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Minority Report: canoeing, triathlon, paralympics. Herald July 20

CANOEING: Update – Peter Egan duly won the K1 at the National Marathon Canoe Championships and then paired up with Gary Mawer to take his seventh consecutive K2 title (two of them with Neil Fleming; the rest with a number of different partners). With defending champion Neil Fleming a doubtful starter, Peter Egan of host […]

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Minority Report – Herald June 30

HOCKEY: Ireland’s Nikki Symmons collected her 200m international cap before the first of last week’s three match test series against Canada in UCD. Symmons, who plays her club hockey with Loreto, is the first Irish player to reach this considerable milestone. She made her debut in 2001 against Wales in Cardiff at the age of […]

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Minority Report: Paracanoeist Paddy Paddles into History

CANOEING: Patrick O’Leary became the first Paracanoeist to represent Ireland internationally when he competed at the European Canoe Sprint Championships in Portugal. O’Leary finished fourth in his K1 200m heat to qualify for the final, where he finished ninth. Irish Olympian Andrzej Jezierski finished sixth in the men’s C1 200m in 42.631 seconds. He was […]

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Minority Report – Herald Sat June 15 (with updates)

SNOOKER: Kilkenny’s David Morris is into the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in China after beating beat Northern Ireland’s Gerard Greene at the Wuxi Classic . The 24-year-old, who regained his place on the tour through Q School last month, defeated Greene 5-2, with breaks of 77, 51 and 103. […]

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Minority Report – Herald March 9

Madeline Perry Update: Aisling Blake ended Madeline Perry’s 14-year reign as Irish women’s squash champion at Fitzwilliam on Sunday afternoon.  BADMINTON: Chloe Magee proved best of the Irish at the All-England Badminton Championships in Birmingham winning her opening round match in the qualifying tournament for the women’s singles. In a 50-minute marathon, Magee  had lost  […]

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Minority Report – Herald Feb 16

SNOOKER: Ex-pro Michael Judge won his second Irish snooker ranking tournament of the season when he beat David Morris in the final of the Irish Masters at Celbridge Snooker Club. In a superb match, Judge raced to a 3-0 lead but was overtaken when Morris quickly reeled off the next four to take a 3-4 […]

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