Sam Healy was nominated the Cork City Sports Athletic Person for the month for November. Healy of Leevale AC & Carrigaline Community School received the award for his achievement in winning the Intermediate Boys All Ireland Combined Events title at Athlone IT indoor track on 16th November. Sam amassed an impressive total of 3389 points … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month November”
read MoreLeevale 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 MoreLeevale Athlete Orla Barry is the Cork City Sports Athlete of the month for June. Barry secured her best ever result at a major Championship by winning silver in the F57/58 women’s discus at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. The thrower from Ladysbridge, Co Cork, set a new world record in her F57 … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month June”
read MoreDavis College student and athlete Ray Walsh received the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month Award for May. Walsh impressed in the Aviva Munster Schools Championships by taking the double in the intermediate 100m and 200m events. Walsh then went on to take silver in the same events at the AVIVA Irish Schools Track … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month May”
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”
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