The Cork City Sports Athlete for the month of June goes to Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC). At a specially arranged Micro Meet for Irish elite athletes at the MTU track Lizzie won the 10,000m event in a time of 34:14.26. Subsequently she was selected as the sole female Irish representative for the European Cup in … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – May”
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Aoife Cooke (Eagle AC) is the April recipient of the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month. After a prolonged spell without competition due lockdown restrictions Aoife fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition by securing a qualification standard for the Olympic Marathon to be held in Japan this summer. Her time at the Cheshire Elite Marathon in … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – April”
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Leevale athlete Conor Callinan is the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for October 2020. The award was presented by Chairman Tony O’Connell at a ceremony in TheRiver Lee hotel, on Monday December 21st 2020. Competing for his school Coláiste An Chroí Noafa, at the South Munster Schools Championships, Conor broke a … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – October”
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Nicola Tuthill of Bandon AC is the Cork City Sports Athlete Of The Month for September. Nicola was the dominant force in the women’s hammer event at the National Junior Championships, in Santry, on September 5th. Her throw of 57.19m was almost 9 meters clear of her nearest rival. Three weeks earlier, Nicola became only … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – September”
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At a ceremony in The River Lee, Phil Healy of Bandon AC was awarded the Cork City Sports Athlete Of The Month for August. At the 148th consecutive National Senior track and field championships in Santry, Phil recorded a double at the 100m and 200m events, to add to her impressive collection of national titles. … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – August”
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David Cussen (Old Abbey AC) is the Cork City Sports Athlete Of The Month for July 2020. At a ceremony at The River Lee was present the award. At the rescheduled Leevale Sports, on July 30th, David soared to a new personal best height of 2.15m, to win the High Jump competition. A few weeks … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – July”
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After a break of over six months enforced by Covid, the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month Awards resumed with the recipients for February, March and April receiving their presentations at The River Lee hotel. Liam O’Brien, Technical Director of the Cork City Sports and one of the selectors, said it was under very … Continue reading “Athletics Person Of The Month, Feb – April”
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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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Sean Doyle (North Cork AC) is the Cork City Sports athlete of the month for November. Sean received the award in recognition for his great victory in the Munster Senior Cross Country Championship and for leading Cork to victory over Clare and Tipperary. Also in recognition for the November Award was that Sean led the … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – November”
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