AFTER Tina Gallagher’s stunning double gold in week one, Denise Toner ensured the county’s golden run continued at the European Masters Championships in Madeira, capping another superb week for the local pair. On Friday, day nine of the competition, Toner cruised through her W45 800m semi-final before storming to victory in Saturday’s final, reclaiming her […]
Record-breaking performances from Fermanagh athletes
By Paul O’Neill Having anchored the Irish Women’s Over 45s to an Outdoor World 4 x800m during the summer, Denise Toner was again on the final leg for the Irish Over 40’s team that broke the 2010 indoor record of 9.25.49 held by the USA ladies. Four Irish teams in various age categories lined up […]
Toner and McGirr help Ireland to Masters clean sweep
By Paul O’Neill The Irish team was in a rich vein of form at British & Irish Masters Cross Country hosted by Northern Ireland at the Billy Neill Country Park in Comber, last Saturday week. Overall, this five-nation event has historically been dominated by England since its inception in 1988, only losing to the hosts Ireland […]
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 […]
Local athletes honoured at Ulster Award Ceremony
THERE was a good turnout of athletes for the 2021 Ulster Star Awards held in the Bayview Hotel, Killybegs, on Friday night. Awards on the night were presented to boys and girls from each county in the 12-15 and 16-19 years age categories, based on performances at provincial level across the board in cross country, […]
First national senior medal for Toner
By Paul O’Neill On Saturday a number of athletes from the Clones club travelled to Fairyhouse Racecourse where local club Ratoath hosted the National Half Marathon Championships. Up on 1100 athletes took to the start line in glorious conditions just inside the gates of the racecourse, heading out onto the country roads before returning to […]
Toner is on top of the world
Good things come to those who wait. And on Friday afternoon Denise Toner’s wait was finally over. The Knocks runner won a World Championship gold medal with one-twelfth of a second to spare, ahead of second-placed Olga Koppen from Germany. The 44-year-old ran her second-ever fastest time in the 800 metres and a season’s best, […]
Denise is right on track
A REMARKABLE career and it ain’t over by a country mile for Knocks runner Denise Toner. The 43 year-old enjoyed what she herself believes was the highlight of her career last month when she won double gold at the European Indoor Masters Championships in Portugal and there’s no sign of her taking the foot off the gas as […]
Denise in dreamland with European double
ANOTHER Championships behind her and it’s Monday morning at 7am and Denise Toner is homeward bound with a 9.30 flight out of Lisbon, back home to the Knocks. By late afternoon and she’s getting a few calls from the local media who are looking to speak to her about what can only be described as a sensational […]
Toner sets sights on world glory
March was certainly a month to remember for Denise Toner. She laid down a marker early in the month winning gold in the 800m and 1,500m at the National Masters Championships in the Athlone International Indoor Arena. But she was about to things to a whole new level. On March 26th she captured European gold […]