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Double boost for Wexford

Double boost for Wexford
SFC Qualifier draw
The draw for Round 3 of the GAA Football All Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifiers will take place on Sunday evening, July 27.

Shelmalier Club notes
Trailing by 8 points at the interval, Shelmaliers fought hard to overcome Oulart/The Ballagh by the smallest of margins, in Oulart on Monday night 14th July, in this knockout tournament.

Waterford v Wexford
They may be close neighbours but Waterford and Wexford have met only once before in the All-Ireland hurling championship.

Double boost for Wexford
Stephen Nolan and Barry Lambert have handed Wexford manager John Meyler a double boost by returning to fitness ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Waterford.


Weekend fixtures
All the venues and throw in times for the games this weekend, including the football qualifiers and the All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals.

Naomh Eanna Club Notes
This week our U-16 Hurlers beat Cloughbawn. Good, strong performances by Padraic Doyle, Conor Hughes, Dylan Murray, Shane Langan Murphy and Michael Murphy.

Ryan: We couldn’t live with Dublin
Wexford manager Jason Ryan admitted that his team has no answer to Dublin’s superb second half display which brought their unbeaten run through 2008 to a shuddering halt and left their Leinster title hopes in tatters.

Hurling quarter-final draw
Cork’s reward for their stunning win over Galway is an All-Ireland quarter-final meeting with Clare while Waterford now face Wexford.

Leinster SFC final: Dazzling Dubs dance to four in a row
Dublin crushed Wexford by 3-23 to 0-9 to capture their fourth consecutive provincial crown in front of 80,000 spectators at Croke Park.

Camogie review
Kilkenny repeated their National League final victory over Galway by scoring a 1-13 to 1-9 victory against the Tribeswomen in the Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship on Sunday.

Ryan eager to maintain winning run
Jason Ryan says the Wexford players will be doing everything in their power to maintain their unbeaten record since the start of the year in today’s Leinster SFC final against Dublin.

Saturday’s results roundup
It was the busiest day of the GAA season so far as the football qualifiers kicked into action while there were two round 4 SHC qualifiers to boot.

Minor hurlers face Galway in headquarters
The Wexford minor hurlers have been drawn to meet Galway in the All-Ireland quarterfinal on Saturday week in a bill that includes Munster runners-up taking on Antrim.

Casey a believer in ’sports specific’ training
Mick Casey is the team trainer of Wexford senior footballers and the 36-year old from Waterford city describes the training as being ’sport-specific’ saying that the notion of people running up mountains or hills is antiquated.

Wallace does not ant golden opportunity wasted
Philip Wallace is one of the veterans of this Wexford senior football team and he has often made his views known that the county has had a tendency to ’let golden opportunities of achieving progress escape them by sulking over defeats in Leinster semi-finals, an attitude that he says angers him.

Gordon D’Arcy proud of his Wexford jersey
A leg injury has kept Clonee, Ferns man Gordon D’Arcy out of rugby action for quite some time now and because of that the Leinster and Irish centre is not going to lose out on watching his county play the Leinster senior football final or in whatever other matches they become involved in.

Wexford unchanged
Wexford manager Jason Ryan has kept faith with the team that overcome Laois for Sunday’s Leinster SFC final against Dublin at Croke Park.

St Mullins GAA
The Juniors played Erin’s Own in the championship on Monday evening. They played well and battled hard but sadly came away in defeat. It was a good team display and was always going to be difficult against a second team.

Morris: Big occasion won’t faze Wexford
Wexford captain Colm Morris insists his team won’t be fazed by the task of facing Dublin in front of over 80,000 fans at Croke Park on Sunday.

Shelmalier Club notes
The two Shelmalier senior football teams had a useful workout on Sunday morning against St. Fintan’s at Hollymount.

Masterson keen to seize moment
Wexford goalkeeper Anthony Masterson insists that Jason Ryan’s charges aren’t going to Croke Park for Sunday’s Leinster SFC final against Dublin to ’make up the numbers’.

Park and ride for Croke Park
The GAA has announced a new Park and Ride service to Croke Park from GAA clubs on the periphery of Dublin starting on Sunday next 20th July.

