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Badminton: Great Irish Scare Danes

From www.badmintonireland.com A win for Chloe Magee in the women’s singles proved the highlight of a stirring Irish performance against top seeds Denmark in the quarter-finals of the European Mixed Team Championships in Leuven Belgium yesterday (Fri). From the start, the Irish were determined not to be overawed, with Chloe Magee and Sam Magee only […]

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Steeplechase PB for Treacy; Irish Youth Heptathlon Record for Morland

Two great performances by young Irish athletes this weekend- in Belgium at the Flanders Cup in Leuven, Sara Treacy of Dunboyne  won the women’s steeplechase  in a new personal best time of 9:47.92; 9:45 was the A standard for the European Championships starting in Zurich on Tuesday. After a string of good results, Sara, who […]

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Round-Up: Craig wins M19 Squash, Hockey Interpros, Scottish Badminton Open, Canoeing

Michael Craig from Belfast was the surprise winner of the M19 title at the Irish Junior Squash Open at Sutton LTC, Dublin today. In the final, Craig beat Sutton’s David Ryan, who is in his first year at under-19 level and is ranked No 2 in Europe after winning Nordic Junior Open last month. He […]

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Minority Round-Up: Badminton, Canoeing, Hockey, Equestrian

  Irish involvement in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou ended on Tuesday when Irish No 1 Chloe Magee lost in the opening round of the women’s singles to Hsaio Ma Pei of Chinese Taipei. Although Magee was no pushover and pulled off a number of good points in the 36 minute match,  Pei had […]

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