September 19, 2004
Going for Gold
I was watching a bit of girl on girl action on the telly yesterday evening when one of the ladies bared her back to expose a rather fetching coiled dragon tattoo across the base of her spine. I was of course watching TG4’s coverage of the women’s football semi-final between Galway and Mayo, being played in a windswept GAA pitch in Roscommon. The lady in question had come off second best in a tackle with a Mayo lass and was writhing around on the grass in agony. The difference between the men and women’s GAA is not much really; the tackles tend to be a bit less medieval and they have a sin-bin for temporarily banishing errant players. There is, however, another far more insidious development, which hopefully will not creep into the men’s game too. A stricter drugs testing regime should ensure that the problem of sunbed overdose can be nipped in the bud once and for all. [Galway won by a point after extra time]
One point was enough for the Galway (male) minor hurlers to beat Kilkenny today in the All-Ireland Minor replay in Tullamore, However, next week, Mayo has a chance to win the big one next week – the All-Ireland Football Final against Kerry in Croke Park. It’s about time.
Posted by Monasette at September 19, 2004 09:16 PM