Month: October 2020

October 31, 2020

UIM World Powerboat Record – Thunderchild 2 – Cork-Fastnet-Cork 9 August 2020

Record

Category	Powerboat	Time
Over 50′	Thunderchild 2	2 Hrs 36 min 31 secs

UIM World Powerboat Record – Thunderchild 2 – Cork-Fastnet-Cork 9 August 2020 [Reference: 2]

Report

Thunderchild 2 set a new UIM World Powerboat Record in the Cork-Fastnet-Cork Course at 2 Hrs 36 Mins and 31 Secs on 9 August 2020.

Thunderchild 2 [Reference: 2] [Picture Credit: Powerboat NI]

References

Social Media

[1] Powerboat NI (2020) Post, August 9, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=619836705404042&id=275064856547897 [Accessed 31 October 2020]

Images

[2] Powerboat NI (2020) Photo, August 9, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Powerboat-NI-275064856547897/photos/pcb.619836705404042/619836388737407/ [Accessed 31 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Wills & Louise Wills.

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October 31, 2020

Thunderchild Round Ireland and Rockall Powerboat Record 6 July 2017

Record

Date	Boat / Crew	Distance	Avg speed	Time
06.07.2017	Thunderchild / Frank Kowalski	2000km	32 knots	34 Hrs 01 min 47 secs

Thunderchild Round Ireland and Rockall Powerboat Record 2017 [Reference: 1]

Report

The Safehaven Marine Team led by Frank Kowalski set a new Round Ireland and Rockall Record with a time of 34 Hours, 1 Minute and 47 seconds on 5-6 July 2017. Set in an anti-clockwise direction, the crew returned safely to Cork Harbour after a journey of 2000km at an average speed of 32 knots.

References

Websites

[1] Afloat (2017) Thunderchild Round Ireland Rockall Record Set [Internet] Available from: https://afloat.ie/resources/safehaven-marine/item/36450-thunderchild-round-ireland-rockall-record-set [Accessed 31 October 2020]

Images

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Wills & Louise Wills.

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October 28, 2020

Equestrian Sport Mitsubishi Motors Trophy Badminton Horse Trials 2002

Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials Logo [Reference: 1]

Results (Badminton, England) 4-5 May 2002

Place	Rider	Horse	Country	Time
		Prix Citroen Maubeuge
1	Ade Miranda	Oliver	Brazil	13.07
2	Piet P Raymakers	Van Schijndel s Fabienne	Netherlands	12.42
3	Roger Whitaker	Lord Liberty W	Britain	13.73
6	*C Hanley*	*Laveletto*	*Ireland*	13.01
		Prix Societe
1	N Delmotte	Hysope du Saufcy	France	32.05
2	J Epallard	Herton des Vaux	France	32.65
3	K Cleeran	Belgium	Belgium	33.63
4	*C. Hanley*	*Ombline de l’etang*	Ireland	33.85
9	*D Lennon*	*Naomi*	Ireland	35.79

Equestrian Sport Mitsubishi Motors Trophy Badminton 2002 [Reference: 2]

Report

In the Equestrian Sport Mitsubishi Motors Trophy, held at Badminton in England, C Hanley representing Ireland, and riding Laveletto in the Prix Citroen Maubeuge and Ombline de l’etang in the Prix Societe finished just outside the medals with fourth place in both prix. Also representing Ireland, D Lennon riding Naomi finished 9th in the Prix Societe.

References

Logos

[1] The GaitPost.Com (2016) badminton_logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.thegaitpost.com/wp-content/uploads/badminton_logo.jpg [Accessed 28 October 2020]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (2002) “Sports Round-Up: Equestrian Sport” The Irish Times. Monday, May 6, 2002. Pg. 28. [Available online at The Irish Times Archive at: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2002/0506/Pg028.html#Ar02800 [Accessed 28 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Aedamar Kincaid and Isabella Kincaid.

