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Irish Independent
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
One Kerry medallist returns from the Munster Strokeplay in Cork
A member of last year's Munster Inter-County Nett winning side, Eileen is continuing a comeback to the game after a long absence as she finished two strokes off the winning score last Sunday. Rounds of +7 and +6 gave her a +13 total as Riverdale of Nenagh's Margaret Forde was the winner on +11 with Megan Ahern from the host club second on +12. In the Mens' events, meanwhile, there were three Top 10 Kerry finishes in two events. The Senior Mens saw Damien Fleming finish fifth overall after the 54 holes on 19 under par as despite being in a good position of fourth on 16 under after the first 36, he never caught fire in the playoff. John Walsh from the hosts was the winner on 24 under as Castleisland's Aidan O'Connor had an impressive performance in reaching the play-off and finishing eighth overall on 13 under par. The other Top 10 finish was in Saturday's Intermediate Mens event where Tralee's Mark Lucey finished 10th overall. Lucey was fourth overall after the first 36 holes on six under par, three off the lead, but his challenge fell away in the final 18 as he slipped back to one under overall. The event was won by Morty Ahern from the host club on 15 under par. Tuesday, July 8 last, meanwhile, saw the conclusion of the Bob Casey Memorial Inter-Club Strokeplay Championships as for the first time in six years a team from Deerpark was victorious. Their 'Green' team of James Fleming, Gearóid Cronin, Connie O'Sullivan Jnr, Brian McCarthy, Niall O'Loughlin, Seán O'Mahoney, James Foley, Nathan Cronin, Mark O'Shea and Paddy Murphy recovered from losing the opening night in Tralee to win the three remaining nights in Castleisland, Deerpark and Listowel to win from Tralee C as the win prevented a fourth successive Tralee success in the competition. The competition also meant the confirmation of the Kerry Intermediate and Junior Mens sides for the Munster Inter-County Championships in Ardnacrusha on the weekend of August 31 and September 1 with the two sides made up of the following: Intermediate Mens 1. Con O'Sullivan Jnr (Deerpark) 2. Mark Lucey (Tralee) 3. Michael Creagh (Tralee) 4. Eamonn Sheehy (Tralee) 5. Dan Broderick Jnr (Tralee) 6. James Fleming (Deerpark) Sub. Danny O'Leary (Tralee) Junior Mens 1. Mark O'Shea (Deerpark) 2. Brian McCarthy (Deerpark) 3. Sean O'Mahoney (Deerpark) 4. Nathan Cronin (Deerpark) 5. Reece Sugrue (Tralee) 6. Alan O'Connor (Tralee) Sub. Adam Ricken (Castleisland) This weekend, of course, is another big occasion for Damien Fleming as he represents Ireland once more on the Men's Team for the European Team Championships in Lucan in Dublin. It comes after his appearance in the World Cup Final win over North Portugal last year as he will be playing in this event 20 years on from when his Deerpark club-mate Derry McCarthy captained Ireland to victory in this same event in Holland in 2005. The County Board wishes Damien all the best this weekend along with the two Irish teams (Mens and Ladies) taking part.
Scotsman
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scotland's European Championship selections put under the microscope
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Scotland's selections for the upcoming European Team Championships have been announced, with sides set to be in action next week in Hungary, France, Czechia and England. Based on recent editions of all four events, a tartan title triumph seems unlikely but, nonetheless, the players picked for their respective assignments will be wearing the Scottish Golf blue with pride. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Here's our rundown of the team selections for the events, which all run from 8-12 July: European Men's Team Championship B Division in Hungary Blairgowrie's Connor Graham is one of two Scots sitting in the top 40 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking | The R&A Involved in the second-tier event for the second time in three years, the Scots will be led into battle by Cameron Adam and Connor Graham, both of whom sit in the top 40 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Helped by winning the St Andrews Links Trophy, Adam topped The Open Amateur Series to book his spot at Royal Portrush in a fortnight's time while Graham is coming off a brilliant freshman season on the US college