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Sports Round-Up: Bronze for Murphy; Perry wins 14th title

Irish No 1 Madeline Perry won her 14th women’s title at the National Squash Championships hosted by Fitzwilliam LTC in Dublin. Last year, Aisling Blake had ended Perry’s winning streak, but with Blake currently sidelined by injury, there was no chance for revenge. Instead Perry faced international player Laura Mylotte in the final and won […]

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Connacht dominates All Ireland Badminton League

BADMINTON Connacht, the smallest of the three provinces in terms of numbers,  took four of the six titles on offer  at the Badminton Ireland Inter-Clubs finals held in  the Baldoyle and Terenure badminton centres. A strong squad from Oranmore won the F division, beating University of Limerick,  and also won the H division. Near neighbours  […]

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Brilliant Irish Women Second at Euro Team Squash (plus round-up)

SQUASH: For a second year,  the Irish women’s squash team has finished runners-ups to England at the European Team Championships in the Netherlands. In the final, Irish No 1 Madeline Perry lost the opening match against Laura Massaro but Aisling Blake then evened the score when she beat Alison Waters. So it came down to […]

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Aer Lingus and Santry Volleyballers Both On the Double!

* Weekend Minority Sports Round-up VOLLEYBALL Aer Lingus and Santry  volleyball clubs both added Association Cup titles to their premier league victories in  two magnificent matches held in UCD today. In the men’s cup final, Aer Lingus beat Ballymun Patriots in a five set epic.  The Alsaa team, winners two years ago, battled hard to […]

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Dinsmore is Double Euro Champion

POOL: Dubliner Fred Dinsmore is the double European champion after winning both 8-ball and 9-ball titles at the European Pool  Championships wheelchair title in Slovenia.  In the 8-ball final, Dinsmore beat world 9-ball champion Henrik Larsson of Sweden 5-3. Earlier in the week, Larsson has beaten the Dubliner 5-4 in the 10-ball competition. In the […]

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