Mullingar’s Mark Christie showed a welcome return to form when he won the Eirgrid Dunboyne 4-Mile in 19 mins 10 secs, beating Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally into second place. Tallaght’s Thomas Fitzpatrick was third and Liam Brady of Tullamore fourth. First woman was Sarah Treacy of Dunboyne, with Letterkenny’s Anne Marie McGlynn second and Catherina McKiernan […]
Breandan O’Neill and Fionnuala Britton led home an entry of over three and a half thousand people at the third annual Remembrance Run 5km in the Phoenix Park- a unique event for this time of year where family and friends look to the past and remember loved ones. AT THE LEINSTER Intermediate Cross-Country, Rachael Smyth […]
Harry Purcell of Castleknock College set a new Irish schools record of 1:49.42 on his way to victory in the senior boys’ 800m at the Aviva All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. After a fast opening lap, Purcell held on to win from Gormanston’s Rob Tully, with both breaking Sean Tobin’s […]
World champion race walker Robert Heffernan leads a list of 11 athletes who are to receive cash grants under the Irish Sports Council carding scheme. Heffernan gets the top grant of €40,000, along with Paralympians Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop and Orla Barry. Fionnuala Britton, who finished fourth at the European Cross-Country having won the title […]
* Just a week after her second place at the final race of the Triathlon World Series, Aileen Reid was back in action on the streets of Belfast finishing 20th overall and first woman at the Deep River Rock Belfast Marathon. Reid clocked a time of 79 mins 33 secs putting her four minutes ahead […]
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