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  Wednesday August 29 PTAA Cork BHAA 5km, Togher, 7.30pm. C: Seamus Casey 021 4885655; ; www.corkbhaa.com Swinford Harvest Series Race  4 Meelick 7km,   7pm. Entry €5. All welcome, tea after. C: Padraic 086 8738691., Michael 086 8196511, Peter 087 9014211. Roscommon 5km Series Rd 2 Boyle, 7pm. Entry €25 for 4-race series or €10 […]

SWIMMING: An earlier date, caused by construction works on the course,  meant numbers were down at the 91st Liffey Swim, although the 173 men and 97 women who swam enjoyed cleaner water than usual. That was because the shortened course, between Custom House Quay and the Point, got the benefit of  the tidal waters at […]

SWIMMING: An earlier date, caused by construction works on the course,  meant numbers were down at the 91st Liffey Swim, although the 173 men and 97 women who swam enjoyed cleaner water than usual. That was because the shortened course, between Custom House Quay and the Point, got the benefit of  the tidal waters at […]

Maria McCambridge won the women’s race in 55 mins 13 secs at the Frank Duffy ’10’ in Dublin’s Phoenix Park – not far off the 54.48  she ran when winning the Ballycotton ’10’ last March.McCambridge, who is targeting the Dublin Marathon,   beat a field that included DSD’s much-improved Niamh Devlin and an impressive group […]

Maria McCambridge won the women’s race in 55 mins 13 secs at the Frank Duffy ’10’ in Dublin’s Phoenix Park – not far off the 54.48  she ran when winning the Ballycotton ’10’ last March.McCambridge, who is targeting the Dublin Marathon,   beat a field that included DSD’s much-improved Niamh Devlin and an impressive group […]

Thursday  August 23 Ballycotton ‘5’ (Race 4 Ballycotton 5-Mile Series), 7pm. Followed by league prize-giving. www.ballycottonrunning.com Friday  August 24 Tara 5km, Skyrne, Co Meath, 7.30pm.  C: Lisa O’Dowd 085 1416041; www.taraac.com. Clones 5km, Clones, Co Monaghan, 7pm. C: Paul O’Neill 087 150848/ pon1973@gmail.com St Abban’s Summer 4km League Rd 8 (final round), Monavea, Crettyard, Co […]

Thursday  August 23 Ballycotton ‘5’ (Race 4 Ballycotton 5-Mile Series), 7pm. Followed by league prize-giving. www.ballycottonrunning.com Friday  August 24 Tara 5km, Skyrne, Co Meath, 7.30pm.  C: Lisa O’Dowd 085 1416041; www.taraac.com. Clones 5km, Clones, Co Monaghan, 7pm. C: Paul O’Neill 087 150848/ pon1973@gmail.com St Abban’s Summer 4km League Rd 8 (final round), Monavea, Crettyard, Co […]

Dublin clubs took the premier titles on a thrilling  day of athletics at the Woodie’s DIY Track and Field League final – but it couldn’t have been closer. In the women’s competition, Dundrum South Dublin, missing some of its big stars, was chased hard by a revived Leevale squad that began well with victory for […]

Dublin clubs took the premier titles on a thrilling  day of athletics at the Woodie’s DIY Track and Field League final – but it couldn’t have been closer. In the women’s competition, Dundrum South Dublin, missing some of its big stars, was chased hard by a revived Leevale squad that began well with victory for […]

* Ireland has picked up three gold medals at the European Masters in the Tri-nations area of Germany, Czech Republic and Poland. Geraldine Finnegan won the W45 heptathlon, John McDermott the M65 decathlon and Dorothy McLennan the W75 pole vault.McDermott also finished second in the 300m hurdles, while Finnegan was 3rd 2000m steeplechase, 2nd 400m […]