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Maria McCambridge ran a time of 2:36.37 this morning at the Rome Marathon – inside the A qualifying mark off 2 hours 37 minutes for London 2012. Maria becomes the third Irish women to make the marathon qualifying mark – and like Linda Byrne and Ava Hutchinson is a product of the Dundum South Dublin […]

Irish men’s volleyball team MODERN PENTATHLON: After her brilliant 18th place at the opening World Cup of the season in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Natalya Coyle is in Rio de Janiero for modern pentathlon’s second World Cup, with the women’s final taking place today (Sat).At Charlotte, Coyle moved up seven places in the final combined […]

Irish men’s volleyball team MODERN PENTATHLON: After her brilliant 18th place at the opening World Cup of the season in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Natalya Coyle is in Rio de Janiero for modern pentathlon’s second World Cup, with the women’s final taking place today (Sat).At Charlotte, Coyle moved up seven places in the final combined […]

Irish women’s javelin champion Anita Fitzgibbon of DSD opened her season with a seventh place in the B group at the winter Throws Meet in Bar,  Montenegro today (Sat). Fitzgibbon threw 46.45 in the final round. Her sequence was: x, 44.06, 44.17, 41.99, x, 46.45. Winner of the group was Marharyta Dorozhan of he Ukraine […]

Irish women’s javelin champion Anita Fitzgibbon of DSD opened her season with a seventh place in the B group at the winter Throws Meet in Bar,  Montenegro today (Sat). Fitzgibbon threw 46.45 in the final round. Her sequence was: x, 44.06, 44.17, 41.99, x, 46.45. Winner of the group was Marharyta Dorozhan of he Ukraine […]

Ciara Mageean of UCD made an impressive  return to racing when she won the women’s 5km at the Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships in Waterford. On a testing 5km course, Mageean and team mate Laura Shaughnessy controlled the pace until half way when Mageean moved to the front, opening a gap that  grew to approximately 300m […]

Ciara Mageean of UCD made an impressive  return to racing when she won the women’s 5km at the Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships in Waterford. On a testing 5km course, Mageean and team mate Laura Shaughnessy controlled the pace until half way when Mageean moved to the front, opening a gap that  grew to approximately 300m […]

Saturday 17 Fr Murphy 5-mile Road Race, incorp Meath 5 Mile Road C’ships, Kildalkey, Co Meath, 2pm. Entry €15 on the day (12.30pm -1.30pm). Prizes sen, masters, teams. C: Philip Cogavin 087-2930058; www.meathathletics.blogspot.com Property Property Streets of Portlaoise 5km, 11.30am. Entry €15 or €10 U18. Cash prizes; course record bonus. Also childrens’s 1km; entry €2. […]

Saturday 17 Fr Murphy 5-mile Road Race, incorp Meath 5 Mile Road C’ships, Kildalkey, Co Meath, 2pm. Entry €15 on the day (12.30pm -1.30pm). Prizes sen, masters, teams. C: Philip Cogavin 087-2930058; www.meathathletics.blogspot.com Property Property Streets of Portlaoise 5km, 11.30am. Entry €15 or €10 U18. Cash prizes; course record bonus. Also childrens’s 1km; entry €2. […]

John Murphy TABLE TENNIS: UCD’s John Murphy and Amanda Mogey from Ulster beat off all-comers to take the titles at the Butterfly National Senior Championships in Dublin.  Mogey, who plays in next month’s World Championships, fought hard to beat UCD’s Sarah Timlin in the semi-final, and beat Ulster’s Ashley Givan in the final 4-0. In […]