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Sunday 27 September 2020
Belgian was on the opposite side of the 60kg draw to Kellie Harrington.
‘I came back from Kenya and ran 35 seconds faster than I’ve ever run for a 5k,’ said the Kilkenny man, whose season begins in Cairo today.
Seaward joins Paul Pollock and Stephen Scullion as Tokyo 2020 qualifiers.
Hockey Ireland have been in talks with Leinster Rugby over the use of the venue in November.
Sean Dancer’s side will host Canada in November but the team still do not know where the two-legged tie will be played.
The two-legged ties will take place at the end of October/early November.
The draw takes place in Switzerland tomorrow.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams will be in the pot on Monday week.
Ronan Byrne and Philip Doyle have also booked their ticket to Tokyo.
Head coach Alexander Cox has named his squad for next month’s tournament in Belgium.
The men’s team will face Germany tomorrow morning, while the women’s side have earned themselves a clash with England.
Three goals in a three-minute spell either side of half time saw Alexander Cox’s men through.
The Green Army are through to the semi-finals at the FIH Final Series.
The home side made it two wins from two in their FIH Final Series campaign in Banbridge.
Sarah Hawkshaw enjoyed an excellent tournament debut for Ireland on Saturday, with younger brother David watching on.
The World Cup finalists recorded a narrow victory over Malaysia in their FIH Final Series opener at Banbridge.
Deirdre Duke and Ireland begin their Tokyo 2020 qualification campaign on home soil today.
Minsk is hosting this year’s event, which takes place from 21-30 June.
A lack of a suitable venue in the capital means the FIH tournament will be played in Banbridge this summer.
Lizzie Colvin and Shirley McCay are back in Graham Shaw’s squad ahead of the crucial Tokyo qualifying tournament.
And Hockey Ireland has received a separate allocation of funding for its men’s national team.
Antia’s decision “a vote of confidence in the future of Irish boxing.”
AFTER A COLD week, another frosty few days are ahead of us.
Temperatures are set to drop to as low as -2 degrees tonight, according to Met Éireann.
Conditions will be dry and clear, but there will be widespread frost.
So, as the autumn weather is most certainly upon us, we want to know: Have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Partly sunny
Max: 13 °C
Min: 1 °C
Clouds and sun
Max: 13 °C
Min: 7 °C
Mostly cloudy with spotty showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 6 °C
