Three of the four fastest Irish athletes of all time to go head to head in the mens 200M on August 14th at the CIT stadium. Leon Reid, Stephen Gaffney and Marcus Lawler are separated by just over one tenth of a second on the Irish all-time list and only Paul Hession, who was a … Continue reading “Top Irish Athletes To Go Head To Head at BAM Cork City Sports”
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At the forthcoming Bam Cork City Sports International Athletics meeting, which will be staged at the Cork Institute of Technology Stadium on Wednesday 14thAugust, the Women’s High Jump event is shaping up to be one of most competitive events of the meeting with the best of Irish High Jumpers taking on the best of their … Continue reading “Morgan Lake British Womens High Jump Champion confirmed for the BAM 68th Cork City Sports”
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The Junior Men’s and Junior Ladies 1500m races at the 68th Cork City Sports have been dropped from the 2019 programme, due to a combination of slow entries and TV scheduling. Additionally many of these middle distance athletes will be on their annual break between their track and cross country training programmes for most of … Continue reading “Junior Races Dropped For 2019”
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Marcus Lawler won bronze for Ireland in the 200m at the World University Games in Naples on Thursday evening. The Carlow native, who is also representing Carlow IT at the Games, ran 20.55 as he finished behind gold medal winner Paulo Camilo of Brazil and silver medal winner Chederick van Wyk of South Africa. The … Continue reading “Marcus Lawler Wins 200m Bronze At World University Games”
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Entries for the Junior women’s and men’s 1500m races at the Cork City Sports on the 14th August are now being taken by Craig Harrington ([email protected]). Eligible athletes are asked to enter or express an interest in participating before Wednesday July 17th. Entries are also being taken by Craig for the Open 3000m race. This … Continue reading “Entries Are Invited For Junior Races”
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AN Olympian from Antigua and Barbuda will marry in Cork after competing at the prestigious 69th BAM Cork City Sports athletics championships. In February, the director of Cork City Sports, Joe Hartnett, invited Olympian Priscilla Frederick, representing Antigua and Barbuda, to compete in the High Jump at the international event on August 14. In April, … Continue reading “Olympian To Marry In Macroom After Cork City Sports”
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Cork’s own Phil Healy from Bandon AC will be back at the BAM Cork City Sports again this year after setting a new Irish Record of 22.99 for the 200M at last years event to become the first Irish woman to break 23.0 seconds and receiving the plaudits from the crown for her amazing achievement. … Continue reading “Phil Healy To Take On World Indoor Champion At BAM Cork City Sports”
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LeisureWorld Bishopstown renew their sponsorship for the 68th Cork City Sports International Athletics Meet. In 2019 the meet will be on WEDNESDAY the 14th AUGUST 2019 at 5.30pm. Leisureworld will once again sponsor the very popular open mens 3000m race and the always competitive 800m T54Wheelchair Men. LeisureWorld Bishopstown is situated right beside Cork Institute … Continue reading “LeisureWorld Bishopstown Renew CCS Sponsorship”
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And so the curtain falls on the 67th Cork City Sports, an event that many commentators are saying was one of the best since the 1980’s. The standard of international competition was exceptionally high with elements of local and national interest thrown in for good measure. The biggest story of the night was when local … Continue reading “The 67th Cork City Sports, A Classic”
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Phil Healy’s tremendous summer of record-breaking has continued by smashing the long-standing Irish women’s 200m record at her home Cork City Sports – and Marcus Lawler almost did the same in the men’s equivalent. Healy became the first Irishwoman to dip under 23 seconds over the half-lap distance by clocking 22.99 in finishing third at CIT. … Continue reading “Phil Healy Breaks Irish 200m Record At Cork City Sports”
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