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October 28, 2020September 28, 2023

Cycling Ireland Tour of Ulster 2002

Finishing Times

Place	Rider	Team	Time
	Overall After 3 Stages
1	R. Holden	Isle of Man	5 hr 57 min 55 sec
2	D. Easton	TotalCycling.com	at 32 secs
3	Brendan Doherty	TotalCycling.com	at 53 secs
4	A. Roche	Isle of Man	at 54 secs
5	P. Moriarty	Dublin Skip	at 1 min 1 sec
6	Colm Bracken	Usher IRC	at 1 min 2 sec
	Stage 1		39 Miles
1	Brendan Doherty	TotalCycling.com	3 hr 02 min 14 sec
2	R. Holden	Isle of Man	at 1 sec
3	D. Easton	TotalCycling.com	at same time
4	D. Gardiner	Apollo CC	at 3 secs
5	T. Hogan	Earl of Desmond	same time
6	A. Roche	Isle of Man	same time
	Stage 2
1	Colm Bracken	Usher IRC	2:48:08
2	V. Gleeson	West Clare	at 2 secs
3	D. Easton	TotalCycling.com	at 5 secs
4	R. Holden	Isle of Man
5	P. Moriarty	Dublin Skip
6	S. Lacey	Earl of Desmond
	Stage 3	Time Trial	3.6 miles
1	Jonathan Dempsey	Classic Walls	7 min 14.11 sec
2	P. Healion	Usher IRC	at 3.74 secs
3	B. Morrow	NICF	at 8.27 secs
4	P. Moriarty	Dublin Skip	at 10.03 secs
5	E. O’Donoghue	Cidona Carrick	at 10.55 secs
6	A. Roche	Isle of Man	at 12.29 secs

Cycling Ireland Tour of Ulster 2002 [Reference: 2]

Report

R. Holden of Isle of Man won the Cycling Ireland Tour of Ulster in 2002, finishing on 5 hours 57 minutes and 55 secs, 32 secs ahead of D. Easton in second and Brendan Doherty in third, both with TotalCycling.com. Brendan Doherty, Colm Bracken (Usher IRC) and Jonathan Dempsey (Classic Walls) were the three stage winners.

References

Images

[1] Cycling Ireland (2017) Cycling Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.cyclingireland.ie/images/cycling_ireland.jpg [Accessed 23 August 2019]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (2002) “Sports Round-Up: Cycling” The Irish Times. Monday, May 6, 2002. Pg. 28. [Available online at The Irish Times Archive at: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2002/0506/Pg028.html#Ar02800 [Accessed 28 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Paul Hynes, Paul Healion, John Moriarty & Richard Sheehy.

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October 27, 2020

Irish Polocrosse Association A Grade Tournaments 2017

Placings

Club	1st Places	2nd Places	3rd Places
Carrickmines	5	3	0
Wicklow Bay	1	2	3
Silver Spurs	1	2	2
Equus	1	0	0
Horetown	0	2	0
Waterford	0	0	1

Irish Polocrosse Association A Grade Tournaments 2017 [References: Compiled from Results in 1]

Results

Place	Tournament
	National Finals (Limerick)
1	Carrickmines
2	Wicklow Bay
3	Silver Spurs Seb
	Equus
1	Silver Spurs
2	Carrickmines
3	Wicklow Bay
	Cork
1	Carrickmines Paul
2	Carrickmines Theo
3	Waterford Paddy
	Carrickmines (A/B Grade)
1	Carrickmines Navy
2	Silver Spurs
	Wicklow Bay
1	Carrickmines Debbie
2	Carrickmines Amy
3	Wicklow Bay
	Waterford (A/B Grade)
1	Wicklow Bay Tony
2	Horetown Seamus
3	Wicklow Bay Abbey
	Horetown
1	Equus Lisa
2	Horetown Emily
3	Silver Spurs Luke
	Birr
1	Carrickmines
2	Silver Spurs

Irish Polocrosse Association A Grade Tournaments 2017 [Reference: 2]

Report

Carrickmines won five A Grade Tournaments in the 2017 Irish Polocrosse Association season, including the National Finals, with Wicklow Bay, Silver Spurs and Equus winning one each.

Club Map

Irish Polocrosse Association Logo [Reference: 3]

References

Logos

[1] Polocrosse Ireland (2018) National Finals Results 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.polocrosseireland.com/tournament-results.html [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Websites:

[2] Polocrosse Ireland (2018) National Finals Results 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.polocrosseireland.com/tournament-results.html [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Map

[3] Polocrosse Ireland (2020) map-of-clubs_orig [Internet] Available from: http://www.polocrosseireland.com/uploads/6/7/8/6/67865291/map-of-clubs_orig.jpg [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Aedamar Kincaid.

