BACK IN THE DAY
BT Rannafast Cup final: Omagh CBS 3-13 St Patrick’s, Armagh 1-10
The Irish News, Monday November 23 2009: BT Rannafast Cup final: Omagh CBS 3-13 St Patrick’s, Armagh 1-10
CBS take Rannafast: Tyrone continues to rule the top grade of colleges’ football on Saturday the BT Rannafast Cup shifted west from Dungannon to Omagh CBS after an enthralling final win against St Patrick’s, Armagh.
Ace forward Collie McRory and centre-back Tomas McCarron are already in the MacRory Cup squad. and Omagh joint-coach Ciaran Donnelly expects more to be added.
The decisive score of the match was certainly Collie McRory’s goal 17 minutes into the game.
Armagh needed to show something for the first half when the stiff breeze assisted their efforts, but instead McRory’s strike left them with a huge hill to climb after the break, trailing 1-4 to 0-5.
Worse was to come five minutes into the second half when midfielder Stephen Kelly charged down the centre and planted a terrific shot in the bottom corner of the Armagh net.
St Patrick’s hit back with three points, two for Niall Patterson and another for Daniel McQuaid. However, the elements were against them and, as soon as Omagh re-asserted themselves with several points, there was only going to be one outcome. Philip Kelly fired in an Armagh goal near the end, but it was not going to rally his troops
Omagh: R Brolly; J Gallagher, B Garrity, Colm O’Neill; M McCann, T McCarron, B O’Neill (0-1); S Kelly (1-1), B Donaghy; C McConnell, R Bradley (0-7), D Ball (0-1); C McClean, C McRory (1-2), Cormac O’Neill (0-1).
Subs: T McGrath (1-0) for McClean.
Armagh: E Rafferty; S Reavey, S Farry, S Freeman; P Campbell, C White, M Carson (0-1), P Kelly (1-0), D McQuaid (0-1); M Jones, N Patterson (0-4), S McLaughlin; T Donnelly (0-1), T Murphy (0-3), R McShane.
Subs: T Conlon for McLaughlin, C Fearon for Campbell.
CB YES: Omagh CBS celebrate after winning the Rannafast Cup with a final win over St Patrick’s, Armagh at Dunmoyle on Saturday morning Picture: Jim Dunne
BIRTHDAYS
Frank Worthington (soccer) - Halifax-born, widely travelled former England international forward, born 1948.
Merv Hughes (cricket) - colourful former Australia fast bowler, born 1961.
Kevin Gallacher (soccer) - former Blackburn and Scotland striker, born 1966.
Gary Kirsten (cricket) - ex-South Africa batsman and former India and South Africa coach, born 1967.
Rob Denmark (athletics) - Commonwealth Games 5,000 metres gold medal winner in 1994, born 1968.
Anthony Sullivan (rugby league) - former St Helens and Great Britain winger, also played union for Cardiff, born 1968.
Alf-Inge Haaland (soccer) - former Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, Leeds and Norway defender, born 1972.
Asafa Powell (athletics) - Jamaican former 100m world-record holder, born 1982.
ON THIS DAY
1755: Thomas Lord, the man who developed the world famous Lord's ground at St John's Wood, London, in 1814, was born.
1990: The Football Association fined Aston Villa's Republic of Ireland star Paul McGrath £8,500 for comments he made about Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson in a newspaper article.
2005: Middlesbrough's Portuguese defender Abel Xavier was suspended for 18 months by FIFA after testing positive for methandienone, a performance-enhancing drug. The ban was later reduced to 12 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2007: Steve Bruce was confirmed as Wigan's new manager.
2008: Ricky Hatton won his light-heavyweight bout with Paulie Malignaggi after the American's corner retired him in the 11th round.
2012: Mark Hughes was sacked as manager of QPR following a run of 12 games without a victory at the start of the Premier League season.
2014: Lewis Hamilton claimed his second Formula One world championship with victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Which is the first tennis grand slam of the calendar year?
