Lindie Naughton

Start Jun/U-18 men’s race In the past,  the Woodie’s DIY National Intercounty Cross-County was  a pre-Christmas blow-out, designed to allow athletes based abroad to have a race while on a visit home.  The evolution of the European Cross-Country Championships into the most important fixture on the winter calendar for distance runners changed all that.These days, […]

Meet and Train Tonight (Wed)   Raheny Winter League Rd 1 (3m), Raheny Dublin, 8pm. Entry €50 f0r 11-week series or €7 per race. C: Pat 086 8158052 /Sean 087-2248274; www.rahenyshamrock.ie. West Waterford Road Race League Rd 5 (of 8), St Augustine’s, Dungarvan. C: Norma 087 9385965. Clonmel AC Pre-Christmas Open 4km R-R Series Rd 5, […]

Courtesy Irish Squash SQUASH: A battling Irish women’s squad finished sixth at squash’s World Team Championships held in Nimes, France. The Irish team, including the veteran Madeline Perry world ranked No 10 and Aisling Blake, world ranked 23, had a shock loss to India in the 5th place play-off.The match couldn’t have been tighter with […]