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October 27, 2020

Irish Polocrosse Association National Finals 2017

Results

Place	Grade / Team
	A Grade
1	Carrickmines
2	Wicklow Bay
3	Silverspurs Seb
	B Grade Upper
1	Silverspurs
2	Carrickmines
3	Horetown
	B Grade Lower
1	Wicklow Bay Abbey
2	Limerick Mac
3	Wicklow Bay Hilary
	C Grade
1	Wicklow Bay
2	Carrickmines
3	Cork Limerick
	D Grade
1	Carrickmines
2	Equus
3	Horetown

Irish Polocrosse Association National Finals 2017 [Reference: 2]

Club Map

Report

Carrickmines and Wicklow Bay each won two of the five grades at the 2017 Irish Polocrosse Association Finals. Carrickmines won the most important grade, the A Grade. Silverspurs won the B Grade Upper and Wicklow Bay the B Grade Lower.

References

Logos

[1] Polocrosse Ireland (2018) National Finals Results 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.polocrosseireland.com/tournament-results.html [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Websites:

[2] Polocrosse Ireland (2018) National Finals Results 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.polocrosseireland.com/tournament-results.html [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Map

[3] Polocrosse Ireland (2020) map-of-clubs_orig [Internet] Available from: http://www.polocrosseireland.com/uploads/6/7/8/6/67865291/map-of-clubs_orig.jpg [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Aedamar Kincaid.

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October 15, 2020

Endurance Ireland Trophies 2019

Endurance Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Winners

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Delour Valley Stud Open Mileage Trophy	Evelyn Moore	Teresa Moore
Kilkenny Intermediate Mileage Championship
Hope Novice Mileage Champion Trophy	Eamon & Caitlin Conway	Mary & Breffni Balkin	Heather Lemmon-Kiely
Smuggler Trail Ride Mileage Champion Trophy	Anne Kinsella	Susanne O’Rourke	Mary & Breffni Balkin
Inspire Trail Ride Mileage Champion Trophy	Breffni Balkin	Caitlin Conway	Natasha O’Rourke
Dantean Top Arab Trophy	Shalimar (Princess) Owner Mary Balkin-Hoey)
Abbeyleix Non-Arab Trophy	Gales Hill Sabre (Owner Teresa Moore)	Slaneyside (Owner Evelyn Moore)	Benny & Pepsi (Owner Eamon Conway)
IDHBA Top Irish Draught Trophy	Merry Wood (Owner John Lidierth)	Kilpiper Julie (Owner Peter McLoughlin)	Ballycreen Minerva (Owner David Crosby)
Barrow Dancer Veteran Trophy	Gales Hill Scimitar (Owner Teresa Moore)	George (Owner Shane Mullen)	Gales Hill Boffin (Owner Teresa Moore)
Gales Hill Stables Top Competitive Horse Trophy	Slaneyside Queen (Owner Evelyn Moore)
Interschools Team	St. Joseph’s Secondary School
Interschool Individual Trophy	Caitlin Conway	Breffni Balkin	Natasha O’Rourke

Endurance Ireland Trophies 2019 [Reference: 2]

About

Endurance Riding is one of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) sports, and involves riders and horses to cover varying terrain of up to 160km. The key to Endurance Riding is the welfare of the horse, and to this end regular vet checks take place before, during and after rides.

Endurance Ireland Trophy winners 2019 [Reference: 3][Photo credit: Endurance Ireland]

References

[1] Endurance Ireland (2019) cropped-Endurance-Ireland-LOGO-1-Small-2[Internet] Available from: http://enduranceireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-Endurance-Ireland-LOGO-1-Small-2.png [Accessed 15 October 2020]

[1] Endurance Ireland (2019) Endurance Ireland Trophies [Internet] Available from: http://enduranceireland.ie/?page_id=55 [Accessed 15 October 2020]

[1] Endurance Ireland (2018) winners-825×510 [Internet] Available from: http://enduranceireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/winners-825×510.jpg [Accessed 15 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Aedamar and Isabella Kincaid.

