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Round-Up: Hehir, Sanchez win Dublin ‘Half’. Pollock beats Sittuk in Bangor. Egan and Pederson first at Liffey Descent

Sean Hehir and Barbara Sanchez were the winners of today’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon, leading home a field of 6,940 finishers at Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF, whose immediate target is a third national title at the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon on Sunday October 30,  was overall winner of the race in […]

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Fleming and Koenders win Liffey Descent; mixed K2 record for Egan and Simmons

Neil Fleming of Celbridge Paddlers and Robin Koenders of Denmark won the men’s K2 class at  the 56th Liffey Descent canoe marathon today in 1 hour 48 minutes 32 seconds. Salmon Leap pair Gary Mawer and Barry Watkins, who were last year’s K2 winners, were over two minutes behind for second place in 1:51.00. Jenny […]

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Mawer, Watkins Beat Spanish Invaders at Liffey Descent. With Results Summary

In a thrilling finish to the Liffey Descent, Salmon Leap’s Gary Mawer  and Barry Watkins out-sprinted the Spanish boat of  Luis Amado-Perez Blanco and Miguel Llorens Lopez  to win  by just ten seconds in 1 hrs 48 mins 39 secs for the 17-mile course from Straffan to Islandbridge. After the heavy rain of the previous […]

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Egans on the Double at Liffey Descent

Irish international Peter Egan of Salmon Leap and English international paddler Jon Simmons held off the challenge of the veteran Deaglun O Drisceoil of Salmon Leap and 21-year-old Tom Brennan of Thomastown to win the K2 race at the Liffey Descent canoe marathon in Dublin. This time, they quickly recovered and soon took over the […]

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