the Club Stars annual banquet, which will be held on 11th January at Knockranny House Hotel, are now on sale. They’re available for purchase online – here. It was revealed in this week’s Mayo News (here) that Ger Cafferkey will be the recipient of the ‘Spirit of Mayo – Personality of the […]
The shortlist for this season’s Club Stars Team of the Year was published in this week’s Mayo News – full details here. A total of 35 players are on the shortlist, with ten clubs represented this year. As expected, Senior champions Ballintubber lead the way with eleven nominees, followed by beaten county finalists Ballaghaderreen on eight. Other clubs to feature […]
It turns out that penalty shootouts in Gaelic football are like buses – you wait forever for one to come along and then two arrive together. And so it was yesterday at Tuam Stadium where, just seven days after the novelty of seeing a spot-kick tie-breaker against Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon, a late, late goal by Galway forced Mayo into a […]
Everyone is counting down the days to Christmas at this stage and we’re also chalking off the days ahead of the annual Club Stars banquet. This event, hosted in conjunction with the Mayo News, O’Neills and AIB, takes place at the Knockranny House Hotel in Westport on 12th January and the Mayo News football podcast will be there on the […]
Tickets went on sale earlier this week for the 14th annual Club Stars banquet. The event, hosted in conjunction with the Mayo News, O’Neill’s and AIB, will take place at the Knockranny House Hotel in Westport on Saturday, 12th January and this year tickets are available online – here. Proceeds from the event will go to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice. […]
The list of nominees for this year’s Club Stars Team of the Year was announced in the Mayo News yesterday. The full list is here and is also illustrated in the graphic below (double-click to see the full-sized version). Image: Mayo News As you’d expect, champions Ballintubber lead the way this year with eleven nominations. Beaten finalists Breaffy have nine, while […]