All last year, people all over the county would have told you that this wasn’t a good Bellaghy team.  That argument fell on itself when they were just seconds away from yet again claiming the biggest piece of silverware in Derry football.
 
By Cahair O’Kane                                                                                                                                                                                
sport@derrypost.com
 
In Bellaghy, being seconds away is just not enough though.  Being [...]

You train all year for this game and when it comes along, you’re sitting on the bench, twiddling your thumbs, straining at the leash to get into the action.  That’s the situation facing a host of players around the county this weekend, with Bellaghy worst affected by injury and suspension ahead of a bumper weekend.
 
By [...]

This dramatic picture captures the moment a tornado hit County Derry.
By Connla Young
connla@derrypost.com
Miraculously, no one was injured and no property was damaged when the tornado struck near Maghera last week.
Amateur astronomer Martin McKenna managed to take these pictures of the tornado streaking across the sky close to the town on August 2.
Less than 24-hours earlier, [...]

 
Heartbroken friends of tragic Draperstown teenager Padraig Donnelly have launched a Bebo page in his honour.
By Connla Young
connla@derrypost.com
And already dozens of messages have been posted on the page by friends of the young hurling fanatic who died last month several days after the quad he was riding on was in collision with a car at [...]

‘A Hurling Legend’
Padráig Donnelly - 1994-2008
 
 
A Hurling Legend
Our all-star
Always focused
On putting the ball over the bar
 
A corner forward
Always quick on his feet
Ducking and weaving
Any rival he meets
 
In Cathal, Padráig, Patsy
Sparky and HP
He found great determination
To be the best hurler that he could be
 
Ballinascreen jersey
He was number thirteen
Worn with great pride
He was part of the team
 
His [...]

 
A Limavady man performed in the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last week which was watched by billions of people all over the world.
 
By Orla McNicholl
orla@derrypost.com
 
Stuart Martin, who now lives in Dundee, where he attends university, performed four songs with the Main of Fintry Pipe Band at the opening ceremony in The Bird’s [...]

 
A big-hearted trucker has gone that extra mile in the drive to raise cash for little Katie Maguire.
By Connla Young
connla@derrypost.com
Tobermore man Glen Finlay has painted a picture of the seriously sick child on the side of his lorry.
The trucker hopes that people who see the child’s face will dig deep to help raise the £250,000 [...]

 
The Keep Baby Katie Awake campaign has raised over £100,000 in just nine weeks, the County Derry Post can reveal.
By Connla Young
connla@derrypost.com
And last night Katie Maguire’s doting dad Gary thanked the thousands of people across County Derry who have dug deep to raise cash for the baby’s life saving treatment.
Katie suffers from a rare form [...]

 
 
An Upperlands woman is set to carry the torch for County Derry at the Beijing Olympics.
By Connla Young
connla@derrypost.com
Cyclist Wendy Houvenaghel is being tipped for gold when she competes in the Individual Pursuit for Britain next week.
Originally Wendy McLean, the 33-year-old attended Rainey Endowed Grammar School in Magherafelt before leaving for Dundee University to study.
The former [...]

A Ballinderry man will be piping to a different tune when he takes part in a prestigious international festival next week.
By Connla Young
connla@derrypost.com
Emmett Conway recently received a shock invitation to the Piping Live Festival to be held in Glasgow next week.
The 17-year-old will go head to head with pipers from New Zealand, Canada, Auustralia and [...]