Team Ireland boxer Sean McComb ensured at least a bronze medal at the inaugural European Games in Baku by winning his lightweight quarter-final on Tuesday. McComb from Belfast secured a unanimous points decision over Turkey’s Yasin Yilmaz, with all three of the judges’ scorecards reading 29-28 in his favour. The 22-year-old southpaw, a member of […]
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Ireland’s swimmers had an impressive first morning in the pool at the European Games in Baku with two swimmers progressing to semi-finals. Mona McSharry was first up in the heats of the 50m Breaststroke. 14 year old McSharry, competing at her first international championships, blazed through the swim clocking an impressive 32.84 and knocking almost
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A 12 strong Irish swimming team will begin competition tomorrow, Tuesday, at the 1st European Games in Baku. The team, led by Pearse McGuigan (Swim Ireland Connacht Performance Centre Coach) and assisted by Peter Hill (Larne ASC), will compete from the 23rd – 28th June at the Baku Aquatics Centre, 526 swimmers will compete in
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Schedule for Team Ireland: Tuesday 23 June 3×3 Basketball 19:30 Women’s Pool C Ireland vs Slovenia Badminton MAGEE Chloe 09:40 Women’s Singles Group Play Stage Group F Chloe Magee vs Kristine Sefere (LAT) MAGEE Chloe and MAGEE Sam 13:40 Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage A
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Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Natasha McManus and coach Sally Freeman – Natasha has made this evening’s 3m Springboard Final, in the top 10 of the 12 finalists. Well done!! Here are the full results of the qualification round: http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/phase=crm012100/index.html?intcmp=sport-hp-schline-eventdetail
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Congratulations to Natasha McManus who finished 19th in the preliminary round of the Women’s Diving 1m Springboard event at the 2015 European Games, European Games Park, Baku. McManus performed well in her first major multi sport championship and will compete again in the 3m preliminary round on Sunday. The confidence gained today will be invaluable on
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Fiona Doyle was last night named High Performance Athlete of the Year at the Swim Ireland Annual Awards in the Citywest Hotel, Saggart. Doyle, who is originally from Limerick but based at the University of Calgary in Canada, had an outstanding year in 2014 and won the award based on her performances, in particular her
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Congratulations to Alex Murphy of UCD Swimming who will join Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon and Chris Bryan on the Irish team for the World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia this Summer following a 27.56 second winning swim in the 50m Breaststroke Final on the first day of competition at the Irish Open Swimming Championships at
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The Irish Open Swimming Championships will take place in the National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown from Thursday 30th April to Sunday 3rd May, with a host of Irish and International swimmers taking to the pool. Over 350 swimmers from 60 clubs including a contingent of 51 from the USA and 8 senior internationals from Denmark will
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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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Antoinette Neamt deservedly won the “Swimmer of the Meet” Award when she smashed the Irish Senior 1500m Freestyle Record on the final day of competition at the Irish Short Course Championships in Lisburn. Having set the previous record of 16:40.22 at the 2013 championships, Neamt knocked almost 8 seconds off that time to set a
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Olympic swimmer Barry Murphy went back to school today to share his experiences about the positive impact sport has had on his life with pupils at Drumcondra National Primary School. Having competed at the Olympic Games in 2012, won a European Bronze medal and World Cup Bronze medal in 2013 and broken numerous Irish national swimming records Barry
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