circuit at Texas Tech. California-based Niall Shiels Donegan finished third in The Open Amateur Series and could be a contender for the Walker Cup in St Andrews along with his two compatriots. Gregor Tait, a two-time Scottish Amateur Championship runner-up, brings plenty of top-level amateur experience to the table while Alexander Farmer is the current Scottish Amateur champion. Lots of people, meanwhile, will be delighted to see Crail's Andrew Davidson in the side after he won the Battle Trophy at his home club earlier in the year before producing a superb effort to finish joint-third in the Lytham Trophy. After playing along with Graham for the Internationals in the Palmer Cup in South Carolina, Ross Laird will be disappointed to be a reserve, the others on standby being Jack McDonald and Sam Mukherjee. The Scots won this event in Slovakia two years ago and the same result will be in their sights after being relegated 12 months ago after ending up 14th in an event won by Sweden. Broomieknowe's Hannah Darling looks set to sign off her amateur career with a Scotland appearance in France | Getty Images European Women's Team Championship in Chantilly Hannah Darling is the headline name in this team as she makes what is likely to be her final appearance as an amateur before embarking on a professional career in the next few weeks. The Broomiekowe player helped Great Britain & Ireland pull off a dramatic Curtis Cup win at Sunningdale last summer and, last weekend, was also on a winning Great Britain & Ireland team in the Vagliano Trophy at Royal Hague in the Netherlands. Lorna McClymont has joined the pro ranks since last year's event, which Darling missed, but Royal Troon's Freya Russell and Jen Saxton (Dunfermline) are survivors from that team. North Berwick's Grace Crawford, a former Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open winner, gets the chance to shine again at women's level, with Abigail May, one of the rising Scottish stars, and Scottish Women's champion Susan Woodhouse (East Kilbride) completing the line up. Pollok's Rosie Maguire and Australia-based Sheridan Clancy (Lake Karrinyup) are the two reserves, with the Scots aiming to improve on finishing tenth in last year's event in Spain. The R&A European Boys' Team Championship in Brno Aidan Lawson, the Bruntsfield Links player who emulated Sergio Garcia by winning the European Junior Masters last year, will be hoping to shine again on a big stage as the Scots return to the main event after finishing second in Division 2 in Poland last year. Broomieknowe's Kai Laing, winner of the recent Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy at Schloss Roxburghe, is also in the side, as is St Andrews New member Finlay Galloway, who stormed to a ten-shot win in the Paul Lawrie Junior Jug at Newmachar earlier in the year. Deeside's Oli Blackadder, who tops the Scottish Boys' Order of Merit, Brodie Cunningham, a highly-rated player from Bothwell Castle, and Dunbar's Kiron Gribble complete the line up, with talented Craigielaw youngster Fraser Walters narrowly missing out along with Jamie McDonald (St Andrews New). St Regulus player Carly McDonald has been in winning form on the domestic scene over the past few weeks | Scottish Golf European Girls' Team Championship at Slaley Hall Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Facing the shortest journey, the Scots are heading to Northumberland with a side that should feel quietly confident about improving on last year's 16th position in Sweden. Carly McDonald, a rising star at St Regulus in St Andrews, landed back-to-back wins recently in the Barrie Douglas Foundation Scottish Junior Masters at Strathmore and the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Vase at Schloss Roxburghe in the Borders. She's set to join forces with Royal Troon's Jodie Graham, Erin Huskie of Stirling, Loudon's Hannah Ounap, Kaci Robertson of Nairn Dunbar and Craigielaw's Stella Walters, Fraser's younger sister. It's widely believed that Scotland has some exciting young talent in the girls' game - Ralston's Melissa Keay, the reserve, is included in that - and this will be an opportunity for these six players to vindicate that optimism. The Scottish line up for the European Young Masters later in the month at La Boulie in France has also been announced and it is a real family affair. A mixed boys' and girls' team, it features two sets of siblings in Carly and Jamie McDonald and Stella and Fraser Walters.
