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Top Sport Stories | Thursday, March 11, 2010


     Dubious penalty gets Shams out of jail against energetic Rovers

Sligo Rovers 1 Shamrock Rovers 1
OH that every home game would be like this, albeit with a winning outcome.

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Sligo caught cold in Wexford

SLIGO turned in one of their poorest displays for some time when they suffered a seven-points defeat to Wexford, 3-07 to 1-06, in a mediocre Allianz GAA National Football League Division Three tie at Wexford Park on Sunday.
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More Sport News | Thursday, March 11, 2010

Wretched afternoon for Sligo Ladies in Donegal
3/9/2010
Donegal 6-19 Sligo 1-08
IN the early stages of this Bord Gáis Ladies National Football League Division Two clash at Páirc Tír Conaill, Donegal Town, last Sunday, Sligo looked as if they were in for a saunter in the spring sunshine.
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Effort shows that Rovers must be taken seriously
3/9/2010
AT times it wasn’t pretty. At times it wasn’t cohesive. And yet there was enough class on display on Saturday night last to make you believe Sligo Rovers have what it takes to be biting at the heels of the top three when the Airtricity League reaches a conclusion next Autumn.  more >

Grammar are within reach of the year’s big prize
3/9/2010
SLIGO Grammar School gave further evidence of their power and ability when they scored a resounding 45-13 Connacht Schools Senior Cup semi-final victory over Gallen Community School in Ferbane on Tuesday last.  more >

Defeat for Ursuline College in Connacht Senior ‘C’ final
3/9/2010
SLIGO’S Ursuline College were left down and out in last Friday’s Connacht Ladies Football Post Primary Schools Senior ‘C’ Championship final.  more >

Saint Attracta’s earn All-Ireland final place in schools basketball
3/9/2010
SAINT Attracta’s Community School, Tubbercurry, qualified for the Basketball Ireland All-Ireland Schools League Girls U-16 ‘C’ final following their 15-points defeat of Presentation College, Wexford, 43-28, last Thursday at the National Basketball Arena.  more >

Summerhill aiming to further ‘A’ rebirth
3/9/2010
HAVING taken the scalp of St Jarlath’s College, a Galway secondary school synonymous with success in Colleges GAA, not just provincially but nationally, and having emerged from a tightrope semi-final against St Muredach’s College (a thrilling tie that went to extra-time), Summerhill College’s Senior Gaelic footballers must feel that this could be their year.  more >

What will ‘B’ will ‘B’ for Tubber outfit St Attracta’s
3/9/2010
EVEN if St Attracta’s Community School have been down this road before, there is nothing matter-of-fact about manager Anthony Brennan’s outlook ahead of Saturday’s Connacht Colleges Senior ‘B’ Championship decider in Charlestown.  more >

Oscar Traynor exit for the Sligo-Leitrim League
3/9/2010
THERE was penalty shoot-out heartbreak for the Sligo-Leitrim & District Junior Soccer League representative side in their Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup quarter-final at MacSharry Park last Sunday afternoon.  more >

Mullen injury adds another worry to the campaign
3/9/2010
SLIGO’S efforts to rebound from last Sunday’s off-colour showing against Wexford has been dealt a fresh blow with the loss of midfielder Eugene Mullen to a collarbone injury.  more >

Cook doesn’t blame ref for spot-kick call
3/9/2010
PAUL Cook declined to criticise referee Anthony Buttimer following the Cork official’s controversial decision to award a penalty, from which Shamrock Rovers equalised, in Saturday’s Airtricity League Premier Division opener at The Showgrounds.  more >