McCambridge Makes A-Standard

By on March 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

Maria McCambridge ran a time of 2:36.37 this morning at the Rome Marathon – inside the A qualifying mark off 2 hours 37 minutes for London 2012. Maria becomes the third Irish women to make the marathon qualifying mark – and like Linda Byrne and Ava Hutchinson is a product of the Dundum South Dublin […]

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Minority Report – Herald March 17

By on March 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

Irish men’s volleyball team MODERN PENTATHLON: After her brilliant 18th place at the opening World Cup of the season in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Natalya Coyle is in Rio de Janiero for modern pentathlon’s second World Cup, with the women’s final taking place today (Sat).At Charlotte, Coyle moved up seven places in the final combined […]

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Minority Report – Herald March 17

By on March 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

Irish men’s volleyball team MODERN PENTATHLON: After her brilliant 18th place at the opening World Cup of the season in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Natalya Coyle is in Rio de Janiero for modern pentathlon’s second World Cup, with the women’s final taking place today (Sat).At Charlotte, Coyle moved up seven places in the final combined […]

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Fitzgibbon Opens Season (and other results)

By on March 17, 2012 in Uncategorized

Irish women’s javelin champion Anita Fitzgibbon of DSD opened her season with a seventh place in the B group at the winter Throws Meet in Bar,  Montenegro today (Sat). Fitzgibbon threw 46.45 in the final round. Her sequence was: x, 44.06, 44.17, 41.99, x, 46.45. Winner of the group was Marharyta Dorozhan of he Ukraine […]

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Fitzgibbon Opens Season (and other results)

By on March 17, 2012 in Uncategorized

Irish women’s javelin champion Anita Fitzgibbon of DSD opened her season with a seventh place in the B group at the winter Throws Meet in Bar,  Montenegro today (Sat). Fitzgibbon threw 46.45 in the final round. Her sequence was: x, 44.06, 44.17, 41.99, x, 46.45. Winner of the group was Marharyta Dorozhan of he Ukraine […]

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On Your Marks – from Herald Mar 15

By on March 15, 2012 in Uncategorized

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. 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  grew to approximately 300m […]

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