Nov 28, 2019
Ireland has had a very successful British Isles Short Mat Championship held in Aberdeen. With 11 trophies at stake Ireland came away with 8 of them.
Ireland won the Premier team competition and the ‘A’series team competition. They also picked up both singles title with Donegal’s Andrew Steele winning the Premier singles and Monaghan’s Mark Hamilton winning the ‘A’ series singles title. Both triples were also won with Oriel’s Gerry McCabe, Kieran Trainor and John Murnahan winning the Premier event while Karl Bradshaw, Michael McGrade and Paula Bradshaw won the ‘A’ series competition. In the rinks,Andy Leckey, Lisa Richardson, Gary Cuthbert and Jal Richardson. The McDermott Cup for the outstanding country also went to Ireland.
Pics in order
Gerry O’Hare Irish team manager receives the McDermott Cup
Premier Singles winner Andrew Steel with IIBA President Flo McNally
‘A’ series Singles winner Mark Hamilton
Premier triples winners Kieran Trainor, Gerry O’Haire and John Murnigham
‘A’ series triples winners Michael McGrade, Paula Broadshow and Karl Bradshaw
Nov 28, 2019
Cara in partnership with Sport Ireland were delighted to host the 2019 National Seminar for Inclusion. The theme for this year’s seminar will be on ‘Children and Young People with Disabilities’. Over 200 delegates representing 113 different national and international organisations attended this sold out event, all focussed on increasing and improving opportunities for children with disabilities to be active.
When we initially set about planning for this event, we really felt it was essential to keep children and you people at the core of this seminar. From the planning of this and right into the event, the voices of children and young people with disabilities were present and heard by all who were in attendance.
With spellbinding key notes addresses from young Dubliner Chris Watts, and broadcaster Brendan O’Connor, the audience was captivated with their stories, which then led to interesting discussions across the key areas of sport, physical activity and physical education. There were many key learnings taken from this event, which we hope to share in the near future.
A sincere thank you to all who attended, were involved in or who supported the 2019 National Seminar for Inclusion.
To find out more, please visit our website www.caracentre.ie
Nov 28, 2019
Sam Bennett won the International Performance of the Year at the Cycling Ireland Annual Awards for the second consecutive year on Saturday night.
The Cycling Ireland Awards Evening saw members of the cycling community recognised in 13 categories, both participants and volunteers, across the various cycling disciplines.
Bennett notched up 13 wins this season including on stage 3 and stage 14 of the Vuelta a España. His stage 3 victory was enough to see the Carrick-On-Suir rider claim the green jersey while compatriot Nicolas Roche wore the leader’s red jersey.
Among the recipients of the Special Achievement Awards was Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal. The paracycling duo claimed their fifth World Title, with Gold in the time trial at the Road World Championships and added a Silver medal in the Road Race. Their attention now firmly focused on adding to their impressive medal haul at Tokyo 2020.
Lara Gillespie of Scott Orwell Wheelers was another rider to receive a Special Achievement Award and was named Female Rider of the Year. Gillespie won Bronze at the Junior Track World Championships and three Silver medals at the Junior Track European Championships.
Cycling is blessed with countless dedicated and committed volunteers. Among these is Phil Skelton who was instrumental in the introduction of new ‘dangerous overtaking of a cyclist’ legislation. Skelton has been a driving force behind making our roads safer for cyclists and rightly deserves the award for Outstanding Service to Cycling.
