Athletics Ireland annual awards ceremony were held in the Crown Plaza hotel in Dublin last night. Once again Derval O’Rourke stands head and shoulders above all other athletes in Ireland, bringing home the only medal from the European Championship. She deservedly won both the “Track Athlete of the Year” and overall “Athlete of the Year” [...]

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Four Irish runners have qualified for Monday week’s NCAA cross country championships, while a fifth will have to wait to see if an ‘at large’ pick will see her through after a day of thrills at the Division 1 Regional cross country championships. In the South Regional Ciarán Ó Lionáird (Leevale AC) achieved a significant [...]

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Leevale’s European silver medallist Derval O’Rourke finally got to meet one of her sporting heroes earlier this week, when she was a guest along with Roy Keane on RTÉ’s John Murray Show. The programme made for entertaining and informative listening. Listen to Podcast This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Thursday, [...]

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Leevale athletes have been awarded UCC sport scholarships, sweeping up three of the four athletics bursaries issued this year. Junior athletes Patrick Maher and Edmond O’Halloran were awarded full bursaries on their first year in university. Under the guidance of sprint coach John Sheehan and hurdles coach Séamus Power,  both athletes are focused on competing [...]

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The 44th Annual General Meeting of Leevale AC will be held on Friday 19th November 2010 at 7:30pm sharp in the clubhouse, Dalton’s Avenue, Coal Quay, Cork. Not to be missed, the premier showing of the Club DVD will also take place on the night. Agenda Standing Orders Apologies Minutes of 2009 AGM Secretary’s Report [...]

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