A NUMBER of St Abban’s athletes were in action on Friday and Saturday representing their colleges in the Irish University Athletics Association Track and Field Championships.

PLAYING Offaly away from home is never an easy task, and Tuesday night at Faithful Fields was no exception — a real trip into the lion’s den for Laois, with everything on the line in this crunch Leinster Minor Football Championship clash.

Reaction THERE was no shame to the way the Laois minor footballers bowed out of the championship.

Laois 6-26 Wicklow 2-10 FOR the second week in succession Laois travelled away in the Celtic Challenge hurling competition. The week they were in the Faithful Fields taking on Offaly and snatched victory with a last minute goal.

CCFL U/17 League Semi-Final 1st Leg  Portlaoise 4 Walsh Island Shamrocks 1 A PLEASANT afternoon set the scene for this semi-final tie in Rossleighan Park on Saturday.

Bob Docherty Cup U/15 Girls’ International tournament  THE Republic of Ireland U/15 girls’ team sit top of the table after two game in the Bob Docherty Cup U/15 Girls’ International tournament.

AOIFE Kelly signed off her Ireland U19’s career last week with her final appearances for the side as she played in the Euro Qualifiers against Serbia, Wales and France.

KEVIN Donohoe insists Portlaoise Panthers have the potential to make another serious push for promotion to Men’s Super League basketball next season.

The career of Ciara Milton continues to skyrocket. Having made the move to Shamrock Rovers to play with their U17’s in January, she’s scored five goals in four games, including a hat-trick on her debut.

LAOIS camogie captain and Player of the Match from Saturday’s Division 3A final, Clodagh Tynan, was delighted to have finally gotten over the line with her Laois camogie side.

LIMERICK CELTICS 81 ND AUDIT PORTLAOISE PANTHERS 70 NOT for the first time this season, Limerick Celtics broke the hearts of Portlaoise Panthers as they pulled clear in the closing minutes of their Dominio’s Men’s Division One final to land the ...

Leinster U-20 HC Tier 1 Group 1 Rd 3  Offaly 1-25 Laois 0-14  LAOIS suffered a second consecutive defeat in Group 3 of the Leinster U/20 Hurling Championship after Offaly proved to be far too strong in ...

Very National League Division 3A Final  Laois 0-14 Roscommon 1-6 LAOIS and Roscommon met halfway in Kinnegad GAA on Saturday afternoon to compete for the Very National League Division 3A title.

HAVING failed to reach hurling and football leagues in the last month, it is now the turn of the ladies to make a bid for National League honours.

XABI Arriaga insists ND Audit Portlaoise Panthers will have to be at their best at both ends of the court if they are to surmount Limerick Celtics at the third time of asking this season, with the two sides set to meet again in the Domino’s Men’s ...

FORMER Portlaoise RFC player, Richie Whelan is continuing to make the most of the opportunity to play his rugby in France with La Rochelle’s Under 21s.

THE indoor season came to a close on Saturday in Athlone at Day 3 of the National Juvenile Indoor Championships. Well done to all our juveniles who were out competing.

MSL U/16 Girls League Temple Villa 3 Portlaoise AFC 0 PORTLAOISE AFC U/16 girls headed to Temple Villa for their final away game of the season. A sunny breezy day and a firm pitch would make for tricky conditions for both teams.

Celtic Challenge  Laois 2-10  Offaly 0-15 THE Faithful Fields in Kilcormac was the venue on Friday evening last, for the latest chapter of Offaly v Laois hurling when they opposed each other in the opening round of the Celtic Challenge, a ...

JUST one week on from the Laois Senior Road race in Ballyroan, the Laois Intermediate road race was held in a sunny Killeen on Sunday, along a scenic loop. Thanks to St Abban's AC for hosting and supplying the refreshments afterwards.