A full list of winners is available below:
International Performance of the Year
Sam Bennett – 2 stages at the Vuelta a España
Special Achievement Awards
Lara Gillespie – Bronze at the Junior Track World Championships and three Silver medals at the European Track Championships
Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal – Triple World TT Champions
Ronan Grimes – Silver medal in the Scratch Race in the Para Track Worlds
Greg Swinand – World Masters 50-54 Time Trial Champion
Lydia Boylan – Silver Medal in the Points Race in the UCI Track World Championship
Mark Downey – Bronze Medal in the Points Race in the UCI Track World Championship
Sam Bennett – 2 stages at the Vuelta a España
Leah Maunsell – 2nd in the U21 Eunduro World Series
Membership Awards
Cycling Ireland Volunteer of the Year – Dany Blondeel – Ards Cycling Club
Cycling Ireland Female Rider of the Year – Lara Gillespie – Scott Orwell Wheelers
Cycling Ireland Male Rider of the Year – Conor Hennebry – Dan Morrissey-MIG Pactimo
Cycling Ireland Club of the Year – Bray Wheelers
Cycling Ireland Leisure Event of the Year – The Reservoir Dog Sportive – Reservoir Cogs
Cycling Ireland Competitive Event of the Year – National Road Championships – Foyle CC
Cycling Ireland Club Coach of the Year – Hugh Byrne – Sundrive Track Team
Outstanding Service to Cycling
Dr. Tom Daly – Historical Archive of Cycling in Ireland
Phil Skelton – introduction of dangerous overtaking legislation
Hall of Fame
Mick Lawless
Martin Early
Peter Doyle
Gaybo Howard
Cycling Ireland National Road Series – Men
Conor Hennebry – Dan Morrissey-MIG Pactimo
James Curry – Dan Morrissey-MIG Pactimo
Darnell Moore – Team Caldwell Cycles
Cycling Ireland National Road Series – Women
Katharine Smyth – Ballymena Road Club
Maura Claffey – UCD Cycling Club
Agnieszka Wozniak – STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team
Nov 28, 2019
The Irish Kidney Association is delighted to be hosting the 11th European Transplant & Dialysis Sports Championships in Dublin from August 2nd-9th (www.etdsc2020.com). With 25 countries and 13 different events it promises to be a true celebration of the gift of life that is organ donation.
A key sporting goal in hosting the event is to grow our national transplant and dialysis sports programme that operates under the banner Transplant Team Ireland (www.transplantteamireland.ie). We are looking for new recruits in the sports listed below. If you are, or you know, a person who has received an organ transplant and enjoy sport contact colin@ika.ie for more details on how to join our team for next year’s Championships. Competition is based on age categories starting with 18-29 years all the way to 80+ years.
The sports are:
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Cycling
- Darts
- Golf
- Petanque
- 5km Road Run
- Squash
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Ten Pin Bowling
- Volleyball
Nov 28, 2019
Mourneabbey were crowned All-Ireland Ladies Senior Club Champions for a second successive year, following a thrilling 2-9 to 0-14 victory over first-time finalists Kilkerrin-Clonberne on Saturday, November 23. The Cork and Munster Champions needed a superb late point from Laura Fitzgerald to retain the Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup at the LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, which they first won in 2018:
Meanwhile, there was an historic first All-Ireland adult club title for Offaly achieved on Saturday, November 23. Naomh Ciaran landed the All-Ireland Intermediate club title on the back of a 2-11 to 2-9 win against Naomh Pól from Antrim at Kingspan Breffni, Cavan:
To round off an incredible weekend of All-Ireland Ladies Club Championship Finals, Cork legend Rena Buckley starred as her club Donoughmore edged out Mayo opponents MacHale Rovers after extra-time by 1-12 to 1-11 in front of a bumper crowd at Duggan Park, Ballinasloe. Buckley scored 0-7 and claimed the Player of the Match award as the two-time All-Ireland Senior champions landed the junior title:
Nov 26, 2019
MUNSTER RUGBY’S ENDA LYNCH APPOINTED TO BOARD OF FEDERATION OF IRISH SPORT
26th November2019: The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce that Enda Lynch, Head of Enterprise with Munster Rugby has been appointed an Independent Director of the Federation. The Federation of Irish Sport is the representative organisation for the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) in Ireland. The Federation’s membership consists of over 100 NGBs and LSPs from every corner of the country.
Enda who is Head of Enterprise with Munster Rugby, has had a distinguished career in the areas of sports marketing, sponsorship and communications. Before taking up his current role with Munster Rugby he was the club’s Head of Commercial & Marketing, overseeing all revenue generation and marketing for the organisation for over five years. Prior to that he worked with the then Slattery Communications on major sponsorships such as the Irish Rugby team, The O2, the GAA All Stars, Ferrari and the Champions League. A Kerry man residing in Cork, he is a Communications graduate of Dublin City University.
In making the announcement Roddy Guiney, Chairman of the Federation said that he believed Enda’s knowledge of sport and his expertise both in sports marketing and communications would be of major benefit not alone to the organisation but also to our members. “Enda has been associated with many highly successful brands and sponsorships and we are looking forward to availing of his skills and expertise as we strive to continue to deliver successful programmes for our members”.
Speaking of his appointment, Enda said “I am really looking forward to working on behalf of the organisations that make sport and physical activity in Ireland happen on a daily basis. Given the rate of change of how sports organisations survive and thrive commercially and organisationally, I see the Federation as playing a critical role in helping shape the framework for that development. I look forward to meeting many of my fellow NBGs and Local Sports Partnerships in the months ahead”.
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