As Fermanagh prepares to get back out on the grass to train in the coming week, Kieran Donnelly will be without two key players for the 2025 season. Enniskillen Gaels duo Conor McShea and Callum Jones are taking a year out to travel and Donnelly said their absence will be “massive losses”. “We’ll be sorry […]
Harry triumphant in Tramore
The 410 mile round trip to Tramore in Co. Waterford was worth it for Enniskillen runner Harry McKenzie as he collected the gold medal in the under 17 boys’ 4500m race at the 123.ie National Novice and Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships, on Sunday. After missing out on a podium finish at last year’s […]
Toner and McGirr help Ireland to Masters clean sweep
By Paul O’Neill The Irish team was in a rich vein of form at British & Irish Masters Cross Country hosted by Northern Ireland at the Billy Neill Country Park in Comber, last Saturday week. Overall, this five-nation event has historically been dominated by England since its inception in 1988, only losing to the hosts Ireland […]
Lannon brothers excel at Connacht Championships
The Lannon brothers, Luke (14) and Jamie (16), competed in the Senior Connacht Regional Championship over two days in the beautiful Lough Lannagh, Castlebar, Co. Mayo at the weekend. Luke, one of the youngest competitors to race at this meet, put in fantastic swimming in the 50m and 100m backcrawl and the 400m, 800m and […]
Super Skins run in ten tries away from home
CACD …….12 Enniskillen……..60 Enniskillen Under 18 girls made the two-hour journey to Carrickfergus RFC through Storm Bert on Sunday to face the amalgamated Carrick/Ards/Cooke/Donaghadee team (CACD). The girls were in a real battle against a talented opposition and it took 15 minutes for Skins to break them down. It was Alex Boyd, assisted by Emma Fawcett, […]
Enniskillen win Best Junior Club after Erne Fours Head
The popular Erne Fours Head took place on Saturday with 81 men’s crews and 57 women’s crews competing over the four-mile course. The event started at the top of the Killyhevlin straight, following the river down past the town, through the west bridges, and finishing opposite the clubhouse. Conditions were excellent with little river flow […]
Morrison books place at European Championships
By Paul O’Neill Three local athletes stole the show at the National Cross Country Championships at Castle Irvine on Sunday with Enniskillen Running Club athletes Annabel Morrison, Harry McKenzie and Kate Kelly all impressing, at the Irvinestown venue. The brilliantly run event doubled as a trial for the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey […]
First Irish Elite win for Fermanagh in 51 years
Enniskillen boxer Rhys Owens said his phone has been “blowing up” since Friday night as messages of congratulations poured in following his National Elite 60kg Lightweight title win at the National Stadium. Owens beat two of the favourites to lift the title, making it all the “sweeter” for the Fermanagh fighter. It’s been a long […]
McCartney makes Ireland team for World Championships
Enniskillen swimmer Ellie McCartnery has been included in a 13-strong Ireland swimming team that will take part in next month’s World Aquatics Championships (25m) in Budapest, Hungary. The Championships run from 10-15 December and McCartney, who made it to three finals at the European Championships in Belgrade in June, will draw on that experience. “I […]
Bogue collects the Sports Personality Award
Thirty-five-year-old Ryan Bogue climbed the Hogan Stand steps to collect the Lory Meagher Cup on Sunday June 2, bringing the curtain down on the 2024 county hurling season. The Erne captain recalled that sunny Sunday in Dublin with great fondness, five months on; “When you win it, you don’t realise how enjoyable it is, going […]