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    World Rowing Championships 2023

    Kicks off today in Belgrade - flat calm and 29 degrees Irish heats today as follows: Men LX 1X - Jake McCarthy (Skibb) Women LW 1X - Siobhan McRohan (Tribesmen) Men LW 2X - O'Donovan & McCarthy (Skibb/UCC) Men 2- Timoney & Corrigan (QUBC/ Portora) Men 2X - Doyle & Lynch (Portora / Clonmel)...
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    Aoife Cooke Breaks 2:29

    Well done Aoife Cooke, another Cork woman off to Tokyo - 2:28.36 at Cheshire Elite Marathon gets her inside the QT. Kudos to her and her coaches and training group at Eagle AC
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    Cian McPhillips - 1:46.13

    Stonking performance from the Longford18-year old in Abbotstown last night - that's some time for an indoor race. 6th on the all-time U-20 list and 2nd fastest European U20 ever. Faster than Jacob Ingebritsen's outdoor time. The 800 is a murder event but is the real deal - his preferred distance...
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    Jerry Kiernan RIP

    https://clonliffeharriersac.com/shock-passing-of-clonliffe-olympian-jerry-kiernan/
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    Video / Pic of your 2020 Sporting Highlight

    Right lads, easy on the prose and text - all about the visuals - what was your sporting highlight of 2020. Please post a pic and/or a video. Here's mine to kick off: 529PVjjZTno
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    Source Goes Bang!

    Received at 23:36 last night - "It is with sincere regret that we wish to advise that Source Health and Fitness has this evening ceased to trade until further notice" Decent gym, great pool, WTF?
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    McKenna making some sense this week

    http://shr.gs/QE2rprU A bit hyper and self-regarding as usual but some good stuff in this week’s diatribe.
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    Drugs Accusations - Nike Oregon Project

    Big Panorama program tonight apparently accusing Salazar, Rupp and others of doping with Testosterone - including accusations of Salazar's own son being used as a guinea pig for Testosterone :crazy eye: Interview with Pietersen, the main journalist, on "Off the Ball" just now. Mo Farah is the...
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    European Athletics Championships

    Even though Derval has retired, this is as good an Irish team as we've had in a while. Barr (400m hurdles), English (800m), O'Lionaird (1500m), Britton(10,000m and marathon) and Heffernan (50km walk) all travel with hopes of making an impact at the business end of the tournament. Some of the...
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    Schoolboy Soccer - Training on Weds, Fri, Sat or Sun

    Lads, does anyone know of a schoolboy soccer club preferably in or close to the city with an under 12 squad that trains on any of the following days Wednesday Friday Saturday (am) Sunday? Small lad has changed squads in the swimming club and his soccer training (Tuesday and Thursday nights)...
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    GAA and Athletics Ireland to Formally Link Up?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/liam-o-neill-reveals-gaa-facilities-offer-to-athletics-ireland-1.1601630 Given the history of athletics in the GAA this could be an interesting move. Certainly widens the net for potential future runners while opening GAA players up to a whole new type of...
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    Rob 3:37

    Fantastic move from the Rebel Week feens - first thing you see as you arrive in the city "We are Cork, one of our own is a world champion and don't you forget it"
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    Took the wrong exit at the Red Cow

    Seen emptying the bins on Pana yesterday. Fair dues to the lad for travelling 160 miles to deliver the service like
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    2 Bed House to Let - Wellington Road

    Very pleasant 2 bedroom house to let on Wellington Road. Recently refurbished, large living area and spacious kitchen. All mod cons (dishwasher, washing machine etc.). Sheltered south-facing garden / yard to rear. Adjacent to city centre. Rent allowance accepted. €175 per week. PM me to...
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    A Golden Generation - For Real

    Lot of talk about golden generations - especially about recent Irish Rugby teams - from our cosy one-dimensional media The recent closure of the Belfield running track in UCD got me thinking about this group - a real golden generation from Ireland that actually won stuff O’Mara, O’Sullivan...
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    Class Performance From Ciarán Ó Lionáird - 3:34!

    Corkman Ciarán Ó Lionáird (a member of the recent U-23 gold medal-winning Irish cross country team) ran 3:34.46 for the 1500m in Belgium the other night - the fourth fastest Irish performance of all time (even Eamonn Coughlan never ran that fast). That's an Olympic "A" time - he's now qualified...
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