Ferrybank’s Thomas Barr set a brilliant new Irish 400m hurdles record of 48.90 secs at the Record EAP meet in Geneva, Switzerland. Barr won the race ahead of current European champion Rhys Williams of GB and now tops the European rankings. The time beats Barr’s newly minted Irish best of 49.61 sec set two weeks […]
Two of the best races on the Business Houses Athletic Association calendar took place on Tuesday – and both attracted record crowds. At the Dunboyne 5-Mile, a flood of late entries stretched the race organisers to their limit, but all ended well, with the usual huge spread of food, thoughtful prizes and plenty of time […]
Highlights of the second day of the Woodie’s DIY National Indoors in Athlone includes a 16th indoor title for Kelly Proper of Ferrybank when she won the 200m in 23.56 – a new stadium record, improving on the 23.75 secs she had run a day earlier in the heats. In the long jump, she marginally […]
World 50km champion Robert Heffernan from Togher finished second in the men’s mile walk at the Millrose Games in New York with a time of 5 mins 39.75 secs. Winner was Andreas Gustafsson from Sweden in 5:34.45. Heffernan’s record of 15 indoors titles was equalled by Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper at the opening day of the […]
Sprinter Phil Healy’s time of 7.46 secs for the 60m proved the highlight of the inaugural National Club Indoor League held in Athlone. In her first year as a senior, Healy stormed down the track to beat old rival Sarah Lavin, now with UCD, who clocked 7.61 secs, with Catherine McManus of Celtic DCH third […]
Newly crowned Irish heptathlon champion, Kelly Proper will lead a strong Ferrybank women’s team at Sunday’s Woodies DIY National League Finals in Tullamore. With Proper on the team, Ferrybank last won the title in 2011, but the Waterford club has struggled to field a full team since then. DSD were the winners in the two […]
Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper was only 24 points off her own national record when winning the heptathlon at the Woodie’s DIY Combined Events Championships in Tullamore – her fourth outdoor title this season. Proper had started the day day with a commanding lead after her first day’s efforts: 14.31 in the 100m hurdles (935 points), 1.61 […]
Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper, who set a new Irish heptathlon record of 5,442 points in Italy last May is red-hot favourite to add the Irish women’s multi-events title to her collection at Tullamore this weekend. Proper is in top form having won the 100m, 200m and long jump at the recent national championships in Santry and […]
A treble for Kelly Proper, a new javelin record from Anita Fitzgibbon, and big wins in the 5000m and 10,000m for Maria McCambridge and Mark Kenneally were just some of the highlights on a packed day of athletics at the Woodie’s DIY National Track and Field Championships Day 1 in Santry. Proper, who has turned […]
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