The Journal
30-06-2025
- Sport
- The Journal
Sarah Lavin stars in 100m hurdles as Ireland finish fifth at European Athletics Team Championships
The 42 SARAH LAVIN STARRED as Team Ireland finished fifth in Division 2 of the European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. Ireland narrowly missed out on promotion to the top tier of the continental competition, where the 43-strong team were in contention right up to the final few events. Lavin stormed to victory in the 100m hurdles in 12.82 seconds yesterday afternoon. 'To get maximum points for the team was the priority,' the Limerick native said after securing Ireland's only win of the weekend. 'I knew it wasn't going to be an easy ask. I think I was about number three on season's best. 'It's 11 weeks today to Tokyo Round One [World Athletics Championships], of course that's the big one this year, but any opportunity you can take to put on your country's singlet, you want to represent it to the max of your capabilities.' 🗣️ 'To get maximum points for the team was the priority, I knew it wasn't going to be an easy ask.' We speak to Sarah Lavin after her victory in the Women's 100m Hurdles at the European Team Championships! 🙌 #IrishAthletics #Maribor2025 #ETCH2025 — Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 29, 2025 Cian McPhillips and Nicola Tuthill were other strong performers, third in the men's 800m (1:46.37) and women's hammer throw (70.50m) respectively. The mixed 4x400m relay team of Jack Raftery, Cliodhna Manning, Callum Baird and Sharlene Mawdsley finished second in their heat, and fourth overall, clocking a time of 3:14.81. Mawdsley excelled on the anchor leg, chasing down Olympic finalist Henriette Jæger of Norway. 'The lactic I have in my legs right now is something I've never experienced before,' she reflected. 'I'm proud of that, it was a good weekend for me. Please God in two years' time we'll be going up to the first division.' Ireland finished on 349 points behind champions Belgium (451.5), Slovenia (402.5), Norway (400) and Türkiye (382). European Athletics Team Championships – Day Two – Results Summary Nicola Tuthill – Women's Hammer Throw – 3 rd (70.50m) Advertisement Saragh Buggy – Women's Triple Jump – 10 th (12.96m) Conor Callinan – Men's Pole Vault – 12 th (4.90m PB) Eoin Sheridan – Men's Discus Throw – 14 th (50.15m) Adam Nolan – Men's 110m Hurdles – DQ Niamh Fogarty – Women's Shot Put – 7 th (14.29m PB) Sarah Lavin – Women's 100m Hurdles – 1 st (12.82, 0.0m/s) Laura Nicholson – Women's 1500m – 4 th (4:20.48) Cian McPhillips – Men's 800m – 3 rd (1:46.37) Aoife O'Sullivan – Women's High Jump – 14 th (1.74m) Lauren Roy – Women's 200m – 5 th (23.32, +0.7m/s) Michael Alajiki – Men's Triple Jump – 13 th (14.76m) Marcus Lawler – Men's 200m – 6 th (20.81, +0.9m/s) Conor Cusack – Men's Javelin Throw – 8 th (72.43m) Roisin Flanagan – Women's 5000m – 6 th (16:04.21) Finley Daly – Men's 3000m Steeplechase – 4 th (8:51.89) Mixed 4x400m Relay – 4 th (3:14.81) Written by Emma Duffy and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
Irish Independent
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Lavin stars in 100m but Ireland fall short in their top tier promotion bid in Slovenia
The Irish amassed 349 points across the two-day event, leaving them adrift of the top-three nations who were promoted to the first division: Belgium (451.5), Slovenia (402.5) and Norway (400). Lavin was the sole Irish winner across the weekend, her winning time of 12.82 in still conditions just shy of her season's best of 12.76, which she ran in Ostrava earlier in the week. On Saturday, she also helped the Irish women's 4x100m team to third place. Ireland had been slumming it in division three at the last edition of this event in 2023, but finished top of the standings to bounce straight back. They had been relegated to the third tier due to their no-show in 2021 because of the quarantine requirements at the time. Since the European Cup was replaced by the European Team Championships in 2009, Ireland has otherwise occupied the mid-table positions in the second tier, never lower than 10th, but never likely to get promoted, with this being their best result in that time. Ireland is undoubtedly a division one nation on the track but the relative weakness in field events, coupled with the absence of many star names, makes it hard to make that a reality. 'Of course we'd love to be top three,' said Lavin. 'I think, particularly in recent years, Ireland belong in that first division with the powerhouses of Europe.' Lavin is never one to turn down an Irish vest and she again made a key contribution here. 'To get maximum points for the team was the priority – I was number three on season's best,' she said. 'It's 11 weeks today to Tokyo round one and that's the big one this year, but any opportunity you can take to put on your country's singlet, you want to represent it to the maximum of your capabilities.' Another of their leading performers was Nicola Tuthill, who produced the second biggest throw of her career to take third in the women's hammer. The Cork athlete survived some nervy moments after opening with two fouls before unleashing a 68.30m throw to ensure three more chances. She threw her leading mark of 70.50m in the fourth round, and one of her subsequent fouls was a huge throw, close to her recent Irish U-23 record of 71.71m in Finland. 'It was not my best competition,' said Tuthill. 'I am proud of myself for getting one in (in the third round) because I was getting really stressed there, but then I got over 70. I'm disappointed the fouls weren't in the sector.' The action concluded with the mixed 4x400m where Jack Raftery, Cliodhna Manning, Callum Baird and Sharlene Mawdsley finished second in their heat, and fourth overall, in 3:14.81. Elsewhere, Cian McPhillips showed impressive closing speed to come from well behind and finish third in the men's 800m, the Longford native clocking 1:46.37. 'It's been a bit of a rough season, I'm only getting back from injury after the European Indoors,' he said. 'I wasn't sure what shape I was in, but I knew whatever I did run would be a start point and hopefully I'll go a bit quicker over the coming months. The two guys ahead of me are 1:44 flat (800m) and 3:31 (1500m) guys, I'm up there with the best. I couldn't ask for much more.' Laura Nicholson turned in an impressive front-running display in the women's 1500m and battled strongly for fourth place in 4:20.48. Finley Daly finished a fine fourth in the 3000m steeplechase in 8:51.89, while Róisín Flanagan finished sixth in the 5000m in 16:04.21. Adam Nolan suffered a dangerous fall in the 110m hurdles and insult was added to injury when he was disqualified for failing to clear the final barrier. Lauren Roy came home fifth in the women's 200m in 23.32, while Marcus Lawler was sixth in the men's race in 20.81. Niamh Fogarty threw a personal best of 14.29m to finish seventh in the shot put.
