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Canoeing: World Cup gold for Jenny Egan. Plus beach volleyball

By on June 5, 2016 in Canoeing, Other sport, Volleyball

Canoeist Jenny Egan of the Salmon Leap club in Leixlip won a gold medal at third sprint canoe World Cup in Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal. Three women battled it out in in strong winds at the finish with Egan making it to the line first in 23 mins 31.480 secs with .99 of a second to […]

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Minority Report – Herald June 30

By on June 30, 2013 in Hockey, Orienteering, Other sport, Rowing, snooker, Volleyball

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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Aer Lingus and Santry Volleyballers Both On the Double!

By on April 27, 2013 in Other sport, squash, Volleyball

* Weekend Minority Sports Round-up VOLLEYBALL Aer Lingus and Santry  volleyball clubs both added Association Cup titles to their premier league victories in  two magnificent matches held in UCD today. In the men’s cup final, Aer Lingus beat Ballymun Patriots in a five set epic.  The Alsaa team, winners two years ago, battled hard to […]

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Minority Report – Herald March 30

By on April 1, 2013 in badminton, Hockey, Other sport, Table tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball

BADMINTON. A European team including Irish No 1 Scott Evans is currently playing the second round of matches for the Axiata Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia fighting to hold on to fourth place on the table. After last weekend’s opening round. Thailand has a one point lead over Indonesia with Malaysia one point behind again. […]

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