While 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 More
When 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 More
Twenty 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 More
When 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”
read More
Twenty two year old Cameron Page from Gosford, Australia ran a personal best time of 3mins 54.77 secs to win the Mile at the 62nd Cork City Sports last Tuesday. Page who has Irish qualifications as his mother’s family hail from Quilty, Co Clare and Shanagolden, Co Limerick was one of six athletes who ran faster … Continue reading “Multi Personal & Seasonal Bests For Milers in Cork”
read More
What a corker! Heffernan sets world best performance Nothing can be better than treating a home crowd to a world best performance and that is exactly what Irishman Robert Heffernan did on Monday night. Heffernan chose the 62nd Cork City Sports International meeting to produce an outstanding race walking display when he broke the 3000m … Continue reading “European Athletics Report”
read More
A selection of images which captures some of the excitement and atmosphere of the 62nd Cork City Sports. 1 2 3 ►
read More
By Barbara O’Connell, Evening Echo, Thursday, July 04, 2013 IT’S the small things you remember that matter the most, or that have the biggest effect on you. Last night I was lucky enough to cover the 62nd Cork City Sports for this paper, and I brought my two daughters Jesse and Alix to watch … Continue reading “Cork Sports Go Down a Treat”
read More
For all those who wish to relive the excitement of the 62nd Cork City Sports, the event will be broadcast on Setanta Sports on Friday 5th July at a revised time of 6pm.
read More
Home hero Heffernan clocks new Irish record Wednesday, July 03, 2013 By Feidhlim Kelly Now firmly settled in its new home at the CIT track in Bishopstown, the Cork City Sports International meet captured the partisan crowd’s attention last night as Robert Heffernan clocked a new national record in the 3,000m race walk. Heffernan put … Continue reading “Irish Examiner Report Cork City Sports”
read More
