Archive for July, 2003

Refreshing Performances at Lucozade Sport All Irelands

23 July, 2003

Leevale athletes were in super form at the Lucozade Sport All Ireland championships at Tullamore at the weekend. Well done to everyone involved in making the championships such a resounding success.
Carl McNamara got his efforts off to a flying start with an excellent second place finish in the 100m hurdles, doing coming from behind in [...]

Lucozade Sport/AAI Juvenile 14-19 National Championships

20 July, 2003

Mazda League

18 July, 2003

Leevale athletes made good headway at the first round of the Mazda League at the CIT track on Sunday and both teams have a realistic chance of making it to the finals next month.
Ailis McSweeney continued her superb season with another fluent double in the 100m and 200m, finishing well clear of her rivals in [...]

Arthritis Research Campaign

11 July, 2003

We at the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) have a vested interest in athletes as they present later in life with painful knees and hips which quite often need replacing. If you know anyone who has had a hip/knee/other joint replaced you will know of our work if not our name.
More than 250000 people in Northern [...]

Good News for Ailis

7 July, 2003

A string of top class performances by Ailis McSweeney, including a 11.66 seconds run at the BUPA Cork City Sports, all came to nothing as she just failed at the National under 23 championships at Tullamore yesterday to post the qualifying standard for the European under 23 championships. It was unfortunate that her race on [...]

Major Changes to Leevale Records

6 July, 2003

Cathal Lombard continued his climb up the Leevale ranking list with an outstanding run at the BMC meet at Watford yesterday. Already after reducing his 5,000m time considerably this season, he did the very same with the 10,000m in a top class field, finishing just out of the medals in fourth place. His time of [...]

Leevale Athletes in Form

1 July, 2003

Leevale athletes were in fine form over the weekend. At the British AAA under 23 championships Ailis McSweeney continued her excellent form in the sprints. On Saturday she finished third in the first heat fo the 100m in a time of 11.88, qualifying for the final. In that final she finished a creditable fifth, clocking [...]