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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
ANGLING
Sea
Cobh SAC fished the Geary Memorial boat competition in Cork Harbour under good weather conditions. Competitors fished from 10am to 4pm and returned a catch of 131 fish. Fish caught included 29 conger eels, 18 ling, 14 cod, 12 lesser-spotted dogfish, 6 coalfish, 29 pollack, 4 cuckoo wrasse, 29 pollack, 5 pouting, 12 whiting & 2 grey gurnard. 1. M. Burke, 37 fish, 525points; 2. F. Cronin, 19- 375; 3. D. Kane, 19-280.
Crosshaven SAC fished a boat angling competition in Cork Harbour, under windy weather conditions. Competitors who fished from 2 to 7 pm, returned an 197 fish catch - 21 conger eels, 12 cod, 114 lesser-spotted dogfish, 38 pollack, 2 ballan wrasse, 1 dab, 2 bull huss, 1 thornback ray, 1 plaice, 4 grey gurnard & 1 blonde ray.
1. A. Austin, 16 fish, 226 points; 2. T. Hanlon, 11-194; 3rd F. Ward, 22-189.
Tralee Bay SAC fished their Bolger Fabrication shore angling competition at Cappalough. The competitors fished on a calm day on a flood tide. The competitors shared a 38 fish catch - 25 flounders, 1 lesser-spotted dogfish, 1 cuckoo wrasse, 2 dabs, 4 bass, 2 plaice, 2 garfish & 1 sting ray. 1. P. Ord, 4 fish, 148 points; 2. P. Ord, 4-119pts; 3rd J. Sheehan, 3-99pts.
Anglesea SAC, city based club, fished a deep sea angling boat competition out of Crosshaven. The anglers fished on 2 boats from 11am to 5pm and returned a fine catch of 205 fish. The catch consisted of 100 conger eels, 14 ling, 8 cod, 15 lesser - spotted dogfish, 46 pollack, 5 pouting, 1 whiting, 5 ballan wrasse, 2 cuckoo wrasse, 2 haddock & 1 megrim. 1. H. Ross, 29 fish, 558 points; 2. K. Murphy, 23-515pts; 3. T. Cotter, 22-454pts.
Belmullet SAC held its annual shore angling competition at Broad Haven Bay, with anglers enjoying fine weather and excellent conditions for shore angling. 7 species in total were caught. 1. S Gilvarry, Newport SAC - six varieties; 2. M Dunleavy, Belmullet SAC, 4 varieties; 3. K Walsh, Belmullet SAC, 3 varieties.
Fixtures
Saturday: Crosshaven SAC confined Juvenile & Ladies boat event in Cork Harbour 3-7 pm. Waterville SAC confined shore angling event at the Spa 3-8pm.
Sunday: Crosshaven SAC RNLI confined boat event in Cork Harbour, 11am-6 pm. Cork SAC Twomey Trophy confined shore at Ballybrannigan 4-7pm. Tralee Bay SAC Landers Outdoor World confined shore event at Inch, noon -5pm.
BADMINTON
Yonex BWF World Championships, Paris
Ladies Singles 1st Rd: A Rice (Can) bt C Magee (Irl) 21-18, 21-13 (34mins).
Mixed Doubles 1st Rd: WH Wong/HW Chau (HKG) bt C & S Magee (Irl )21-17, 21-16 (26mins).
BASEBALL
Major League: Arizona Diamondbacks 0 Colorado Rockies 1, Baltimore Orioles 4 Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 5 Toronto Blue Jays 0, Chicago Cubs 5 Atlanta Braves 16, Detroit Tigers 8 Cleveland Indians 1, Florida Marlins 1 Houston Astros 2, Kansas City Royals 3 Chicago White Sox 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Cincinnati Reds 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3 San Diego Padres 7, Minnesota Twins 4 LA Angels 0, New York Yankees 10 Seattle Mariners 0, Oakland Athletics 2 Tampa Bay Rays 3, Philadelphia Phillies 6 Washington Nationals 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 New York Mets 1, St Louis Cardinals 9 San Francisco Giants 0
CYCLING
UCI Pro Tour Eneco Tour, Heers, Belgium
Stage 6 (Bilzen-Heers, 205.6km): 1 Andre Greipel(Ger) Team HTC – Columbia 5hrs 12mins 25secs , 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) OmegaPharma-Lotto at same time, 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional CyclingTeam at same time, 4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo at same time, 5 LucasSebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank at same time, 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil -Shimano at same time, 7 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo at same time, 8 TonyMartin (Ger) Team HTC – Columbia at same time, 9 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) TeamKatusha at same time, 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi at sametime
General classification: 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC – Columbia 28hrs 30mins 33secs, 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank at 0.11 , 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team at 1.22 , 4 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions at 1.28 , 5 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank at 1.31 , 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank at 1:37 , 7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto at 1.38 , 8 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Skil – Shimano at 1.41 , 9 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Radioshack at 1.45 , 10 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo at same time
GAA
Saturday: All-Ireland IHC final: Kilkenny v Cork, Thurles, 7pm, (A Kelly, Galway).
