A strong New Zealand team will compete at the 62nd Cork City Sports on 2nd July including national high jump champion, Liz Lamb from Waitakere, who won the womens high jump at the 2012 Sports and with a personal best of 1.90m the 21 year old is quitely confident of retaining her title this summer. … Continue reading “Kiwi Champions Head for Cork”
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Twenty four year old Romanian high jumper Mihai Donisan, is a confirmed starter for the High Jump at the 62nd Cork City Sports on 2nd July. The tall Romanian won the event in Cork last July in an impressive 2.24m and has already equalled his best jump of 2.30m when winning his national indoor title … Continue reading “Mihai Donisan Returns to Cork City Sports.”
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South African hurdler, Cornel Fredericks, winner of the American Trophy, at last year’s Cork City Sports, clocked the fastest 400m hurdles in the world this year when retaining his national title at the South African Championships in Stellenbosch last weekend in 48.78.sec.. The 23 year old who finished 5th in the 2011 World Championships and … Continue reading “World No 1, Cornel Fredricks confirmed for Cork City Sports”
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Cork City Sports has launched a new and updated website in time for the 2013 meet. The new website is intuitive and user friendly and is an excellent portal for all information in relation to the Cork City Sports Meet. The site was designed by John Brennan an Internet Marketing Consultant with WSI. John is … Continue reading “Cork City Sports Launch New Website”
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US Athlete Ben True is confirmed to complete at Cork City Sports on July 2nd. Ben recently took sixth in the World Cross Country Championships. On a tough course, with cold, snow, a tough hill and terrible footing, True, along with Chris Derrick, finished in the top ten and lead the US team to the silver … Continue reading “Ben True Confirmed for Cork City Sports”
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Rob Heffernan received the Athletics Person of the year for 2012 at the Cork City Sports Award Ceremony, in association with the Evening Echo, 96FM, and theRiver Lee Hotel. The ceremony was held in the River Lee Hotel Rob Heffernan who finished 4th in the 50km walk in the Olympics doing in a time of 3:37.54, this would have won a silver medal in Beijing four years previously. … Continue reading “Rob Heffernan Athletics Person of the Year 2012”
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Fionnuala Britton produced a stunning final lap to win a bronze medal in the Women’s 3000metres final in Gothenburg. This is the third major championship medal in less than 18 months for Britton as she saw off Yelena Korobkina for bronze. Britton has been in excellent form with a gold medal in the European Cross-Country … Continue reading “Britton Wins Second Bronze for Ireland”
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Cork athlete Ciarán Ó Lionáird, a regular at Cork City Sport, showed his class as a championship runner when he took bronze in the 3000m at the European Indoors in Gothenburg. He ran an astute tactical race as he stayed back and out of trouble in the early stages as the quick pace was maintained up front. … Continue reading “European Bronze for Cork Athlete”
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Robert Heffernan of Togher Athletic Club was the winner of the August Athlete of the month of the award. Robbie delivered a stunningly brilliant performance in London Olympics when finishing fourth in the men’s 50km Olympic Race Walk in 3:37.54, a time that shattered his own Irish record. A time that would have won … Continue reading “ATHLETE OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2012”
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Leevale athlete, Mark Hanrahan was the recipient of the July Cork City Sports Athlete of the month award. Mark was selected for his gutsy performance in taking the 5000m title at the National Track and Field championships held at the Morton Stadium, Santry on the 8th July. Marks victory was very well appreciated by all … Continue reading “ATHLETE OF THE MONTH JULY 2012”
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