Wexford Board to launch investigation next week
Officials from the Wexford County Board will launch an investigation into the abandonment of an Under 21 club championship match last Monday evening at Piercetown.

Croker issues time warning to fans
Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna has warned fans that this Sunday’s Leinster SFC final between Wexford and Dublin at headquarters will be pushed to start on time, at 4.00pm, regardless of late-coming fans to the game.

Rossiter blow for Wexford
Wexford manager John Meyler is resigned to being without full back Keith Rossiter for Sunday week’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-final.

Dublin v Wexford
It’s a fascinating prospect between defending champions, Dublin who are bidding to win the Leinster title for the fourth successive year (a feat they last achieved in 1992-93-94-95) and Wexford who are bidding for their first Leinster crown since 1945.

Geraghty predicting easy Dublin win
Meath star Graham Geraghty expects Sunday’s Leinster SFC final to be a one-sided affair, predicting that Dublin will beat Wexford by "at least seven or eight points".

Ring and Rackard Cup fixtures
The GAA have announced that draws for the quarter-finals of the Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard Cup were made at the meeting of the CCCC this morning, while the two All-Ireland SHC qualifiers will be played in Thurles on Saturday.

Volunteers Club Notes Wexford
Congratulations to the U-14’s footballers on reaching the county quarter final. With their championship hopes on the line they produced their best form of the season to account for Horeswood 2-08 to 2-05.

Naomh Eanna Club Notes
The U-10 hurlers beat St. Martins and the Rapparees in the Raperees U-10 tournament and are now through to the semi final.Well Done Boys!!!

Castletown/Liam Mellows club notes
The under 18 footballers had a great win last week over Starlights. This should set the lads on the way after the initial loss in their first league game.

All-Ireland hurling qualifier draws
Offaly’s prize for beating Limerick is a meeting with Waterford in round four of the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers, while Cork will take on Galway in the other match-up.

Camogie review
Wexford won the battle of the champions at Buffers Alley to kick-start their 2008 Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship charge.

Ladies take on Fermanagh this Sunday
Wexford Ladies will take on Fermanagh this Sunday at Monamolin in the second round of their TG4 Intermediate Championship campaign.

Championship fixtures pile-up
Wexford’s involvement in both the Leinster Senior Football and Hurling Championship finals this year have brought a major headache for the County Board as they are struggling to get championship games played within the county.

Ladies earn first win
Wexford Ladies registered their first win of the year last Sunday as three goals helped them overcome the challenge of Westmeath at St Loman’s Park, Mullingar in the TG4 Ladies Intermediate Football Championship.

Champions on the brink of exit
The tie of round four in the Gala All-Ireland Camogie Championship takes place in Wexford as the home side take on National League Champions Kilkenny.

Leinster MFC: Offaly ease into final
Offaly football received a major shot in the arm at Wexford Park last night when their minor side qualified for the Leinster final with a comfortable victory over a Wexford team that could only manage two points over the 60-plus minutes.

Wexford name minor side
The Model County have named their starting fifteen for Wednesday’s ESB Leinster MFC semi-final against Offaly.

We never threw in the towel - Jacob
Wexford’s Michael Jacob has stressed that plenty of positives can be taken from the team’s Leinster final defeat at the hands of Kilkenny on Sunday at Croke Park.

Buffers Alley Club Notes
Good luck to Buffers Alley when they play Oulart-the-Ballagh in the League Final tonight Wed. 9th July at 6.45 pm. in Bellefield.

Castletown/Liam Mellows club notes
The under 18 squad are also now on their campaign trail and were unlucky to get nothing from their first encounter of the year against Gusserane.

Naomh Eanna GAA Club Notes
The u-12  football team beat Tamoghn-Camross 2-12 to  1-2, good performances on the day came from Geariod Cullen. Paul Murphy, Mark Kinsella and Paddy Nolan.

Volunteers Club Notes Wexford
The recent Football Marathon was great success and raised much needed funds for the club, anyone with outstanding cards should return them as soon as possible.

Meyler: It’s hard to take
A deflated Wexford manager John Meyler claimed Kilkenny’s second half onslaught in yesterday’s Leinster SHC final was like being "hit by a train".
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