Archive for March, 2002

Sports Grants Announced

30 March, 2002

Leevale is delighted to acknowledge the allocation of €80.000 to the club under the Sports Capital Programme 2002. We further acknowledge the efforts of Minister Micheal Martin in securing the funding. It is now vital that work should proceed immediately on our club house in order to bring it up to acceptable levels as soon [...]

Great Weekend For Ireland

25 March, 2002

What a great weekend for athletics in Ireland. The world cross country championships held right here on our own doorsteps, so to speak; the leading runners in the world competing; the world’s media here to cover more of the positive things about Ireland and savour Irish hospitality; and to cap it all a fantastic team [...]

Damo Leads Irish Team

25 March, 2002

The schools international cross country championships were held in Derby on Saturday, with four Irish teams in action. In the intermediate boys race Damien Dunlea from Colaiste Chriost Ri and Leevale continued his remarkable run of success, finishing a creditable fourth, with Ireland second behind England. This was yet another fabulous run by The Boxer [...]

Sprinters Burn-up The Mall

19 March, 2002

The Market Tavern sponsored races to find the Fastest Man and Woman in Cork went ahead in terrible weather at the start of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday. Remarkably there was only one false start in each race, an indication, perhaps, of the weather conditions. Sharon Kelly from Leevale was fastest away at [...]

Ballycotton Wins Again!

16 March, 2002

Congratulations to all the organising team who again did trojan work organising the 25th Nike Ballycotton 10 last Sunday. Weather conditions disappointed with strong winds and sleety showers – but this was about the only thing that John Walshe and his team could do nothing about. Everything else went like clockwork. ChampionChip technology was used [...]

4 from Leevale on long course team for World’s

10 March, 2002

Four Leevale runners have been selected for the World Cross Country championships to be held in Leopardstown in two weeks time. Cathal Lombard finished third in the nationals which guaranteed his place; his brother Fiachra was fourth in the nationals, while Martin McCarthy was fifth, and Mark Carroll was pre-selected. There was some doubt over [...]

Dunlea Strikes Again

9 March, 2002

Damien Dunlea, running in the colours of Colaiste Chriost Ri, a school that produced the likes of Marcus O’Sullivan, Ken Nason, Aidan and Paul O’Regan and a host of other [...]

Sprinters in Inspired Form at Nenagh

5 March, 2002

The Leevale underage squad were once again in tremendous form at the weekend, and had another highly successful time at the Munster indoor championships in Nenagh. In the under 19 events Aisling Maunsell was in great form winning 60m, 200m and 400m titles. Niamh Cremin followed her home in the 400m with bronze, while Sinead [...]

Ireland’s Shortest road Race!!

4 March, 2002

Well, that’s one way of looking at it. Actually it’s the 60m dash which will be held at the start of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Sunday 17th March) that will decide the Fastest Man in Cork, as well as the Fastest Woman in Cork. Sponsored byThe Market Tavern in Anglesea Street, this event is [...]