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• Arravale Rovers and Newport connections9 November 2026
  Brendan Lohan was a Galway-born garda who was stationed in Newport in the latter half of the 1950s. His brother, Gus, played senior hurling with both Clare and Galway. Gus’s sons and grandson wore the Clare jersey with distinction, his son, Brian, being the current senior hurling manager. His grandson, also Gus captained the Galway minor hurling team to win a Leinster title and helped his club Oranmore-Maree to win the Galway MH championship in 2026. Brendan helped Newport to win the County Junior Hurling title in 1957 and was known as a no-nonsense hurler defender. A verse from a…
• First blood to Waterford9 November 2026
  After an exciting and entertaining contest, Waterford champions, Ballyduff defeated Tipperary representatives Arravale Rovers on Sunday in the first game of Safety Direct Munster Intermediate Hurling Challenge by 4-24 to 3-22 at Lacken Park. Knockaderry (Limerick) and The Banner (Clare) will play the other semi-final in the next few weeks.
• Munster “Safety Direct” Co Intermediate Hurling Champions Competition2 November 2026
  Once again Newport GAA Club will host a County Intermediate Champions Hurling competition this year following their very successful inaugural event last year which was won by Knockavilla Kickhams. Munster Council granted Newport club permission to run this event as the Premier Intermediate champions now represent the counties in the official Munster competition. All the counties have now completed their 2026 intermediate hurling championships so the first game in the competition takes place this Sun Nov 8th between Waterford champions Ballyduff and Tipperary Champions Arravale Rovers in Lacken Park Newport at 2pm. The Ballyduff team features the Waterford inter county…
• Fixtures 1st November26 October 2026
  Best of luck to our teams in the following fixtures:
• County Junior ‘B’ Champions26 October 2026
  Junior B’s snatch late win.