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Athletics Ireland team records top results at Celtic Games
This year’s Celtic Games, held on the track at Athlone IT, proved very successful for the Athletics Ireland team. Scoring 169 points they were comfortable overall winners with Scotland finishing in second place on 155 points.
Local athlete John Fagan wins bronze in senior track and field championships
For the eighth year in a row Ireland’s leading home improvements retailer Woodie's DIY sponsored the Senior Track and Field Championships of Ireland which took place in Morton Stadium Santry over the weekend.
24 All-Ireland medals for local track and field athletes
Tullamore Harriers athletic track was the venue for Day 1 and 2 of this year’s Under 12 to Under 19 track and field national championships. The strong gusting winds made life difficult for many but especially for the high jumpers and javelin throwers.
Records set with 31 gold medals at Leinster track and field championships
Once again Kilkenny’s juvenile athletes have done themselves and their county proud. There were in excess of thirty first place finishes by Kilkenny athletes at the Under 13 to Under 19 Leinster Track and Field championships held in Tullamore over the weekend.
Craughwell celebrates Cawley’s Gold Cup win
Craughwell jockey Alain Cawley was celebrating the biggest win of his racing career when he steered Joncol home to claim the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown at the weekend.
Kilkenny girls excel in Celtic games
Three golds were awarded to Kilkenny City Harrier (KCH) girls Aoife Hickey and Mary Kate Lanigan at the Celtic games in Grangemouth, Scotland on Saturday.
Arbor can reign Supreme to Thyestes glory
Next Thursday afternoon will witness an expected capacity crowd flock to Gowran Park in their thousands. The most prestigious race in the Kilkenny track, the €100,000 Ellen Construction Thyestes Chase, will take place at 2.35pm.
Exotic Dancer to strike golden glory
Despite the present economic crisis, thousands of Irish people flocked to Cheltenham for the four-day festival that concludes today.
Ireland finish second with help from local athletes
Three Kilkenny athletes were part of the successful Ireland team which finished second in Banka Bystrica, Slovakia, at the weekend. Eileen O’Keeffe had a season’s best of 68.25m to take second place in the hammer. Aoife Hickey finished seventh in the shot with a put of 11.86m and Joanne Cuddihy ran the second leg of the third placed 4X400m relay team.
