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by John Walshe, The Echo 17/5/2020 THIS month 45 years ago, Dick Hodgins from Leevale Athletic Club was victorious at the BLE Irish marathon championship at Galway. Given the many great Cork runners who have graced the scene in the intervening period, it’s hard to believe that no male from the Rebel County has won … Continue reading “Leevale legend Dick Hodgins ran his way into the history books 45 years ago”
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Due to the ongoing situation with Coronavirus, Cork City Sports committee has made the decision to postpone the 2020 International Sports Meet which was due to be held in the CIT Arena on Tuesday July 7th until July 2021. Given the unprecedented developments around the world with the Covid-19 pandemic, the committee believes that this … Continue reading “BAM Corks City Sports 2020, Postponed”
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On Friday the 28th February, the Cork City Sports Athletics Person Of The Year Awards for 2019 were held at The River Lee. There was strong competition for this years award from Stephanie Cotter who won bronze at the women’s U23 race at European Cross Country Championships, in Lisbon, leading the Irish team to the second … Continue reading “Cork City Sports Athletics Person Of The Year 2019”
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The Cork City Sports Athlete for the month of January is Joan Healy of Leevale AC. In January Joan set a new indoor personal best of 7.31 sec for the 60m in Athlone at the National Indoor league. This fast exceptional now ranks her in 4th place in the all time Irish national ranking list. … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – January”
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