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John Murphy TABLE TENNIS: UCD’s John Murphy and Amanda Mogey from Ulster beat off all-comers to take the titles at the Butterfly National Senior Championships in Dublin.  Mogey, who plays in next month’s World Championships, fought hard to beat UCD’s Sarah Timlin in the semi-final, and beat Ulster’s Ashley Givan in the final 4-0. In […]

John Murphy TABLE TENNIS: UCD’s John Murphy and Amanda Mogey from Ulster beat off all-comers to take the titles at the Butterfly National Senior Championships in Dublin.  Mogey, who plays in next month’s World Championships, fought hard to beat UCD’s Sarah Timlin in the semi-final, and beat Ulster’s Ashley Givan in the final 4-0. In […]

Ciara Mageean Ciara Mageean of UCD made an impressive  return to racing when she won the women’s 5km at the Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships in Waterford. Caitriona Jennings On a testing 5km course, Mageean  and team mate Laura Shaughnessy controlled the pace until half way when Mageean moved to the front, opening a gap that  […]

Ciara Mageean Ciara Mageean of UCD made an impressive  return to racing when she won the women’s 5km at the Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships in Waterford. Caitriona Jennings On a testing 5km course, Mageean  and team mate Laura Shaughnessy controlled the pace until half way when Mageean moved to the front, opening a gap that  […]

Ben Reynolds of North Down  finished seventh in the semi-final of the men’s 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Istanbul.After a fast start, Reynolds hit the third hurdle badly but held on to finish in 7.80  seconds – a faster time than the 7.84 seconds he had run in the […]

Maria McCambridge of Letterkenny smashed the course record by half a minute with a sensational time of 54: 48 on a cold, windy day at the 35th Ballycotton ’10’. McCambridge hopes to make the London 2012 qualifying mark of 2 hours 37 minutes at the Rome Marathon on March 18. The previous Ballycotton record of […]

Maria McCambridge of Letterkenny smashed the course record by half a minute with a sensational time of 54: 48 on a cold, windy day at the 35th Ballycotton ’10’. McCambridge hopes to make the London 2012 qualifying mark of 2 hours 37 minutes at the Rome Marathon on March 18. The previous Ballycotton record of […]

  Wednesday 7 Orienteering: Leinster Schools Championships, Bushy Park, Dublin. www.orienteering.ie.    Friday 9 Celtic Festival/St Patrick’s Parade 3km fun run, Trim, Co Meath, 7.30pm. Teams of four. Proceeds to Tabor House Addiction Centre. Thursday 8  Rith 2012 – 15 counties,10 days, from Gweedore to Tyrone, Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Monaghan, Meath, Dublin, Kildare, Carlow, Laois, […]

  Wednesday 7 Orienteering: Leinster Schools Championships, Bushy Park, Dublin. www.orienteering.ie.    Friday 9 Celtic Festival/St Patrick’s Parade 3km fun run, Trim, Co Meath, 7.30pm. Teams of four. Proceeds to Tabor House Addiction Centre. Thursday 8  Rith 2012 – 15 counties,10 days, from Gweedore to Tyrone, Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Monaghan, Meath, Dublin, Kildare, Carlow, Laois, […]

* Results summary  below. Maria McCambridge of Letterkenny smashed the course record  by half a minute with a sensational time of 54: 48 at the 35th Ballycotton ’10’ today.McCambridge hopes to make the London 2012 qualifying mark of 2 hours 37 minutes at the  Rome Marathon on March 18. The previous Ballycotton record of 55:20 was set […]