A NUMBER of north Tyrone sides will over the coming days attempt to succeed where their fellow representatives failed in the Power NI Tyrone Intermediate Club Championship last weekend.

REAL championship progress looks well within the ability of this Augher team whose attacking fluency saw them cruise to the quarter final thanks to an emphatic win over their north Tyrone rivals on Saturday night.

ON the night that another series of ITV’s famed talent show X-Factor returned to our screens, it was a combative Rock and, in particular, the McCreesh connection that were the star performers in a bruising Power NI Intermediate Championship Round One encounter at a sun-drenched Killyclogher on Saturday evening.

KILLEESHIL sounded out a warning to the rest of the field that they will take a bit of beating following a comprehensive win over a gallant but outplayed Castlederg side in the opening round of the Power NI Junior championship at Greencastle last Thursday evening.

CHURCHTOWN got their season off to the best possible start by defeating last year’s runners-up Enniskillen Town at Mitchell Park.

NEWLY-PROMOTED Strule United gave a good account of themselves despite coming out on the wrong side of a 5-3 scoreline defeat at Bellspark, Brian Sweeney registering a hat-trick for the home side.

FOR the time being at least, Gortin teenager Janet Devlin has the musical world at her feet. Following Saturday’s night’s prodigious display on ITV’s X Factor, a near-perfect rendition of an Elton John classic and one of the most inspiring auditions the talent show has ever seen or heard, the 16-year-old’s name is on the lips of all those 10million viewers who tuned in for this series’ first show. Not only were the celebrity judges mightily impressed (“Janet, congratulations once again, mamma, you blew us away,” – Kelly Rowland), the national media has descended upon her home-town of Gortin seeking, [...]

STRABANE Athletic announced their arrival in F&W Division 2 with a convincing victory over NFC Kesh Reserves at a sun splashed Melvin Park on Saturday last.

SSSU kicked off the new season with a well deserved cup victory against a physical Draperstown Celtic side courtesy of a fantastic hat-trick from Conor Carlin.

AN eight-week public inquiry into the proposed A5 Western Corridor cost over £0.5million the Strabane Chronicle can reveal. And this total includes nearly £80,000 to a barrister representing Roads Service a figure which has prompted an angry reaction from opponents to the scheme. Francis O’Reilly was hired by the Department of Regional Development (DRD), which is overseeing the new £850m duelling project proposed to run from Aughnacloy to Newbuildings in Derry. However, objectors to the new road, including farmers, home owners, business people, councillors and pressure groups did not receive any financial assistance in putting their case across.