Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu will defend his men’s title at Sunday’s Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country in Dundalk. Also tipped to make an impact are Andrew Connick of Ferrybank, winner of last weekend’s national inter title, the in-form Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock, Donore’s John Travers, Joe Sweeney of DSD, and Stephen Scullion who joins Ciobanu on […]
UCD’s Mark English set a new Irish 800m indoor record of 1:46.82 at the Woodie’s DIY Open Games in Athlone, breaking Daniel Caulfield’s 13-year-old record of 1:47.21. The time was also inside the World Indoors qualification mark of 1:47.00. After pushing the pace from the start, English finished second behind Thijem Kupers of Netherlands, who […]
On a chilly night in December 1963, a group of women wearing an assortment of loose clothing assembled outside the Trinity grounds on Santry Avenue for a 600 yard race. Ireland and indeed Dublin was a very different places back then. Santry, where Billy Morton had built his dream stadium, was on the outskirts of […]
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