Swim Ireland has announced today that Chris Bryan, Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon and Barry Murphy will all represent Ireland at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Spain from the 20th July – 4th August 2013. Chris Bryan will be the first of the Irish to compete when he swims the 10K Open Water […]
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Ireland’s Sarah Ennis and the Irish Sport Horse BLM Diamond Delux moved up one place during the final show jumping phase at Tattersalls Horse Trials this afternoon (Sunday) to finish fourth, but British rider Pippa Funnell maintained her lead with Billy Beware to take the three-star trophy. A clear round from the 44 year-old Sussex
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Irish Men’s Coach Andrew Meredith has named his squad for the upcoming Rabobank World League Semi-Finals in Rotterdam from the 13th-23rd June 2013. Meredith has selected the 18 from an original training panel of 30 after two recent intensive training camps and a two-match test series against Germany in Mannheim which saw the Green Machine
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Team Ireland’s show jumping manager Robert Splaine has announced his fifth man for the Swiss Nations’ Cup squad who will line out at St. Gallen this weekend. Twenty-three year old Alex Duffy from Mayo, who jumped for Ireland in the Europe Division Two Nations’ Cup at Copenhagen last week, will step up to the first
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Annalise Murphy won Gold at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands. She led the medal race from the first mark finishing with almost a one minute lead. This Gold medal win at the weekend is the second Gold for Annalise this month. She won Gold on 12 May at Italian Olympic Week. Murphy went in to
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Kenya’s Olympic Gold Medallist Wilfred Bungei visited the Olympic Council of Ireland offices this afternoon. He is in Dublin as part of Africa Athletics Week as guest of honor of Africa Week, organised by its Chairperson Mubarak Habib . Wilfred is the 800 metres Gold Medal winner from the Beijing Olympics and former 800 metres World Indoor champion. Wilfred who
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Ireland’s Chris Bryan began his World Championship preparations with intent as he was the first man home at the Portugal Open Water Nationals today. As a qualifier for the home nation and for British Open Water Swimmers, a strong field of 43 swimmers started the race. Bryan started strong keeping with the leaders throughout
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Andrew Meredith’s Irish Men’s team shared the 2 match test series with Germany at the weekend. In the first test match Ireland defeated reigning Olympic Champions Germany 3-2 in Heilbronn in front of almost 3,000 spectators. Ireland took the lead in the 4th minute when Pembroke Wanderers man Alan Sothern found the net. Phelie Maguire extended the lead for
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Ireland’s Rob Heffernan produced another competitive performance on the international stage today at the 10th biennial European Cup of Race Walking in Slovakia. Competing in the 20km event, Heffernan finished a very commendable 9th position in a very tough field in soaring temperatures in the famous Spa town of Dudince. Heffernan kept pace
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Top Irish triathletes Aileen Reid and Bryan Keane are set to race the Yokohama leg of the World Triathlon Series this weekend. In previous years the Yokohama course has been infamous for its hot and humid conditions however this weekend may suit the Irish competitors with temperatures set to be a pleasant 20 degrees.
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Barry Murphy will lead an 18 strong team of swimmers at the Celtic Tri Nations Meet this weekend. The annual event pits top swimmers from Ireland, Scotland and Wales against each other with the 3 Nations all vying for the Celtic Tri Nations Championship Title. The event will be hosted by Scotland in 2013 running
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John Keohane has been selected on to the Ireland team for the European Championships. The Lee Valley man was the fastest man home in the Irish trials on Saturday and will compete for Ireland in Seville in four weeks’ time. Sanita Puspure is selected in the women’s single scull; Claire Lambe in the lightweight single and Niall
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