Anna Gardiner has run to remember on 18th birthday at World Cross Country Championships

Anna Gardiner (East Down AC) and Kirsty Maher (Moy Valley AC) finished inside the top 40 in the U20 Women’s race at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia today (March 30th). In sweltering conditions in the city’s Friendship Park, the Irish duo worked with each other magnificently to optimise their finishing position and were rewarded for doing so, …

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Team Ireland Belgrade Bound For World Cross Country Championships

Eight Irish athletes will represent Ireland at this weekend’s World Cross Country Championships which are taking place in Belgrade on Saturday March 30th. All the action will be broadcast live on Virgin Media 2 from 9.50am. 432 athletes from 51 teams will descend upon Friendship Park in the Serbian capital as they battle out for global cross country honours. A …

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Eight Athletes To Represent Ireland At World Cross Country Championships

Athletics Ireland has selected eight athletes to represent Ireland at the World Cross Country Championships that take place in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday 30th March. Fiona Everard (Bandon AC) and Danielle Donegan (Tullamore Harriers AC) will once again don the green singlet in the Senior Women’s 10,000m race. Everard caused a major surprise when she became 123.ie national senior cross …

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Dicksboro defeat Sarsfields to win first All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie title

Dicksboro (Kilkenny) 0-18 Sarsfields (Galway) 1-11 Report by Daragh Ó Conchúir, at Croke Park A master class of shooting by Aoife Prendergast and a brilliant all-round team display that included some monumental contributions by the likes of Jane Cass, Katie Byrne, Amy Clifford, Asha McHardy and Lucinda Gahan were just some of the reasons Dicksboro secured a first AIB All-Ireland …

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Fionnuala McCormack takes 4th at European Cross Country Championships

Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) produced one of the all-time great Irish performances to finish fourth in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels this afternoon (Dec 10th). Competing at her 18th European Cross Country Championships, the context of McCormack’s result was made all the more impressive in that only last weekend she secured the qualifying …

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