Congratulations again to Irish Men’s Hockey on winning their World League 2 competition and who can now look forward to a shot at Olympic qualification in Argentina where they will be part of a ten-team tournament with potentially six tickets to Rio de Janeiro on the line. Player of the tournament Shane O’Donoghue was once again […]
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Athletics Ireland update following the European Indoor Championships in Prague. Donegal Athlete Mark English Wins 800m Silver Medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague Donegal athlete Mark English (UCD AC) won a silver medal in the 800m on the final day of action from the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague. English employed
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The very best in Irish figure skating talent will converge on the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Saturday, 14 March from 11:00 for the Irish National Figure Skating Championships 2015 for what will be the biggest edition of the competition in its history. Senior champions from last year Clara Peters and Conor Stakelum will be
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Irish swimmers will take to the pool this weekend (Friday to Sunday) for the first National competition of 2015. The Dave McCullagh Memorial Meet, which will incorporate the Ulster International Meet, takes place at the Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex in County Down. Over 350 swimmers from 60 clubs including 10 foreign clubs will compete in
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Congratulations to Ireland who made it two wins from two at the World League Round Two at a rain-soaked Chula Vista in San Diego, seeing off a tricky Austrian opponent to add to Saturday’s 8-0 win over Chile. It was hard work as the incessant rain made the pitch slow and tough to negotiate
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European 800m Bronze Medallist, Mark English (UCD AC) will lead a young Irish Team of 12 to the European Indoor Championships which take place in Prague 5th-8th of March. Competing in his first race of the season at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham last Saturday, the 21 year old ran 1.47.17 for sixth
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A squad of six riders has been named by Horse Sport Ireland’s show jumping team manager, Robert Splaine for Friday night’s four-star Nations’ Cup in Wellington, Florida: Kevin Babington (Shorapur), Richie Moloney (Carrabis Z or Slieveanorra), Daragh Kenny (Imothep), Cian O’Connor (Quidam’s Cherie), Conor Swail (Grafton) and Shane Sweetnam (Chaqui Z). The team of four will
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The Irish track team brought their World Championships campaign to a conclusion in Paris yesterday, with the standout performances coming from Caroline Ryan and Eoin Mullen. World U23 TT silver medallist Ryan Mullen was seventh in the individual pursuit on Saturday, Eoin Mullen set a new personal best for the sprint and finished inside the
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Dara Kervick (Clonliffe Harriers A.C) took the Men’s 400m title in 46.53 seconds at the Senior Indoor Championships in Athlone International Arena, significantly improving on his personal best of 46.80 set in yesterday’s heats which secured the 47.20 qualification standard for European Indoor Athletics Championships which takes place in Prague 6-8 March. This time moves
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Congratulations to Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan – O’Keefe who won silver in the mixed relay event at the Sarasota World Cup at the weekend. Irish Olympians, Lanigan-O’Keeffe and Coyle moved from eighth to second in the final combined run/shoot event. Ireland scored 15 victories in fencing to begin the day in sixth position. Coyle
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EOC, EJU and BEGOC agree for 2015 European Judo Championships to be hosted in Azerbaijan from June 25-28 as part of inaugural European Games. 21 February 2015: The European Olympic Committees (EOC), the European Judo Union (EJU) and the Baku 2015 European Games Operations Committee (BEGOC) are pleased to announce that the 2015 European Judo
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Ireland’s Martyn Irvine had to settle for 10th in the men’s scratch race at the Track World Championships. The Ards rider, world champion two years ago, missed the five-man breakaway with a quarter of the race to go as Germany’s Lucas Liss took gold. Irvine will now turn his attention to his main target in Paris,
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