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Decent Sligo displays in Santry heat

A SUPERB AAI Senior Track & Field Championships at Santry’s Morton Stadium last weekend was lit up with a stunning new Irish race walk record by Rob Heffernan in the men’s 10k walk and good performances by three other Beijing-bound competitors, Paul Hession, Eileen O’Keefe and Roisin McGettigan.  more >

Helping one Irish man’s Beijing dream

THE alarm on my watch goes off - it is 6.45am on Thursday, July 10. Day Seven for me on Olympic Games training camp in Font Romeu, situated high up in the Pyreenees mountains at 1600 metres altitude.  more >

Potential must be carefully nurtured

IT is probably true to say that Sligo has never had such a proliferation of young athletic talent than at the present era.  more >

Carroll, Brennan and O’Connell shine

TWO weekends away in La Coruna in Spain and Lemington in England with race walkers has taken me away from the local athletics scene in Sligo.  more >

Report must have bearing on funds

THE recent ESRI report on sports participation in Ireland makes very interesting reading. Indeed, it bears out what I have been saying now for a long time.  more >

Casey and Reddin win national gold

SLIGO athletes were in action last weekend in places as varied as Tullamore, Manchester and Paris.  more >

Belief is a vital part of Rob’s mix

LAST January I received a text message from Rob Heffernan, Ireland’s top race walker. The Cork man was abroad doing heavy training for the upcoming season which would culminate this August in Beijing at the Olympic Games.  more >

Sligo athletes impress at a number of venues throughout the country

IT has been a hectic week on the local athletics scene. On Wednesday at the track in Dangan, Galway, we had the Connacht Schools Track & Field Championships.  more >

Marathon running requires planning

THE road racing scene is now in full swing and plans are being made for various events during the summer.  more >

Congress brings new faces and fresh aims

IT has been an eventful week in Irish athletics off the track with the appointment of a new chief executive officer and the Athletics Association of Ireland annual congress taking place at the weekend at the Radisson SAS Hotel at Dublin Airport.  more >