Local Women Sport.
Island of dreams… just four years in existence and Greenisland girls are taking NIWFA leagues by storm
GREENISLAND Women may only have been in existence for four years but already they are writing another chapter in the success story of the long established Co Antrtim parent club. Greenisland FC are renowned for producing top players in the...read more
NI netball coach Sheonah Forbes takes on assistant’s role at Nottingham
NORTHERN Ireland Warriors international netball coach Sheonah Forbes has been announced as assistant coach of Nottingham Forest Netball as they prepare for their first SuperLeague season. Forbes joins the Forest first team staff alongside head coach Chelsea Pitman and brings...read more
NI netball coach Sheonah Forbes takes on assistant’s role at Nottingham
NORTHERN Ireland Warriors international netball coach Sheonah Forbes has been announced as assistant coach of...read morePhoto gallery: Coalisland Fianna will play senior football for the first time in club history after victory over Kildress in Tyrone Intermediate final
THE girls of Coalisland Fianna created history as they defeated Kildress in the Tyrone Intermediate...read more
Photo gallery: Aoife Horisk is two-goal ace as Errigal Ciaran defeat Macartans in Tyrone Senior football final
ERRIGAL Ciaran are the new Tyrone Senior champions after defeating Macartans 2-9 to 1-10 in...read more
Olympics
Superb top 10 finishes for Claudy twins Chloe and Judith MacCombe in Paralympic Triathlon in Paris
COUNTY Derry twins Chloe and Judith MacCombe secured highly creditable top 10 finishes in the...read more
Hands-on role for Sport NI physio Sinead Chambers at Paris Paralympic Games
SPORT NI Sports Institute physio Sinead Chambers is heading to the Paralympic Games in Paris...read more
Silver lining for NI rower Rebecca Shorten as GB team just miss out on Olympic gold
NORTHERN Ireland's latest Olympic medal success, Rebecca Shorten, wanted gold but settled for silver as...read more
Columnists
Golden year… UTV Sport presenter and Local Women Sport columnist, Ruth Gorman, face to face with our Olympic medal heroes
WHAT do post-it notes, the Rubik cube and bar codes all have in common? They...read more
Train with Tish… our resident fitness expert Patrycja Lafferty’s Top 10 tips for your post-holiday return to the gym
RETURNING to a training and fitness routine after summer holidays in September can be both...read more
A humbling experience I’ll never forget… UTV Sport presenter and Local Women Sport columnist Ruth Gorman’s moving account of life lessons learned on aid mission to orphaned African children
PURPOSE… the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists....read more
Football
Island of dreams… just four years in existence and Greenisland girls are taking NIWFA leagues by storm
GREENISLAND Women may only have been in existence for four years but already they are...read morePhoto gallery: Sion Swifts complete a double with 3-2 win over St James Swifts in NIWFA Championship League Cup final
Sion have done the double winning the NIWFA Championship and the League cup final PICTURES...read more
Emily Wilson goal gives Glentoran victory over Armenian opponents in Women’s Champions League in Cyprus while Kelly Bailie sets appearances record
GLENTORAN Women will fly home from Cyprus in a good frame of mind for the...read more
LGFA
Photo gallery: Coalisland Fianna will play senior football for the first time in club history after victory over Kildress in Tyrone Intermediate final
THE girls of Coalisland Fianna created history as they defeated Kildress in the Tyrone Intermediate...read morePhoto gallery: Aoife Horisk is two-goal ace as Errigal Ciaran defeat Macartans in Tyrone Senior football final
ERRIGAL Ciaran are the new Tyrone Senior champions after defeating Macartans 2-9 to 1-10 in...read moreThe Big Saturday interview: “Sometimes it’s hard because we don’t always see eye to eye. My sister plays on the team as well, so there’s two of us against one, which is good.” Tipperary’s Emma Cronin on having her dad Liam as manager of their Moyle Rovers side
