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 […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD and the Marathon Mission put her third place in the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon well behind her when she won the Irish Runner 5-Mile in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. McCambridge’s time of 26 mins 45 secs was not particularly fast but she still won the race comfortably ahead of Siobhan O’Doherty of […]
Although summer is slow in arriving, the track and field season, is already well underway , with the Dublin Graded League attracting record numbers to its first two meets, athletes travelling abroad in search of times and the first National League round taking place on Sunday. Defending women’s champions Dundrum South Dublinhave the luxury of […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu was the class of the field at the 29th Terenure 5-Mile, winning by some margin from his Clonliffe team mate Gary O’Hanlon in a time of 24 mins 37 secs. In third place was Thomas Hayes from Kilkenny while after him came a group led by Pat McCartan of West Limerick who […]
Former world champion rower Sinead Jennings made a winning return to road racing when she won the Great Limerick Run Half Marathon in 79 mins 19 secs. Jennings is based in Limerick, where she is a member of the St Michael’s rowing club. Sergiu Ciobanu won the race, with his Clonliffe buddy Gary O’Hanlon first […]
After the explosions in Boston, thoughts are now turning to next Sunday’s London Marathon, where 36,000 runners will spent between two and eight hours on the open streets of one of the largest cities of the world. A group of 252 runners along with 70 supporters are travelling from Ireland with Sports Travel International, the […]
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