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Arklow Boxing Club plan for new season
AT A meeting of club coaches and senior boxers in Arklow Boxing Club on Wednesday night details of the programme for the new season which begins next week were discussed and ratified.
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RATHNEW AFC Details of the Rathnew AFC golf classic on 17th September in Wicklow Golf Club. €180 for a four-man team in a scramble event. Contact Anto Mernagh at 0866007056 for tee times between 8 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.
Wicklow ace wins at Fitzwilliam
COUNTY WICKLOW'S Alan Gleeson emerged as winner of the Under-18 Singles title at Fitzwilliam last Saturday after a close encounter against fellow Wicklow player Ciaran Fitzgerald.
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SOUTH EAST ROAD CLUB: The underage are showing the way again with excellent results from the Bray Wheelers organised Roundwood Grand Prix on Saturday last this morning. Reece Young won the under-12 race with the race largely strung out very early on. Becky Heaney was the only other rider to offer any real competition to Reece when she took a fine second place.
Katie is Queen of the ring
BRAY'S BOXING sensation Katie Taylor is still queen of the ring as she proved at the weekend by adding another gold medal to his trophy sideboard. At Keszthely in Hungary, she reinforced her dominance of women's boxing by winning the lightweight crown at the European Union championships at the weekend.
Wicklow duo achieve their goals
TWO WICKLOW athletes achieved their objectives when they competed in the European championships in Barcelona late last week. Fionnuala Britton from Brittas Bay and Stephanie O'Reilly, Wicklow town, were both taking part in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Exciting action in store as championship hots up
ON SUNDAY, August 8, round six of the eight round Irish Motocross Championship comes to Ferns Motocross Park, just outside Ferns in Co. Wexford. Now that we are in the second half of the series we see the championship points race start to intensify. Since 1997 the circuit in the historic town has played host to some memorable events. Ferns is now ranked as one of the top tracks in the country, which is in no small part due to the hard work of the South East Motocross Club.
Local athletes star at national championships
THE NATIONAL Championships in Tullamore took place recently where in the under19 1500m Niamh Kearney claimed another national title followed by her clubmate Ellie Hartnett in silver position with Aisling McGee in her second 1500m running a personal best to finish in fifth position.
International flavour at polocrosse event
Well it's that time of year again when the annual Wicklow Bay Polocrosse Tournament is almost upon us. This years Polocrosse tournament will take place this August Bank Holiday weekend at: Lookout Stud, Ballykilty Upper, Coolgreany, Co. Wexford on Saturday, July 31, and Sunday, August 1.
Sean stars in new 'Ginetta' racing series
SPEED DEMON Sean Doyle will be among the first racers in the country to take part in the new Ginetta Junior series being held in Ireland. This is the first year of the Ginetta Junior series in Ireland having already proved successful in England, Scotland and across Europe.
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