The AAI National Indoor Track and Field Championships took place in Nenagh this weekend and provided some very exciting action and success for Leevale.  Derval O’Rourke was in good form, taking the sprint hurdles in 8.77 and later placing third in the 60m behind Ciara Sheehy of DCH.  Derval was just back after a bout [...]

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The road to the Sydney Olympics was made considerably less daunting for a number of Irish hopefuls today with the announcement of £1.1m in annual grants from the Sports Council.  The direct financial support athletes receive is allocated towards training, coaching and competition expenses. An integral part of the Carding Scheme is free access to [...]

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Mark Carroll continued his good form of late by winning the 3,000m at the Athens 2000 Indoor Games in Greece today.  Showing no ill-effects from his win in the Wanamaker Mile in New York at the weekend, Mark demoralised the opposition by accelerating clear at the start of the last lap to win in a [...]

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The Leevale men placed third today at the AAI National Intermediate Cross Country Championships in Sligo.  The team were led home by Cillian O’Tuama in 10th place, followed by Brendan Crawford (18th), Damian Collins (21st), and Padraig O’Dubhgan (35th).  Clonmel won the team contest and Dublin won the County Contest. (Results).

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  Mark Carroll’s tremendous indoor season continues at full stretch.  Tonight at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York, the Leevale runner followed in the footsteps of Eamon Coghlan (seven time winner), and Marcus O’Sullivan (five time winner) by winning the Wanamaker mile in front of an appreciative audience.  After clocking 3:54 for the [...]

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From an Irish viewpoint, the Air Force Millrose Games at Madison square Garden on Friday night will attract a lot of attention, with Mark Carroll – having won the 3,000m event for the past three years – moving down in distance to the mile.  Over the years the mile has been almost the sole preserve [...]

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  Donal McCarthy of Leevale lived up to his promise when he smashed the national record for the 60m with a 6.81 run for third place at the Scottish championships at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow today. The Cork sprinter promised the record would go after he missed out by just one hundredth of a [...]

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  FMC International held their annual four mile road race around Little Island this morning.  In spite of other attractions the race once again attracted in the region of two hundred competitors.  From the start a three way group formed at the head of affairs, with Billy O’Rourke setting the pace, closely followed by Michael [...]

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  The Munster senior and junior cross country championships were held in beautiful sunshine in Currow, Farranfore, county Kerry today.  The course used was the same as last year, but the flack of rain over the past week meant an absence of the dreaded muddy conditions.  The good underfoot conditions made for some very good [...]

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