JUNIOR FOOTBALL: TODAY’S SATURDAY MORNING LEAGUE RESULTS
Results from today’s games in the Rath Mor Pre MOT North West Saturday Morning League are: Championship Drumahoe 1 Collon Celtic 5 First Division HML 2 Hatmore Harps 4 Metro 5 Oakleaf Celtic 1 O’Bryan...
View ArticleGOLF: LOW MEN TO THE FORE IN DERMOT MCDERMOTT MEMORIAL CUP
Single figure golfers took the major honours in the Dermot McDermott Memorial Cup played yesterday at City of Derry Golf Club. Pride of place went to Alan Philson (9) with an excellent 41 points that...
View ArticleTON UP FOR COWAN AS HARPS MAKE LONG TRIP TO WEXFORD
Keith Cowan will make his 100th appearance for Finn Harps against Wexford Youths tonight. Keith Cowan, is in line to make his 100th appearance for Finn Harps tonight when they take on Wexford Youths at...
View ArticleAIRTRICITY PREMIERSHIP: DERRY TRAIL PAT’S 3-0 AT HALF-TIME
Derry City face an uphill task if they are to secure their first league away win of the season as they trail defending champions 3-0 at half-time in their SSE Premier Division clash at Richmond Park....
View ArticleAWAY WIN REMAINS ELUSIVE AS DERRY SLUMP TO HEAVY DEFEAT TO ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC
Rory Patterson: scored Derry’s second.. St Patrick’s Athletic 5 Derry City 2 Derry City are still waiting on their first away league win of the season after they were comprehensively beaten by...
View ArticleHARPS COME FROM TWO DOWN TO SNATCH DRAW IN WEXFORD
Kevin McHugh: brought Harps back into the game. Wexford Youths 2 Finn Harps 2 Finn Harps came from two goals down to earn a point against Wexford Youths in their Airtricity First Division clash at...
View ArticleSDLP’S BRENDA STEVENSON TO BE LAST MAYOR OF DERRY
Brenda Stevenson.The SDLP’s Brenda Stevenson is to be Derry’s last Mayor. She was selected by her party earlier tonight to become the city’s First Citizen when Derry City Council holds its final annual...
View ArticleRODDY COLLINS JNR FOLLOWS IN FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS AND LEAVES DERRY CITY
Roddy Collins Jnr: Left Derry City last night. Roddy Collins Jr has followed in his father’s footsteps and left Derry City. The 19-year-old right back was released from his contract at Brandywell...
View ArticleMARGARET’S ON THE BALL TO WIN TOP SPORTS PHOTO AWARD
One of Derry’s best known freelance press photographer has scooped a top accolade at a prestigious awards ceremony. Margaret McLaughlin received the award at the N-IPPA (Northern Ireland Press...
View ArticleMARRIED ONE YEAR – BUT WILL DERRY COUPLE’S LOVE SURVIVE MARATHON TEST?
Seamus and Fiona on their wedding day on 1 June last year. Most couples celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a romantic dinner or a trip away, with champagne, flowers and jewellery thrown in...
View ArticleEXCITEMENT BUILDING AHEAD OF TOMORROW’S WALLED CITY (DERRY) MARATHON
Foyle Valley AC athletes soothe the muscles at the end of their final training session for tomorrow’s Walled City Marathon, One thousand five hundred runners will take part in the second SSE Airtricity...
View ArticleWALLED CITY MARATHON – THE 26.2 MILE ROUTE
After setting off at 8.30am from the Everglades Hotel at Prehen in the Waterside, the runners will head along Victoria towards Strabane. On reaching Newbuildings, they will turn back and run towards...
View ArticleGOLF: JACKSON HITS THE TARGET AGAIN AT CITY OF DERRY
Campbell Jackson was the clear winner of City of Derry’s weekly Thursday Open. The 15-handicapper’s superb 43 points included two double and a triple bogey, an eagle and and a birdie. The eagle was at...
View ArticleWALLED CITY MARATHON: THE ALL-IMPORTANT WEATHER
The weather for tomorrow’s Wall City (Derry) Marthon looks set to favour both competitors and spectators. The predicted rain is now forecast not to happen. Forecasters are predicting cloudy day with...
View ArticleWALLED CITY MARATHON: TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR RUNNERS
Victoria Road between Craigavon Bridge and Newbuildings will be closed to all traffic from 7.30am to facilitate the start and early stages of the event. Buses will operate for race participants between...
View ArticleMARATHON WAIT IS OVER: 1,500 SET OFF TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE
Race favourite: Kenyan Freddy Sittuk. Today’s the day when hundreds of dreams may come true for hundreds of local long-distance runners. After months of pounding the roads and strict diets, 1,500...
View ArticleGOLF: MCKANE NARROW WINNER OF FIRST OPEN WEEK COMPETITION AT PREHEN
A single point separated Sean McKane (19) and Michael McCullough (15) when the cards in the McFeeley Family sponsored Open Stableford, the first competition in City of Derry’s 42nd Open Week were...
View ArticleWALLED CITY MARATHON: FULL RESULT – WHERE DID YOU FINISH?
Freddy Sittuk celebrates his win. This is the provisional result of today’s second SSE Airtricity Walled City Marathon. First time shown (in brackets) is calculated from the start gun signal. Second...
View ArticlePICTURE SPECIAL – WALLED CITY MARATHON
Seamus and Fiona Cradden who celebrated their first wedding anniversary today by running the marathon. Photos: JOE BOLAND (North West Newspix) Declan Gill making his way up Fahan Street.
View ArticlePICTURE SPECIAL (2) – WALLED CITY MARATHON
Nial Gill giving encouragement to Martina Gibson in the latter stages of the race. Photos: JOE BOLAND (North West Newspix)
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