For Irvinestown man Conal Mahon playing the long game has paid dividends. The Irish triple jump champion is the recipient of the Fermanagh Herald’s Sports Personality Award for June, but as he freely admits, success did not come overnight. “I was a late bloomer [in athletics]. Everyone starts off wanting to be Usain Bolt, but if […]
Glory for Mahon and Morrison at national level
By Paul O’Neill As the rain beat down at the Schools’ Inter Provincial Championships on Friday, the Northern Ireland Masters on Saturday and at the National Senior Track and Field Championships on Saturday and Sunday, the conditions made life extremely difficult for athletes and officials. The Schools’ Inter Provincial in Tullamore on Friday saw Annabelle Morrison […]
Irvinetown’s Mahon sets a new personal best
Last weekend’s journey to Southampton proved to be a memorable trip for Irvinestown triple jumper Conall Mahon. Competing in the bib of Liverpool Harriers Mahon jumped a personal best and recorded a monster wind assisted jump of 14.50m. Unfortunately the wind was too fast for that leap to stand. His performance was enough to win […]
Mahon captures international universities triple jump gold
Conall Mahon took international universities honours at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast last weekend. The Irvinestown triple jumper saw off Scottish opposition to take gold with a leap close to his personal best. “Coming into it I hadn’t been jumping great. I knew I could jump well from training. I knew I was stronger […]
Irvinestown’s Mahon makes great leap forward
Conall Mahon’s rise through the triple jump ranks has really gathered pace this season.
Mahon is the Uni golden boy
Irvinestown triple jumper Conall Mahon had a very profitable weekend, capturing the Irish Universities title in Athlone on Friday before setting a personal best with his club Tirconaill AC on Saturday.
Conall leaps to Herald Sports Personality award
Former St Michael’s pupil is Sports Personality for February