Results - Cork City Sports - Brother Ireland Morton Memorial - Bank of Scotland Cup - KitKat Tailteann Inter Provincial - national mountain club championships Andalucia Grand Prix Jerez Spain 800m 1 Argelia - MELIANI Walid 1:46.96 2 España - QUESADA VELASCO Miguel 1:47.19 3 Irlanda - CHAMNEY Thomas 1:47.33 4 España - RODRIGUEZ MELERO Alvaro 1:47.41 5,000m 7 Irlanda- McCAMBRIDGE Maria 15:43.61 Folksam Grand Prix 2008 Göteborg M 1500 m A-final 1 Craig Mottram 80 AUS 3.36,66 2 Youcef Abdi 77 AUS 3.42,98 SB 3 Abdalla Abdelgadir 87 SUD 3.43,80 4 Dave Campbell 82 IRL 3.44,91 5 Olle Walleräng 85 Hammarby IF 3.45,85 M 1500 m B-final 9 William Hughes 86 IRL 4.07,66 M 3000m A-final 5 Ciaran O'Lionaird 88 IRL 8.07,22 6 Mark Hanrahan 85 IRL 8.10,81 PB High Jump 3 Deirdre Ryan 82 IRL 1.80 Athletics Leinster U13-U19 Track and Field ChampionshipsBABA FOR HIGH JUMP IN CORK CITY SPORTS Olympic bronze medallist from the Athens Olympics Jaroslav Baba (Czech Republic) is the latest addition to a high class high jump competition at the upcoming Cork City Sports on July 12. Baba has already jumped 2.30m this year and has a best ever jump of 2.37m. He joins a field that already includes holder Jamie Nieto from the United States and fellow Americans Andra Manson and Adam Shunk, two leading Dutch jumpers, Jan Peter Larsen and Martiyn Nuijens, Trevor Barry from Bahamas and local star Chris Crowley from Belgooly. Former world champion,Yuriy Krimarenko of the Ukraine is also a possible starter in this event. Brother Ireland Morton Memorial World’s greatest hammer throwers in Dublin next month - Current world champion to test Eileen O’Keeffe The strongest ever field of women hammer throwers assembled in Ireland, including the three all-time best German throwers, will come together at the Brother Ireland Morton Memorial in Santry Stadium on Friday 25th July. Led by current world champion, Betty Heidler of Germany, the field will also include Ireland’s top Olympic Games prospect Eileen O’Keeffe, the current European Junior Champion, Kathrina Safrankova of the Czech Republic, Kathrin Klaas and Andres Bunjes of Germany and Bethany Hart of the USA. Heidler has already thrown 73.93 metres this season, won the World Championships in Osaka in 2007 and was fourth at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. She has a personal best throw of 76.55 metres. Eileen O’Keeffe from Kilkenny is the Irish national record holder and was sixth at last year’s World Championships. She has a personal best of 73.21 metres and won her competition last weekend at the European Cup. She has already thrown 70.39 metres this season. 19 year old Kathrina Safrankova is a rapidly rising star of European throwing and is favourite to win the World Junior Championships in Poland in two weeks time. She is the current European Junior Champion and has a personal and season’s best throw of 68.26 metres. Also in the star-studded field is Kathrin Klaas of Germany (personal best 73.45 / season’s best 70.39), Andres Bunjes of Germany (personal best 70.73 / season’s best 67.35) and Bethany Hart of the USA (personal best 69.65 / season’s best of 68.93). Announcing the world champion’s visit to Dublin, meeting director Garrett Coughlan said: “These throwers are approaching their peak form and the Brother Ireland Morton Meeting will be their final competition before Beijing. It will be a fantastic opportunity for an Irish audience to see a world-class event here and a chance for Eileen O’Keeffe and her Olympic team colleagues to have a spectacular send-off”. Further details: Garrett Coughlan, Meeting Director, 087 1313146, infor@mortonmemorial.com Roy Dooney,The Media Group, 087 2414165 / 01 2301815 / dooney@indigo.ie Bank of Scotland Cup at Grangemouth Stadium, Falkirk on Tuesday July 1st SCOTLAND AT STRENGTH FOR HAT-TRICK BID Men 100m: Nick Smith (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers) 800m: Graeme Oudney (Pitreavie AAC/Belgrave Harriers) 400m hurdles: Francis Smith (Pitreavie AAC) 2k steeplechase: Andrew Lemoncello (Fife AC) Team triple jump: David Watson (Kilbarchan AAC) Javelin: James Campbell (Cheltenham) Medley relay 200m legs: Nick Smith; Darren Scott (Trafford AC) Women 300m: Carey Easton (Edinburgh AC) 400m hurdles: Eilidh Child (Pitreavie AAC) 800m: Joanna Ross (Victoria Park City of Glasgow) Long jump: Gillian Cooke (Edinburgh AC) Team triple jump: Nony Mordi (Shaftesbury Barnet/Fife AC) High jump: Jayne Nisbet (Edinburgh AC) Medley relay: 400m leg: Carey Easton; 800m leg: TBC BEST YOUNG SCHOOLS’ ATHLETICS TALENT BACK IN ACTION AT THE KITKAT TAILTEANN INTER PROVINCIAL TRACK & FIELD FINAL Morton Stadium, Santry, Dublin Following on from their success at the KitKat All-Ireland Schools’ Track and Field Final, Ireland’s best intermediate schools’ athletes will take to the track once again on Saturday, 28th June 2008 at Morton Stadium, Santry for the KitKat Tailteann Inter