Although 2020 was a year hammered by Covid-19 impacts, we are happy to announce the winners of the 2020 Athlete of the year award and individual club award winners. Club Athlete of the Year – Iseult O’Donnell It was quite the year for Iseult and when she produced that scintillating kick off the bend in the National Senior 800m in Santry last August It may have been behind closed doors…
The longest running National Athletics Championships in the world, 147 years and counting. Nothing has threatened that streak in the manner Covid19 has. Two World Wars have failed to break the elastic not to mention a couple of domestic Internal skirmishes circa 100 years ago. Originally slated to happen in late June to facilitate the Tokyo Olympics, re-arranged for this coming weekend, the final product being amended to behind closed…
Isolation and social distancing. Cocooning. Flattening the curve. Welcome to the world of a Thrower. So you fancy yourself to throw a Hammer, Discus, Javelin or putt a Shot far into the distance. Brace yourself for rejection. Prepare yourself for the Health and Safety book being fired at you from all corners. Think outside the box, work on your 20/20 vision. Better still see what confronts you when you try…
Remembering Peter Brazel’s Golden Era He recalls with great clarity that Sunday in July 1971. Early rising, mix of adventure and excitement. They loaded up the Ford Cortina. Turned right out of Ennafort and headed towards the City Centre. There was no M50 back then, it was a swathe of farmland out the North County. Bound for Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, flask and sandwiches, enough to feed an army. And Swiss…