By Harry Walsh IN the latest chapter in what is fast becoming a track and field fairy tale, Letterkenny athlete Mark English set a Irish indoor record for the 800 metres this afternoon and thus secured his ticket to the World Championships in Poland. English (20), running in the UCD AC colours, crossed the line […]
‘Significant’ run as Sarah Collins sets new Irish indoor 5k record
FINN Valley athlete Sarah Collins set a new Irish Junior record in the indoor 5k on Saturday night and set a B standard for next year’s European Senior Championships in the process.
Ruairi Finnegan set for Serbia
Ruairi Finnegan is gearing up for the European Cross Country Junior championships in Belgrade, Serbia after he finished second in the Woodies Inter-County Junior championships in Dublin last Sunday.
Grace Boyle to step down as North West 10k Chairperson.
THE big news from last night’s North West 10k AGM was the decision of long serving Chairperson Grace Boyle to step down as North West 10k Chairperson.
Club 24/7 represented at Aviva Awards
Saturday last saw the annual Triathlon Ireland award ceremony in the Aviva Stadium. This event marks the successes of athletes throughout the year in the many competitions that appear on the triathlon calendar.
Michael Ring officially opens new Finn Valley Leisure Centre
MICHAEL Ring, the Minister of State for the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, officially opened the new Finn Valley Leisure Centre on Monday afternoon.
Letterkenny athletes at World age-group Triathlon Championships
NINE 24/7 club members have been selected to represent Ireland at the 2013 World Age-Group Triathlon Championships in London.
Brendan Boyce – August 2013 Donegal News Sports Personality of the Month
Chris McNulty speaks to race walker Brendan Boyce…
Mark English – July 2013 Donegal News Sports Personality of the Month
Chris McNulty hears from Mark English about his aims, goals – and all that jazz!
English aims for new pb in Rieti
BY CHRIS MCNULTY c.mcnulty@donegalnews.com MARK English rounds off his season at a meet in Rieti, Italy next month and the 20-year old Letterkenny man is aiming to beat his p.b of 1:44.84. English is just two hundreths of a second off the Irish 800m record, held by Kildare man David Matthews, who ran 1:44.82 in […]