I saw Michael O’Ryanair strutting across the TV screens last week after one of his nags won another big race whilst his planes were filling the skies overhead and, quite frankly, I was green with envy for a while.

Eoin Kennedy’s legacy as one of the greatest handballers in the history of the sport has long been secured but the manner of his extraordinary win over Robbie McCarthy last Saturday may nudge him up a spot or two in the all-time rankings.

Fermanagh 3-10 Westmeath 1-15

Fermanagh 2-15 Donegal 2-7

THE victorious Irish team returned on Thursday from this year’s USHA Junior Four-Wall National Championships, held at the Lattof YMCA, Des Plaines, Chicago, Illinois, with an impressive haul of eight titles.