
The Newry and Mourne District Council has announced the launch of the 2011 Sports Personality Awards to be held on the 15th March 2012. Speaking at the launch, Chairman of the Sports Development Committee Mr Damian McCullough said, “I am delighted to announce this years event. I feel it gives our sporting community a chance […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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People in the Newry & Mourne Area who have been struggling to lose weight or gain fitness will be delighted to know that KBX has announced that they are bringing kettlebell training to Newry. Unlike many other forms of training, kettlebell training is “brutal fun” and a hard kettlebell workout gives you a tremendous sense […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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It has been a hugely successful week for Dublin City University, having claimed three All Ireland league titles, all of which were achieved at different levels. The successful teams were DCU Fresher A Team, which won the All Ireland league title at the expense of Carlow IT and the Sigerson B team which also won […]
Dec 6 2011 | Posted in
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The annual Kevin Heaney memorial race took place on Sunday morning at Greenbank Industrial Estate. The race had a turnout of 41 runners in total. This may not have been as big as previous years but it was a very strong field as 30 runners all clocked times of sub 30 minutes. The race […]
Dec 5 2011 | Posted in
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Last month was a busy month on the boxing circuit with a number of championships and tournaments taking place. Below is a round-up of all the latest boxing news in the Newry & Mourne area over the past four weeks. Nine County Championships The local clubs achieved huge success at the Nine County Championships held […]
Dec 4 2011 | Posted in
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Local football hit by postponements The majority of local football in the area was hit by a series of postponements on Saturday. All youth games on Saturday morning were cancelled along with many senior fixtures in the afternoon. There was also three games cancelled due to bereavements associated with the clubs. However, two Premier division, […]
Dec 4 2011 | Posted in
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Ireland fans throughout Newry are reacting to the Euro 2012 draw, which a lot will argue isn’t good news. Ireland have been drawn in Group C alongside Italy, Croatia and world champions Spain. Trapattoni’s men will begin their campaign against Croatia in Poznan, Poland on the 10th of June 2012. They will then travel north to Gdansk on the […]
Dec 2 2011 | Posted in
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A Dromintee woman is fast becoming one of the most influential people in English football, having recently been appointed CEO of Premier League side Sunderland. Margaret Byrne’s fantastic story is set to become even better as she will play a pivotal role in appointing Sunderland’s next manager, after the sacking of Steve Bruce earlier this week. With […]
Dec 2 2011 | Posted in
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