2. Which Newcastle striker won the Premier League golden boot in the 1993-94 season with 34 goals?
3. Which Fijian has won two PGA Championship titles?
4. Which Dutchman has won exactly three PDC World Championships?
5. Name either of the two Ulster counties who competed in the 2019 Allianz GAA National League Division Four.
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, November 23)
CRICKET: New Zealand v England, day four of the first Test - Sky Sports Cricket 2130 & Sky Sports Main Event 2300; Australia v Pakistan, day four of the first Test - BT Sport 2 2345.
SOCCER: Premier League, West Ham v Tottenham - BT Sport 1 1200, Manchester City v Chelsea - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1700; EFL, Charlton v Cardiff - Sky Sports Main Event 1200; National League, Maidenhead v Woking - BT Sport 1 1700; Bundesliga, RB Leipzig v Cologne - BT Sport//ESPN 1730.
TENNIS: Davis Cup, semi-final - Eurosport 1 100 & 1700.
GOLF: European Tour, DP World Tour Championship - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Golf 0700; LPGA, CME Group Tour Championship - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Golf 1800.
RUGBY UNION: Champions Cup, Saracens v Ospreys - Channel 4 & BT Sport 2 1230, Exeter v Glasgow - BT Sport 2 1500, Harlequins v Bath - BT Sport 2 1730; Challenge Cup, Cardiff Blues v Leicester - BT Sport 2 1945.
BOXING: WBA Super and WBC Diamond super-middleweight title bout, Callum Smith v John Ryder - Sky Sports Action 1900 & Sky Sports Main Event 2030; WBC world heavyweight title bout, Deontay Wilder v Luis Ortiz - Sky Sports Action 0200 (Sun).
DARTS: PDC Players Championship Finals - eir Sport 1 & ITV4 1245 & 1900.
HORSE RACING: Live racing from across the UK - ITV & STV 1330.
UFC: Bellator, Michael Page v Derek Anderson - Channel 5 2200.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Minnesota Timberwolves v Phoenix Suns - Sky Sports Arena 2200.
SWIMMING: International Swimming League, day one of round six held in London - Eurosport 2 1700.
Tomorrow (Sunday, November 24)
CRICKET: New Zealand v England, day five of the first Test - Sky Sports Cricket & Sky Sports Main Event 2130; Australia v Pakistan, day five of the first Test - BT Sport 2 2345.
SOCCER: Premier League, Sheffield United v Manchester United - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1600; EFL, Middlesbrough v Hull - Sky Sports Main Event - 1130; SPFL, Hamilton v Rangers - BT Sport 1 1145, St Johnstone v Aberdeen - Sky Sports Main Event 1430; Bundesliga, Hoffenheim v Mainz - BT Sport 1 1700; Ligue 1, St Etienne v Montpellier - BT Sport//ESPN 1600, Toulouse v Marseille - BT Sport 1 1945; A-League, Central Coast Mariners v Western United - BT Sport 1 0700; Women's Super League, Birmingham v Chelsea - BT Sport 1 1430.
TENNIS: Davis Cup final - Eurosport 1 1500.
GOLF: European Tour, DP World Tour Championship - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Golf 0630; LPGA, CME Group Tour Championship - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Golf 1800.
RUGBY UNION: Champions Cup, Sale v La Rochelle - BT Sport 2 1230, Montpellier v Gloucester - BT Sport 2 1500.
DARTS: PDC Players Championship Finals - eir Sport 1 & ITV4 1245 & 1900.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Houston Rockets v Dallas Mavericks - Sky Sports Arena 2030.
GRIDIRON: NFL, Philadelphia Eagles v Seattle Seahawks - Sky Sports Action 1700 & Sky Sports Main Event 1900; New England Patriots v Dallas Cowboys - Sky Sports Main Event 2105; San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers - Sky Sports Action 0110 (Mon).
SWIMMING: International Swimming League, day two of round six held in London - Eurosport 2 1700.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Australian Open; 2. Andrew Cole; 3. Vijay Singh; 4. Michael Van Gerwen; 5. Antrim and Derry
