• Ballinamallard made their exit from the Irish Cup at the hands of Crusaders at Ferney Park. A hard-fought encounter was decided by Philip Lowry’s second half goal.
Meanwhile, in the Championship, Ballinamallard defeated Ards but a loss to Institute put a big dent in their promotion hopes.
• There was controversy in the Junior Cup as Enniskillen Town’s game against Strathroy in Omagh was abandoned. The referee called a halt to the contest after he alleged he was assaulted – this coming after Town had a late equaliser disallowed. Town would eventually be banned from the competition for a year.
Tummery Athletic, who had edged out Enniskillen Rangers 3-2, made their exit in the next round at the hands of Kesh’s conquerors, Coalisland Athletic.
• In the Fermanagh and Western, Lisnarick preserved their Division Two status with a win over Fivemiletown II.
• Lisbellaw’s James McGrath was inducted into the Fermanagh and Western Hall of Fame.
• Fermanagh continued their NFL Division Three campaign in February. Kieran Donnelly’s side rued missed chances as they were held to a draw in Aughrim before they picked up their first win with a 3-11 to 1-10 win away to Longford. Sean Quigley hit a quickfire double, while Garvan Jones also hit the net for the Ernemen.
• Joe Baldwin’s hurlers made it two wins out of two with victory over Longford, that followed on from a win over Cavan in their opener.
• Fermanagh Ladies were under new management, with James Daly having taken over the reins. He saw a number of players opt out of the squad and the new-look squad endured a difficult opening to the league with defeat to Leitrim, although they bounced back with a fine victory over Antrim.
• St. Fanchea's secured the Ulster Schools’ Foyle Cup with a superb 8-17 to 3-07 win over St. Mary’s Limavady.
• In rugby, ERGS exited the Ulster Subsidiary Schools’ Cup to Dungannon Royal following a thrilling contest.
• In the Towns’ Cup, Clogher and Enniskillen both fell to defeat to Ballyclare and Dromore respectively.
• Brian Hoy was the best Fermanagh finisher at an incident-packed Galway International Rally. Hoy and driver Callum Devine were third ahead of Garry Jennings in fourth, and Alastair Fisher in sixth.
• Hoy then teamed up with Jon Armstrong in the Junior WRC and the pair made the perfect start to their campaign with victory at Rally Sweden.
• Ellie McCartney, representing Glenlola Collegiate, won four golds at the Ulster Schools’ Cup while Anna McDade of Mount Lourdes won a silver. McCartney also had success at the McCullagh International Meet, picking up seven medals.
• Splitz Gymnastics Club were named Club of The Year at the British Gymnastics National Awards.
• Leona Maguire became the first Irish golfer to win a title on the LGPA Tour when she secured victory in the Drive On Championship. The win moved Leona up to 17th in the world rankings.
• At the European Masters Athletic Championships Denise Toner returned home with W40 double gold in the 1500m and 3000m, the Donagh athlete dominating both events.
• In Cross-Country, Conan McCaughey produced an accomplished performance to claim the NI & Ulster Senior title for the first time at Gransha.
• At the Ulster Schools’ Cross-Country Championships, there was team golds for St. Michael’s in the Junior Boys and Mount Lourdes in the Mini Girls. St. Michael’s Sean Corry took individual gold in the Junior Boys, with Tiarnan McManus earning bronze in the same race while ERGS duo Harry McKenzie and Annabel Morrison won silver and bronze respectively.
• Eve Callaghan was in terrific form as she secured the Irish National Tennis Junior U-18 title in Clontarf, Dublin. Eve claimed the crown without even dropping a set.
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