Irish Examiner
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Lavin victory helps Irish to fifth at European Team Championships
Sarah Lavin played a starring role for the Irish on day two of the European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia on Sunday – the Limerick athlete powering to victory in the 100m hurdles to help Ireland to a fifth-place finish in division two. The Irish amassed 349 points across the two-day event, leaving them adrift of the top-three nations who were promoted to the first division: Belgium (451.5), Slovenia (402.5) and Norway (400). Lavin was sole Irish winner across the weekend, her winning time of 12.82 in still conditions just shy of her season's best of 12.76, which she ran in Ostrava earlier in the week. On Saturday, she also helped the Irish women's 4x100m team to third place. Ireland had been slumming it in division three at the last edition of this event in 2023, having been relegated from division two due to their no-show in 2021 due to the quarantine requirements at the time. Since the European Cup was replaced by the European Team Championships in 2009, Ireland has otherwise occupied the mid-table positions in the second tier, never lower than 10th, but never likely to get promoted, with this being their best result in that time. Ireland is undoubtedly a division one nation on the track but the relative weakness in field events, coupled with the absence of many star names, makes it hard to make that a reality. 'Of course we'd love to be top three,' said Lavin. 'I think, particularly in recent years, Ireland belong in that first division with the powerhouses of Europe.' Lavin is never one to turn down an Irish vest and she again made a key contribution here. 'To get maximum points for the team was the priority – I was number three on season's best,' she said. 'It's 11 weeks today to Tokyo round one and that's the big one this year, but any opportunity you can take to put on your country's singlet, you want to represent it to the maximum of your capabilities." Another of their leading performers was Nicola Tuthill, who produced the second biggest throw of her career to take third in the women's hammer. The Cork athlete survived some nervy moments after opening with two fouls before unleashing a 68.30m throw to ensure three more chances. She threw her leading mark of 70.50m in the fourth round, and one of her subsequent fouls was a huge throw, close to her recent Irish U-23 record of 71.71m in Finland. 'It was not my best competition,' said Tuthill. 'I am proud of myself for getting one in (in the third round) because I was getting really stressed there, but then I got over 70. I'm disappointed the fouls weren't in the sector.' The action concluded with the mixed 4x400m where Jack Raftery, Cliodhna Manning, Callum Baird and Sharlene Mawdsley finished second in their heat, and fourth overall, in 3:14.81. Elsewhere, Cian McPhillips showed impressive closing speed to come from well behind and finish third in the men's 800m, the Longford native clocking 1:46.37. 'It's been a bit of a rough season, I'm only getting back from injury after the European Indoors,' he said. 'I wasn't sure what shape I was in, but I knew whatever I did run would be a start point and hopefully I'll go a bit quicker over the coming months. The two guys ahead of me are 1:44 flat (800m) and 3:31 (1500m) guys, I'm up there with the best. I couldn't ask for much more.' Laura Nicholson turned in an impressive front-running display in the women's 1500m and battled strongly for fourth place in 4:20.48. Finley Daly finished a fine fourth in the 3000m steeplechase in 8:51.89, while Róisín Flanagan finished sixth in the 5000m in 16:04.21. Adam Nolan suffered a dangerous fall in the 110m hurdles and insult was added to injury when he was disqualified for failing to clear the final barrier. Lauren Roy came home fifth in the women's 200m in 23.32, while Marcus Lawler was sixth in the men's race in 20.81. Niamh Fogarty threw a personal best of 14.29m to finish seventh in the shot put.