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October 9, 2020

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2011-2016

IWP MNL Premier 2013-14

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
St. Vincent’s	11	8	2	1	133	75	58	26
Cathal Brugha	10	7	2	1	128	88	40	23
Half Moon	10	7	1	2	155	82	73	22
Sandycove	12	6	2	4	121	99	22	20
Clonard	11	4	0	7	84	129	-35	12
North Dublin	10	2	1	7	83	97	-14	7
Cork	12	0	0	12	66	192	-126	0

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2013-14 [Reference: 4]

IWP MNL Premier 2014-15

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Half Moon	12	9	3	0	34	27
St. Vincent’s B	12	8	3	1	33	25
Sandycove	12	8	4	0	45	24
Cathal Brugha	12	7	4	1	33	22
North Dublin	12	5	7	0	-15	15
Clonard	12	3	9	0	-41	9
St. Vincent’s A	12	1	11	0	-89	2

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2014-15 [Reference: 5]

IWP MNL Premier 2015-16

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Cathal Brugha	13	12	0	1	95	37
St. Vincent’s B	14	9	2	3	76	30
Half Moon	13	8	5	0	62	24
Sandycove	14	7	5	2	15	23
North Dublin	14	6	6	2	8	20
Setanta	12	4	8	0	-69	12
St. Vincent’s A	14	3	11	0	-76	9
Clonard	14	1	13	0	-111	3

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2015-16 [Reference: 6]

References

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[5] Swim Ireland (2016) Fixtures 2013-14 [Internet] Available from: http://irelandwaterpolo.files.worpdress.com/2012/10/league-table-apr1.pdf [Accessed 18 September 2018]

[7] Swim Ireland (2016) Fixtures 2015-16 [Internet] Available from: http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/03/Fixtures-April-2.pdf [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[8] Swim Ireland (2017) League Table Results 2016-17 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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October 6, 2020September 28, 2023

Cycling Ireland Men’s National Championships 2020

Senior & U23 Mens 3 October 2020

Pos	Name	Club	Time
1	Ben Healy	Trinity Racing	3.37.15
2	Nicolas Roche	Team Sunweb	3.39.52
3	Darragh O’Mahony	SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling	3.40.32
4	Darnell Moore	Vitrus Pro Cyclin p/b Brother UK	3.41.54
5	Daire Feeley	STRATA3 / VeloRevolution Racing Team	3.41.55
6	Kevin McCambridge	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	3.42.09
7	Rory Townsend	Canyon dhb p/b Soreen	3.43.59
8	Conn McDunphy	CC Nogent / Oise	3.44.03
9	Christopher McGlinchy	Vitrus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK	3.45.05
10	Gareth O’Neill	Team Caldwell Cycles	3.45.06
11	Conor Murnane	UCD Cycling Club	3.45.25
12	Marc Potts	Team Caldwell Cycles	3.45.43
13	Paul Forristal	STRATA3 / VeloRevolution Racing Team	3.45.44
14	Ben Walsh	EVO Pro Racing	st
15	Fintan Ryan	Kingspan-TrackProject.ie	st
16	Jack Bernard Murphy	Arabay Team	st
17	Liam Curley	South East Road Club	3.45.45
18	Craig McAuley	Team Caldwell Cycles	st
19	Dermott Turlock	Lucan Cycling Road Club	3.45.48
20	Cian Keogh	Spellman-Dublin Port	3.45.56
21	Stephen Gillman	O’Leary Stone Kanturk	3.46.29
22	Richard Maes	STRATA3 / VeloRevolution Racing Team	3.46.57
23	Cahir Doyle	Powerhouse Sport	3.47.10
24	Richard Meaney	Westport Covey Wheelers CC	3.47.31
25	Jason Kenny	UCD Cycling Club	3.47.37
26	Rhys Kenny	UCD Cycling Club	3.47.39
27	Adam Stenson	UC Monaco	st
28	Lindsay Watson	Powerhouse Sport	st
29	Luke Smith	Antigua Casa Bellsolà Club Ciclista	3.47.49
30	Mitchell McLaughlin	Zappi Racing Team	st
31	Brendan Flannagan	McConvey Cycles	3.47.58
32	John Buller	Banbridge CC	st
33	Angus Ffyfe	Team Caldwell Cycles	st
34	Ryan Reilly	Team Dan Morrissey – McCarth Insurance Group – Pactimo	st
35	Aaron Doherty	Westport Covey Wheelers CC	3.48.46
36	Colm Sheahan	Blarney Cycling Club	3.51.20
37	Timothy O’Regan	Team WORC	3.53.13
38	Mark Quigley	STRATA3 / VeloRevolution Racing Team	3.54.05
39	Adam Ward	Antigua Casa Bellsolà Club Ciclista	st
40	Conor McCann	Inspired Cycling	st
41	Conor Kissane	Killarney Cycling Club	st
42	Conor Gallagher	UCD Cycling Club	st
43	Sean Landers	UCD Cycling Club	st
44	Cillian Murphy	Galway Bay CC	st
45	Sean Nolan	EvoPro Racing	st
46	Darragh McCarter	Spellman-Dublin Port	st
47	Mark McKinley	Newry Wheelers CC	st
48	Thomas Creighton	McConvey Cycles	st
49	Aaron Kearney	Evo Pro Racing	3.54.08
50	Leo Doyle	TWC Tempo Veldhoven	3.54.10

