* If you planned on running the Galway 5km Series this year, then you’re already too late. The series sold out 40 minutes after entry opened last night. First race is in Athenry on April 30 Friday March 29 St Michael’s Good Friday 5km, Heritage Hotel, , Killenard, Co Laois, 6.30pm (under lights).C: Aidan Mullally […]
Last weekend highlighted the contrasting sides of athletics. While over 300 hardy souls battled snow, icy winds and bitter cold at the Wicklow Ultra and Trail Runs, around 1,200 youngsters were warm and snug at the Athlone indoor arena, where they were competing in the Woodie’s DIY National Juvenile Indoors. The new arena in Athlone […]
A silver for the junior boys team was the high point for the Irish team at the SIAB Schools’ International Cross-Country, held in Dinefwr Park, Wales. Alan Monahan from St Pat’s Navan led the boys home in seventh place – he was the first non-English runner to finish. Close behind were Christy Conlon of Rathmore […]
At Juvenile Indoors Fionnuala Britton may be disappointed to have finished only 14th but the Irish women’s team ran out of their collective socks to finish 5th team at the World Cross, held over a difficult, twisting course in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Against the might of Kenya, Ethiopia and a East Africa All-Stars outfit representing the […]
Scott Evans TENPIN BOWLING: To celebrate 50 years of ten pin bowling in Ireland, schools from all over the country were invited to try free bowling in their local centres last week. The results were overwhelming with close to 20,000 youngsters getting their first taste of this enjoyable sport. “The figures were way beyond […]
* A few pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com and many more at (of course!) www.actionphotography.ie)What a day at the Wicklow Way 52km ultra and 26km Trail race from Glencullen to Ballinastoe! An epic was how one dazed finisher described it. Last year, finishers were at risk of sunburn. This year the major threat was hypothermia, with driving […]
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