John Mitchel’s (Lancashire)1-9 Moate All Whites (Westmeath) 1-6: All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final: Merseyside could have something to celebrate this season after all following John Mitchel’s qualification for the All-Ireland Club JFC final for the second time in their history at Pairc Tailteann, Navan, yesterday.

Leinster Club JFC final: Moate All Whites (Westmeath) 1-11 Straffan (Kildare) 0-10

Super sub Conchúr Ó Duibhir’s goal seven minutes from time secured victory for Coláiste Eoin in this Leinster Colleges SAFC semi-final at Navan’s Pairc Tailteann on Saturday.

FÉILE 2011 began with a bang yesterday as young footballers from around the country strutted their stuff at a host of venues in county Cork.

IRELAND’S Elite boxing team will be taking home at least two bronze medals from the European Championships following quarter-final wins for former and current AIBA World Youth champions Joe Ward and Ray Moylette in Ankara, Turkey yesterday.

IRISH skipper Joe Ward is assured at least a bronze medal at the World Junior Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.

Joe Ward and Charles Gallagher had to settle for bronze medals at the European Junior Championships in Bulgaria this afternoon despite brave semi-final performances in Plovdiv.

Light heavyweight prospect Tommy McCarthy is two bouts away from claiming an Irish title at the National Youth Championships just a few weeks after going all the way in the Ulster Senior Championships.

Peter Brady from the Holy Trinity club in Belfast has claimed the first title of the 2007 National Intermediate Championships after receiving a walkover against Declan Geraghty of the Docklands club.

Counselling services have been made available to students at Moate Community School in Co Westmeath after the sudden death of a teenage pupil at the school yesterday.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) have today named an eight-man squad for the upcoming double header of international meetings with Russia in Dublin and Athlone.

The cream of Irish ladies’ golfing talent from across the midlands district will this week battle it out at Birr Golf Club for a place in the national final of the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championships.

Courtown will look to build on their success in the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championship, as the club looks to sweep the board in the all-important quarter-final stage of all four singles competitions.

THE Moate Community School in Westmeath inadvertently became the first casualty of county star Dessie Dolan’s 12-week ban last night.

THE finals of the national under-21 boxing championships provide some interesting pairings at the National Stadium tonight when some beaten finalists from the seniors will be involved.

EAMONN TOUHEY (Moate ABC), a silver medallist at the European Cadet Championships last year, will be hotly fancied to add another title to his growing list at the National Stadium tonight.