By DAIRE WALSH IN their bid to be crowned Tipperary senior ladies football championship winners...read more
Rugby
TG4 to screen Ireland Women v Australia Test match, hosted by Ulster Rugby in Belfast
IRELAND Women's historic Test match against Australia at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast this Saturday, September...read more
Brittany Hogan red carded as Ulster go down, 33-19, to Connacht in Vodafone Women’s Interpro rugby 3rd/4th place play-off
FAITH Oviawe celebrated her call-up as an Ireland training panellist by helping Connacht to a...read more
Ulster line-up for Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial play-off at Kingspan… Rachel McIlroy steps in for South Africa bound Kathryn Dane
ULSTER Women's rugby head coach Murray Houston has named his side to face Connacht in...read more
Golf
Proud captain Carol Blyth hails her Rockmount club winners in AIG Women’s Junior Cup
CONGRATULATIONS to the Rockmount Golf Club team, from Co Down, on being crowned AIG Women's...read more
Kirkistown Castle golfer Beth Coulter helps GB & Ireland win back the Curtis Cup
KIRKISTOWN Castle's Beth Coulter played her part as the Great Britain & Ireland team secured...read more
Silver Spoons win for Melanie and Rhonda puts Limavady on the golf map
By CAOMH BREEN ALLEN ROE Park pair Melanie Turner and Rhonda McClelland “put Limavady on...read more
Camogie
Watt’s in a name? Football women and camogs help keep historic club going strong
WATTY Grahams GAC, based in the small town of Glen (population 4,500), outside Maghera in...read more
Cara Little leads the goal charge as Tyrone add Junior Championship to their league crown
Armagh City Hotel Ulster Junior Championship Final Tyrone 3-15, Down 2-5 TYRONE produced their best display of...read more
Erin Coulter is Player of the Match as Antrim claim their 49th Ulster Senior camogie title
Armagh City Hotel Ulster Senior Camogie Championship final Antrim 1-11 Derry 0-11 ANTRIM'S experience carried...read more
Hockey
Ulster U18 girls win UK School Games hockey title in double success for Province
ULSTER Under 18s were crowned champions of the 2024 UK School Games in both the...read more
Two-goal Rebekah Lennon leads fightback as Ulster hockey girls defeat England in UK School Games
ULSTER'S U18 girls made a perfect start at the 2024 UK School Games, coming from...read more
Ulster U18 girls’ hockey squads named for UK School Games tournament at Loughborough
TWO Ulster girls U18 squads will travel with their male counterparts to Loughborough University to...read more
Athletics
Calling all sportswomen… how you can apply for funding to develop as a coach
David Magill Coaching Awards programme open for applications through the Mary Peters Trust THE Magill...read more
Annabel Morrison sets a new NI under 20 record for the 300m
CONGRATULATIONS to Enniskillen athlete Annabel Morrison on a new NI U20 3000m record, clocking 9.31.27...read more
Picture exclusive: Kate O’Connor’s final training session on her home track in Newry before Olympics departure
BY LEE MAGINNIS IN her final training session before leaving for Paris, Commonwealth Games silver...read more
Sport Awards
Class acts: Picture gallery as St Patrick’s High School, Keady marks a term of sporting excellence with awards presentations
St Patrick’s High School, Keady recognised a term of outstanding sporting excellence in their inaugural...read more
Mary P and Me
How Mary Peters Trust funding is helping Derry City FC’s Ciara McAleer on her football journey… with the USA her dream destination
EVERY MONTH, A YOUNG MARY PETERS TRUST ATHLETE SPELLS OUT HOW THE CHARITY IS AIDING...read more
Amazing Gracie aims to follow her football dream right to the top, with a little help from the Mary Peters Trust
EVERY MONTH, A YOUNG MARY PETERS TRUST ATHLETE SPELLS OUT HOW THE CHARITY IS AIDING...read more
‘To compete in an Olympic arena would be my ultimate dream,’ says squash ace and Methody student Shriya
EVERY MONTH, A YOUNG MARY PETERS TRUST ATHLETE SPELLS OUT HOW THE CHARITY IS AIDING...read more
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