Report from Sailability Ireland President’s Cup Event
Congratulations to Team Leinster on winning the Sailability Ireland’s President’s Cup for 2015 which was kindly hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club on 22nd and 23rd Aug 2015
Women's Tandem close to medal on final day of Paracycling World Championships in Switzerland
Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and sighted pilot Eve McCrystal missed out on bronze by the narrowest of margins in the Women’s Tandem Road Race at the Paracycling World Road Championships in Notwil, Switzerland, on Saturday (August 1st). Last year’s silver medallists went to the finish line with the Netherlands pairing of Odette Van Deudekom and Kim […]
Clifford finishes Paracycling World Road Championships in style taking victory in the MC3 Time Trial
Ireland’s Eoghan Clifford has taken victory in the MC3 Time Trial at the Paracycling World Road Championships in Notwil, Switzerland. The Galway-native won the hilly, 31km test by 48 seconds from Germany’s Steffen Warias to defend the title he won at the first attempt in Greenville, South Carolina last year. Clifford led throughout the two […]
Clifford takes Gold at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships
Some great results on the first day of the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships yesterday A ninth place finish for Colin Lynch in the MC2 Time Trial, fifth place finish for Katie George Dunleavy & Pilot Eve McCrystal in the WB Time Trial and of course the fantastic Gold place finish for Eoghan Clifford in […]
Irish Paracycling Squad head to World Championships in Switzerland
The Irish team for the Paracycling World Road Championships heads to Switzerland this week buoyed with confidence after a successful World Road Cup campaign.
Irish swim team to return home this evening with two World bronze medals
The six strong Irish swim team return home this evening from the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Glasgow with two bronze medals, won by Darragh McDonald in the 400m Freestyle on Monday last, and Ellen Keane in the 200m Individual Medley last night. The team return to Dublin Airport on flight EI3227, due to arrive […]
Great Irish performances at the inaugural European Paralympic Committee Youth Games in Croatia
The weekend saw four athletes from Ireland compete in swimming and athletics events in the inaugural European Paralympic Committee Youth Games in Varazdin, Croatia. Friday started the event well with some fantastic performances in both Athletics and Swimming, Conor McBride ran a personal best in both his 100m finishing in 4th place and the 200m […]
Bronze for Ellen Keane on final day of Paralympic Swimming World Championships
Ellen Keane ensured the Irish team finished the Paralympic Swimming World Championships on a real high tonight setting a new lifetime best to win bronze in the 200m Individual Medley final (SM9). Nicole Turner and James Scully both set new lifetime bests finishing seventh and eighth in their respective finals.
Three Irish swimmers into finals at Paralympic Swimming World Championships
On the closing day of competition at the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Glasgow three of Ireland’s four swimmers in action have qualified for finals in their respective events. Nicole Turner, Ellen Keane and James Scully will all be racing tonight, with Keane and Turner setting new lifetime bests in their heats.
New lifetime best for Ailbhe Kelly in final at Paralympic Swimming World Championships
On the penultimate day of competition at the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Glasgow this evening Ireland’s Ailbhe Kelly set a new lifetime best of 1:27.24 finishing eighth in the final of the S8 Women’s 100m Backstroke.
Ailbhe Kelly through to final at Paralympic Swimming World Championships
On the penultimate day of competition at the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Glasgow this morning there were just two Irish swimmers in action. Sixteen year old Ailbhe Kelly swam impressively to place fifth in her S8 100m Backstroke heat and qualify for her first world championship final at 6.58pm this evening. Kelly, who is […]
Two more lifetime best swims from Turner and Scully in finals at Paralympic Swimming World Championships
All three Irish swimmers in action at the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Glasgow this evening finished eighth in their respective finals, with James Scully and Nicole Turner posting new lifetime bests in the process. In the final of the SM6 200m Individual Medley Nicole Turner shaved almost half a second off the massive best […]
