Leevale athlete Claire McCarthy received the Cork City Sports Athlete of the month Award for October. McCarthy finished a fantastic second at Dublin City Marathon where she ran a gutsy race and had a great battle with Maria McCambridge throughout, eventually losing out to the Dublin woman by just half a minute. McCarthy’s time of … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month October”
read MoreAt a recent awards ceremony in the River Hotel Leevale athlete Lizzie Lee was awarded the Cork City Sports Athletes of the month for September. During September Lee won the Cork Mini-Marathon, before travelling to Germany to compete in the Berlin marathon, where she finished in 9th place and was third European athlete home. Lizzie knocked … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month September”
read MoreIn a ceremony in the River Lee Hotel, Robert Heffernan was awarded the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month Award for August. Heffernan won World Championships in Moscow in the 50K walk in a time of 3 hours, 37 minutes and 56 seconds – just two seconds off his own Irish record – gave … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month August”
read MoreMeet Director Dick Hodgins has confirmed that the date for the 63rd Cork City Sports meet will be July 8th 2014 at the Cork Institute of Technology Arena. Once again the meet will be held on a Tuesday evening with the senior programme commencing at 6:30pm. Mr Hodgins states “this is the ideal date for … Continue reading “Date Announced for the 63rd Cork City Sports”
read MoreLeevale athlete Louise Shanahan received the Cork City Sports July Athlete of the month award. The young Leevale athlete was selected to compete on the Irish team at the European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands, where she won gold in a huge new PB of 2:08.75. Starting in lane 7, Shanahan took the inside track … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month July”
read MoreCork Athlete Rob Heffernan who won the 3K Walk at the Cork City Sports in July, today became World Champion when we won the 50K walk in a world leading time of 3:37:56 at the World Track and Field Championships in Moscow. The first 30km of the race saw Heffernan and co. separate themselves from … Continue reading “Rob Heffernan World Champion”
read MoreWhile many of the record breaking performances at the 62nd Cork City Sports were set by overseas competitors, the new generation of talented up and coming Irish athletes certainly rose to the occasion and many achieved personal bests and excelled in the heat of elite competition. The opening track event best illustrated this when Thomas Barr from the Ferrybank … Continue reading “Young Irish Athletes Share in Record Breaking in Cork”
read MoreWhen the tall Australian Collis Birmingham led the charge over the line at the 62nd Cork City Sports last week a multitude of personal and seasonal best times followed in his wake. The 28 year old from Melbourne aggressively stormed to the front on the third lap to win impressively in 7 mins.47.97 secs. with … Continue reading “Fast Distance Times in Cork”
read MoreTwenty eight year old Dominika Nowakowska from Poland may not have been a household name to Irish athletic followers prior to her runaway success at the CIT Athletic Stadium last week but all that has changed for Nowakowska who is trained by her husband and has a very positive front running attitude to distance running. … Continue reading “Personal Bests All Round in Women’s 3000m in Cork”
read MoreWhen Robert Heffernan set a new Irish record for the 3000m Walk at the 62nd Cork City Sports last week (his time was also a World over 35 age record) by clocking 11mins 11.94 sec. for the seven and a half laps he was to a certain extent repeating the exploits of previous winners who … Continue reading “Walk Records Set In Cork Each Year”
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