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Pic from Demotix.com Ethiopia’s Urga Negewo  knocked more than a minute off the course record  when he won the Deeep RiverRock Belfast Marathon in 2 hrs 13 mins 41 secs, depsite the wet and windy conditions. It was a second win in Belfast for Negewo also the winner in 2010.Kenyan David Kipserem Kisang was second […]

VOLLEYBALL: Dublin Volleyball Club won the  women’s Association Cup at UCD last weekend for the first time – and ended the phenomenal 67-match winning streak of Aer Lingus. DVC, based in Clondalkin, was forced to rebuild its premier division team last October. They struck it lucky with the arrival of all-rounder Leanne Dignam from UCD, […]

VOLLEYBALL: Dublin Volleyball Club won the  women’s Association Cup at UCD last weekend for the first time – and ended the phenomenal 67-match winning streak of Aer Lingus. DVC, based in Clondalkin, was forced to rebuild its premier division team last October. They struck it lucky with the arrival of all-rounder Leanne Dignam from UCD, […]

Barry Minnock ran 2 hrs 17 mins 41 secs at the Hanover Marathon in Germany today – fastest white guy and a four minute PB!A great run by the  former GAA man, who started his athletics life as a mountain runner and is a member of Rathfarnham WSAF. He had entered the race as a […]

Barry Minnock ran 2 hrs 17 mins 41 secs at the Hanover Marathon in Germany today – fastest white guy and a four minute PB!A great run by the  former GAA man, who started his athletics life as a mountain runner and is a member of Rathfarnham WSAF. He had entered the race as a […]

UCD’s David Campbell turned to the roads today and  came home first at the RTE 5-Mile road race around Donnybrook. Sean Hehir forced the pace from the start, but was caught on the final laps. In third place was Eoin Flynn. Aoife Talty was first woman, ahead of Laura Shaughnessy. * Loughlin Campion and Barbara […]

UCD’s David Campbell turned to the roads today and  came home first at the RTE 5-Mile road race around Donnybrook. Sean Hehir forced the pace from the start, but was caught on the final laps. In third place was Eoin Flynn. Aoife Talty was first woman, ahead of Laura Shaughnessy. * Loughlin Campion and Barbara […]

All pics from  www.lindie.zenfolio.com. Reports courtesy Evening Herald Schools Sports Section.   West Leinster. Full results at www.westleinsterschoolsathletics.com. Day 1 , Tue Apr 24 Sarah Fitzpatrick Sarah Fitzpatrick of Our Lady’s Terenure was making athletics history when she won the first ever schoolgirls’ steeplechase race held in this country. Even a stumble on her final […]

All pics from  www.lindie.zenfolio.com. Reports courtesy Evening Herald Schools Sports Section.   West Leinster. Full results at www.westleinsterschoolsathletics.com. Day 1 , Tue Apr 24 Sarah Fitzpatrick Sarah Fitzpatrick of Our Lady’s Terenure was making athletics history when she won the first ever schoolgirls’ steeplechase race held in this country. Even a stumble on her final […]

Men wanted for ARC Mini Mar! Before the current running boom, just two marathons punctuated the long-distance runners’ annual rhythm – the Dublin Marathon in October and the Belfast Marathon in May, both of them on Bank Holiday Mondays. Now the calendar is littered with long-distance races, organised by local councils and clubs and by […]