The popular Erne Fours Head took place on Saturday with 81 men’s crews and 57 women’s crews competing over the four-mile course. The event started at the top of the Killyhevlin straight, following the river down past the town, through the west bridges, and finishing opposite the clubhouse. Conditions were excellent with little river flow […]
Morrison books place at European Championships
By Paul O’Neill Three local athletes stole the show at the National Cross Country Championships at Castle Irvine on Sunday with Enniskillen Running Club athletes Annabel Morrison, Harry McKenzie and Kate Kelly all impressing, at the Irvinestown venue. The brilliantly run event doubled as a trial for the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey […]
First Irish Elite win for Fermanagh in 51 years
Enniskillen boxer Rhys Owens said his phone has been “blowing up” since Friday night as messages of congratulations poured in following his National Elite 60kg Lightweight title win at the National Stadium. Owens beat two of the favourites to lift the title, making it all the “sweeter” for the Fermanagh fighter. It’s been a long […]
McCartney makes Ireland team for World Championships
Enniskillen swimmer Ellie McCartnery has been included in a 13-strong Ireland swimming team that will take part in next month’s World Aquatics Championships (25m) in Budapest, Hungary. The Championships run from 10-15 December and McCartney, who made it to three finals at the European Championships in Belgrade in June, will draw on that experience. “I […]
Bogue collects the Sports Personality Award
Thirty-five-year-old Ryan Bogue climbed the Hogan Stand steps to collect the Lory Meagher Cup on Sunday June 2, bringing the curtain down on the 2024 county hurling season. The Erne captain recalled that sunny Sunday in Dublin with great fondness, five months on; “When you win it, you don’t realise how enjoyable it is, going […]
Provincial glory for McKenzie
On the back of superb performances at the Even Age Provincial Clubs Cross Country Championships in Comber a fortnight ago, athletes from the county were again to the fore in several races at the Uneven Age Group Championships held at the Finn Valley Centre, Stranorlar, on Saturday. The Boys U17 race had frightening depth to […]
Enniskillen Royal Grammar aim for back-to-back wins
After an impressive opening day Ulster Schools’ Cup victory against the second-seeded side in the group, Coleraine GS, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School will travel to Derry this Saturday with great confidence when they face Foyle College (11am). Another win should ensure a runner up spot but Ashley Finlay’s side will be solely focused on topping […]
8,000 expected at Castle Irvine for National Champs
By Paul O’Neill Not since the National Senior Cross-Country Championships of 2008 at the Barnetts Demesne in Belfast has the event been held north of the border but later this month Castle Irvine Estate will play host to the prestigious competition. Enniskillen Running Club applied to Athletics Ireland to host the event, which doubles as a […]
Armstrong ‘over the moon’ with first ERC podium finish
Jon Armstrong concluded his first full European Rally Championship season in style at the weekend when he earned his maiden podium finish in the series at the final event of the year, Rally Silesia in Poland. He produced a dominant performance on Sunday, winning five of the six stages on the event’s final day to […]
Toner and McGirr make Irish Masters’ cross-country team
With five weeks until the National Championships, which this year are being hosted by the Enniskillen Club at the Castle Irvine Estate in Irvinestown, many of the country’s top cross-country athletes toed the line for the annual Autumn Open Cross-Country event at the National Sports Campus, Abbottstown, on Sunday. As well as being a season’s […]