Cycling Ireland Men’s National Championships 2020 [Reference: 2]

References

Images

[1] Cycling Ireland (2017) Cycling Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.cyclingireland.ie/images/cycling_ireland.jpg [Accessed 23 August 2019]

Websites

[2] Cycling Ireland (2018) Men’s National Championships [Internet] Available from: http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/results-mens-junior-national-championships/28595 [Accessed 6 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Paul Hynes, John Moriarty & Richard Sheehy.

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October 6, 2020September 28, 2023

Cycling Ireland National Place to Place Records October 2020

National Place to Place Records Men

Place to Place Records	Time	Date	Holder	Club
Mizen Head – Malin Head	17:36:45	13.09.2020	Donnacha Cuttriss	Over the Hill CC
Mizen Head – Fair Head	17:48:28	27.08.2006	Padraig Marrey	Western Lakes
Belfast – Dublin	04:00:28	05.11.1995	Tommy Evans	Banbridge CC
Derry – Dublin	06:26:00	20.09.1964	Morris Foster	Cyprus
Derry – Belfast	02:37:33	22.06.2014	John Madden	Dig Deep Coaching – Inspired Cycling
Dublin – Waterford	03:55:17	20.09.1992	David Peelo	Sorrento
Dublin – Cork	06:12:21	30.10.1994	Brian Lenehan	Cork CC
Dublin – Wexford	03:21:12	04.06.1994	David Peelo	Sorrento
Dublin – Limerick	04:42:44	23.10.1994	David Peelo	Sorrento
Dublin – Galway	05:30:27	25.09.1994	Mel Sutcliffe	AmevIRC
Galway – Limerick	02:13:13	22.08.2014	Eoin Whelan	Seven Springs CC

Cycling Ireland National Place to Place Records Men October 2020 [Reference: 2]

National Place to Place Records Women

Place to Place Records	Time	Date	Holder	Club
Mizen Head – Fair Head	21:40:21	30.06.2006	Rose Leith	Sorrento CC
Belfast – Dublin	04:56:00	11.10.1953	Miss I Woods / Clements	Belfast CC
Derry – Dublin	07:24:00	30.09.1956	Miss I Woods / Clements	Belfast CC
Derry – Belfast	03:11:35	25.08.2013	Tonya Moran	Black Rose Racing
Dublin – Cork	07:45:29	06.05.1953	Eileen Sheridan	Hercules Cycles
Dublin – Galway	05:50:10	05.05.1952	Eileen Sheridan	Hercules Cycles

Cycling Ireland National Place to Place Records Women October 2020 [Reference: 2]

Report

Donncha Cuttriss of Over the Hill Cycling Club set a new Mizen Head to Malin Head Cycling Record on 13 September 2020, when he completed the cycle in 17 Hours, 36 Minutes and 45 Seconds.

Most Women’s Records have stood since the 1950s, with Miss I Woods / Clements holding the Belfast to Dublin and Derry to Dublin records since 1953 and 1956 respectively. Eileen Sheridan has held the Dublin to Cork and Dublin to Galway records for as long (1953 and 1952 respectively).

References

Images

[1] Cycling Ireland (2017) Cycling Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.cyclingireland.ie/images/cycling_ireland.jpg [Accessed 23 August 2019]

Websites

[2] Cycling Ireland (2018) National Records| Place to Place Records [Internet] Available from: http://www.cyclingireland.ie/page/events/national-records [Accessed 6 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Paul Hynes, John Moriarty & Richard Sheehy.

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