Olympic hopefuls receive grants


THREE outstanding local athletes have recently been awarded grants to help support their Olympic dreams. The Fermanagh Recreational Trust is behind the grants and also announced they would be backing four local organisations to help create exciting new programmes for the county’s sporting talent. Rowers Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney, who are training full-time in Cork with […]

Corrigan wins three gold medals for Queen’s University


KINAWLEY man Ross Corrigan is going from strength to strength on the water. Following on from his silver medal success at the World Under 23 Championships in the Czech Republic last year, Corrigan was once again in the medals at the British University Championships in Nottingham. The 23 year old was representing Queen’s University, Belfast, in the […]

Jaw-dropping displays at National Schools Regatta


Almost 50 athletes from Enniskillen Royal Boat Club travelled to Dorney Lake last weekend, the home of the London 2012 Olympics rowing venue. They were there for what is regarded as one of the biggest and most competitive school rowing competitions in the world, the British National School’s Regatta. The small Enniskillen club returned home […]

Nixon makes GB rowing team


Enniskillen’s Holly Nixon has been named in the Great Britain Rowing team which will trave to Varese, Italy, for the World under-23 Rowing championships taking place from July 23-27