Sophie Becker, Niamh Fogarty, Brian Fay, Eric Favors and Michael Farrelly have all been named on the Irish team for the European team championships. It is a first senior international call-up for Farrelly as he is named in the 4x100m squad. The 46-strong team travel to the European Athletics Team Championships 2nd Division, which take place in Maribor, Slovenia on June 28th and 29th. Sophie Becker is named as Ireland’s…

Orla Comerford set a new personal best of 11.87 seconds to win the para-women’s 100m at the Bislett Games. The famous Bislett Games is one of the meets which incorporates Para athletics events with Comerford taking victory in 11.87 seconds into a 0.7 m/s headwind. Another well done to Orla and hopefully a continued good season.

Sophie Becker claimed a very comfortable win over 400m at the Kladno Házi a Kladenské memorial in Czechia on Tuesday night. Becker posted 51.83 seconds for victory. Eva Santidrián of Spain took second place in 52.38 seconds.

Thanks to the club members who agreed to avail of a mobile Cardiac Screening Programme delivered by Advanced Medical Services (AMS). The testing will take place in the clubhouse on Saturday, October 4. The screening, which takes 20 minutes, can help identify people with risk of underlying cardiac abnormalities/heart disease. But like all screening programmes, it cannot guarantee 100% of picking up all cardiac issues including coronary artery disease. The…