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Conor Stakelum the first male skater to represent Ireland at the European Figure Skating Championships

In January 2018, Conor Stakelum will become the first male skater to represent Ireland at the European Figure Skating Championships.   The four-time Irish senior champion will be one of 37 skaters from 29 countries competing in the men’s singles category at the event which takes place in Moscow, Russia from 15-21 January 2018. In […]

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McAnuff Brothers On Penultimate Lap For PyeongChang Qualification

After a month’s hiatus, Irish short track speed skaters Ryan McAnuff (22) and Sean McAnuff (20) are back on the Audi International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating circuit this week in the qualification process to secure berths for Ireland at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea.   The

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From the Roads of Bergen to the Rapids of South Africa and Much More in Your Sports Roundup

  CYCLING MASSIVE crowds flocked to cycling’s World Road Championships in Bergen in September where the huge attendances and support saw it favourably compared to when Norway hosted the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994. Best of the Irish over some demanding courses were Olympian Nicholas Roche and Mark Downey.  Roche’s 12th in the 31km

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Sam McAllister Represents Ireland at Czech Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating

There will be Irish interest in the second stage of the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2016/2017 this weekend when Sam McAllister takes to the ice in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The competition marks the international debut for the Coleraine native as an Irish national team member.   McAllister has

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Ciara Hoey Represents Ireland at Austrian Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating

Ciara Hoey (17) has had a great 2015 so far. The Dundalk native won her second Junior Ladies title at the Irish National Figure Skating Championships in March at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast and then became the first Irish skater to claim gold at an International Skating Union (ISU) international when she emerged victorious

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