Provincial Track and Field Final. This annual fixture is not only another chance for the intermediate schools’ athletes to add to their already impressive medal collection, but it also acts as a trial for coveted places on the KitKat Irish Schools' Track and Field team to meet England, Scotland and Wales in the KitKat Schools’ International to be held this year on the 19th July in Bedford, England. As usual this competition promises a great day of athletics for spectators. On the day Curtis Woods, Downshire School Carrickfergus is sure to be an athlete to watch as he looks to match his recent success at the KitKat All-Ireland. Curtis put in a sensational performance winning the 400m in 48.29 sec beating Brian Gregan’s record set two years ago. On Saturday he runs the 200m. Another promising athlete to watch out for is Shane Quinn, De La Salle Waterford, running in the 800m this time, but he will have to beat off stiff competition from the KitKat Ulster Schools’ Champion, Mark English, St Eunan’s Letterkenny, and Brian Kelly, Knockbeg College. In the Girls’ competition, combined eventer Joanna Mills, Ballyclare High School is sure to be in with a chance of a medal following her excellent performance at the recent KitKat All Ireland. Joanna ran superbly to set a new record in the Intermediate Girls’ 300m of 39.19 secs and jumped 5.75m to win the Long Jump. Tara Jamieson, Dominican Wicklow, is another to watch out for in the 3,000m. Tara qualified for the World Juniors in the Steeplechase at the weekend. Other athletes to watch on the day include record-breaker Caoimhe King, Bower Athlone in the Triple Jump, Claire Fitzgerald, Presentation Tralee in the Discus and Shot Put, Ciaran Dolan, St Michael’s Enniskillen, in the Long Jump and Hammer throwers Killian Barry, Belvedere, and Gabby McNally, Craigavon SHS. Rathfarnham and Omagh Harriers win national mountain club championships A tough race day all around both for the volunteers and for the athletes. The rain settled in during the night and never really let up just like the pace of the runners at the front who also were not prepared to let up until they had assured themselves of international and club honours. First off were the women and junior men. Streaking through the end of the first lap was Eoin Rowan from North Sligo. Eoin won the World Trophy trial last year in similar style and he is making a habit of running well in these races. Behind him came Conor Moore (Omagh), Kian Jennings (DSD) and Jason Wilson (Pegasus). The four stayed in that order to the finish with Eoin winning by 31 seconds. While the junior men were on their second lap, Michelle Finn (Duhallow) came through for a very convincing victory ahead of DSD runners Carol Huet and Aisling Walsh. First year senior, Angela Speight (Omagh) caused quite an upset when she led all the way to win the women’s race from Fiona Maxwell (Mourne runners). Following not too far behind were the ever improving Aisling Coppinger (Clonliffe), and debutantes Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham) and Mags Greenan (Clonliffe). These three had switched positions during the race before the mountain racing experience of Aisling paid off when she pushed for home after the big climb on the last lap. When Karen Duggan finished in 11th it looked as though the title of national club champions had gone to Clonliffe. However, in from the rain in the Powerscourt Arms, the laptop told us that Omagh and Clonliffe had finished on equal points but that Omagh had shaded it by virtue of Kelly-Ann Speight finishing one place ahead of Karen Duggan. Rathfarnham were third ahead of Crusaders. The senior men had started ten minutes after the women and they had three laps ahead of them. Stephen Duncan (Omagh) had a 50 metres lead on Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham) at the end of the first lap and he held it all the way to the finish to win by over a minute. Ronan Guirey (Rathfarnham), Des Woods (Mourne) Tom Hogan (Slaneyside), and John Brooks (Rathfarnham) were in third to sixth at the end of the first and second laps and it stayed like that with Des Woods edging out Tom Hogan for the vital fourth spot. With three in the top six and Peter O’Farrell in seventh, Rathfarnham were convincing winners of the team title ahead of Mourne Runners, North Laois and Crusaders. Inter-clubs women 1. Omagh 19 (1 Angela Speight, 8 Frances Orr, 10 Kelly-Ann Speight) 2. Clonliffe 19 (3 Aisling Coppinger, 5 Mags Greenan, 11 Karen Duggan) 3. Rathfarnham 25 (4 Donna Mahon, 9 Zoe Melling, 12 Vanessa Sallier) 4. Crusaders 36 (7 Aoife Joyce, 14 Niamh Ni Cholmain, 15 Rachel Walters) Inter-clubs men 1. Rathfarnham 11 (2 Barry Minnock, 3 Ronan Guirey, 6 John Brooks) 2. Mourne runners 22 (4 Des Woods, 8 Edward Hanna, 10 Gary Bailey) 3. North Laois 36 (9 Martin McDonald, 13 Aengus Burke, 14 PJ Carroll) 4. Crusaders 53 (16 Jason Reid, 18 Jason Kehoe, 19 Rene Borg)