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Irish sprinters selected for the European Championships starting next Wednesday in Helsinki will have some tough decisions to make.With heats and semi-finals to negotiate, tactics are important in the early stages of any championship. But if you still don’t have an Olympic A standard time, do you go for broke from the start and jeopardise […]

Wednesday June 20 Dublin T-F Championships Day 2, Santry, 7pm. 200m, 1500m, 3000m, triple jump, high jump, javelin, hammer. www.dublinathletics.com. Wicklow Fit for Life League Rd 6, 2 miles, Roundwood, 7.30pm. Reg GAA hall; BBQ after. C: www.SliCualann.com Coca Cola Lisburn Half-Marathon, 10km and 3km Fun Run, Lagan Valley LC, 6.30pm. C: Adrian Baron 07866264434; […]

Wednesday June 20 Dublin T-F Championships Day 2, Santry, 7pm. 200m, 1500m, 3000m, triple jump, high jump, javelin, hammer. www.dublinathletics.com. Wicklow Fit for Life League Rd 6, 2 miles, Roundwood, 7.30pm. Reg GAA hall; BBQ after. C: www.SliCualann.com Coca Cola Lisburn Half-Marathon, 10km and 3km Fun Run, Lagan Valley LC, 6.30pm. C: Adrian Baron 07866264434; […]

Picked up this souvenir platter at an antiques fair. It’s from the 1994  European Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, where Sonia O’Sullivan won the 3000m (I was there).It’s made by Arabia, a well-known Finnish ceramics company and is  No 409 in a limited edition of 500. Can’t make out the signature on the front  […]

Wednesday June 20  Paul McKee (Beechmount Hrs) continued his comeback by winning the 400m at the Dublin Graded Meet/Dublin Championships in Santry.  in 47.60s. McKee, now 34, ran a time of 47.60 to  put him third in the 2012 400m Irish rankings. Behind him came two athletes he now coaches- European Champiosnhips bound JAson Harvey […]

Wednesday June 20  Paul McKee (Beechmount Hrs) continued his comeback by winning the 400m at the Dublin Graded Meet/Dublin Championships in Santry.  in 47.60s. McKee, now 34, ran a time of 47.60 to  put him third in the 2012 400m Irish rankings. Behind him came two athletes he now coaches- European Champiosnhips bound JAson Harvey […]

BADMINTON: Irish badminton stars Chloe Magee and Scott Evans have had their places at the London Olympic Games confirmed. Magee, world ranked No 46, sealed her place on the team last December when she made the quarter-finals of the Irish Championships in Lisburn. For Evans, world ranked 73 and just one place off automatic selection, […]

BADMINTON: Irish badminton stars Chloe Magee and Scott Evans have had their places at the London Olympic Games confirmed. Magee, world ranked No 46, sealed her place on the team last December when she made the quarter-finals of the Irish Championships in Lisburn. For Evans, world ranked 73 and just one place off automatic selection, […]

An interesting side effect of the road running boom has been a move back to the track by club athletes looking for quality racing.  Who would ever have thought that 24 athletes would enter a Dublin 800m Championships race as they did last Wednesday in Irishtown?  In an effort to improve their times, club athletes […]

An interesting side effect of the road running boom has been a move back to the track by club athletes looking for quality racing.  Who would ever have thought that 24 athletes would enter a Dublin 800m Championships race as they did last Wednesday in Irishtown?  In an effort to improve their times, club athletes […]