Four Olympians in Irish Team for Cardiff Indoor International this Weekend

19 January 2005

A grand total of four Olympians lead a strong Irish team for this Saturday's Indoor International match between Ireland, England and Wales in Cardiff.

High Jumper Adrian O'Dwyer, hurdler Derval O'Rourke and 200m National record holder Paul Brizzel will all be hoping to put in strong early season performances which should see them selected for the European Indoor Championships in Madrid in March. A lot of interest will also surround the rejuvenated Emily Maher who ran a personal best of 7.45 secs for 60m in Loughborough last weekend.

World indoor relay medallist David McCarthy gains the elusive spot in the 400m while a lot will be expected of UCD's Deirdre Ryan who added 2cm to her own National High Jump record at the AAI Games in Nenagh on Sunday with a leap of 1.88m.

Irish Team for Cardiff Indoor International (.doc)


Meanwhile on Sunday, also in Cardiff, Maria McCambridge leads the Irish Cross Country teams for the annual Celtic International CC match. Jolene Byrne, who was the top Irish finisher in the recent Stormont International CC, joins McCambridge in what is the strongest of all the Irish teams.

Emerging top class junior Danny Darcy leads the junior mens team and Linda Byrne does likewise for the junior women.

Irish Teams for Celtic International CC Match, Cardiff, Sunday 23rd January

Senior Men
Paul McNamara
Fiachra Lombard
Gary Murray
Gary O'Hanlon

Senior Women
Maria McCambride
Jolene Byrne
Pauline Curley
Mary Margaret Meade

Junior Men
Danny Darcy
Sean Smith
Kevin Lawlor
Michael Clohissey  

Junior Women
Linda Byrne
Aisling Baker
Breffini Tuohy
Joanne English


U23 Women
Niamh Devlin
Ruth Mills
Aoife Talty
Finnuala Britton

U23 Men  
Eoin Higgins
Dan Mulhare
Joe Sweeney
Alan McCormick

U17 Boys
Robert Corbally
Ryan Faulkner
Conor Murphy
Niall Tuohy

U17 Girls
Suzanne Huet
Sara Treacy
Charlotte French OCarroll
Frances OShea