Sunday: All-Ireland SFC semi-final: Kildare v Down, Croke Park, 3.30pm, (P McEnaney, Monaghan).
All-Ireland MFC semi-final: Galway v Cork, Croke Park, 1.30pm, (E Kinsella, Laois).
EAST KERRY
O’Sullivan Cup quarter-finals: Dr Crokes 1-11 Glenflesk 0-10, Kilcummin 4-13 Legion 1-11, Firies 1-16 Cordal 2-5; O’Sullivan Cup first round: Scartaglen 2-8 Fossa 1-10
GOLF
USPGA Champions Tour JELD-WEN Tradition, Crosswater Club at Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Oregon
(USA unless stated, par 72):
276 F Funk 68 69 70 69
277 M Allen 69 71 70 67, CS Lu (Tpe) 70 73 65 69
278 M Calcavecchia 69 72 71 66, T Lehman 67 69 69 73
279 J Cook 72 68 68 71, M Wiebe 69 73 67 70, J.L. Lewis 70 71 66 72, T Armour III 71 68 70 70
280 B Langer (Ger) 69 69 69 73, G Morgan 68 69 71 72, C Stadler 73 69 69 69, S Simpson 69 71 69 71, J Haas 73 65 74 68
281 T Watson 71 71 69 70, L Roberts 69 74 71 67, H Sutton 75 66 70 70
282 R Cochran 71 70 71 70, D Peoples 71 70 69 72, E Romero (Arg) 71 71 69 71
283 D A Weibring 67 67 74 75, F Allem (Rsa) 68 72 72 71, D Frost (Rsa) 74 66 72 71, B Tway 70 67 71 75
284 A Bean 70 72 69 73, T Purtzer 70 69 72 73, B Gilder 68 71 69 76, L Mize 71 70 70 73
285 J Sluman 71 71 71 72, C Pavin 68 75 71 71, B Clampett 69 70 74 72, M Goodes 74 69 70 72, D Pooley 69 75 72 69
286 G Jones 71 71 73 71, B Bryant 72 71 71 72, O Browne 74 73 68 71, B Wadkins 72 69 71 74
287 M O’Meara 73 73 70 71, J Sindelar 73 72 70 72, T Jenkins 69 70 73 75, P Senior (Aus) 73 71 71 72, N Price (Zim) 71 70 74 72
288 K Fergus 77 71 73 67, T Simpson 73 68 73 74
289 B Vaughan 69 76 71 73
290 R Black 73 73 72 72
291 M Reid 79 69 69 74, J D Blake 69 68 77 77
292 B Crenshaw 76 74 72 70
293 M James (Eng) 69 78 71 75, H Irwin 69 76 75 73, M Hatalsky 71 73 74 75
295 D Forsman 74 72 75 74
296 B Fleisher 76 73 73 74, T Kite 74 74 74 74, J Ozaki (Jpn) 71 74 74 77, J Pate 75 72 73 76
298 P Blackmar 81 72 71 74, C Beck 77 74 72 75
USPGA Tour Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro
(USA unless stated, par 70):
260 A Atwal (Ind) 61 67 65 67
261 D Toms 64 68 65 64
262 J Leonard 68 63 66 65, J Rollins 64 65 68 65, M Sim (Aus) 66 68 66 62, J Mallinger 65 67 68 62
263 L Glover 64 65 67 67
264 C Riley 67 69 64 64, S Piercy 66 66 64 68, B Snedeker 63 65 69 67, W Simpson 66 64 71 63
265 W MacKenzie 68 64 65 68, S McCarron 65 68 63 69, J Durant 68 67 66 64, F Jacobson (Swe) 67 67 69 62, T Petrovic 66 68 66 65, G Willis 66 66 65 68
266 J M Singh (Ind) 64 68 68 66, M Letzig 66 68 67 65, A Price (Aus) 67 69 65 65, T Herron 67 64 69 66, K Streelman 64 65 70 67, K Na 66 71 61 68, R S Johnson (Swe) 67 66 65 68, M Leishman (Aus) 66 66 70 64, T Gillis 69 67 64 66, J Teater 66 68 67 65
267 B Estes 66 70 65 66, K Triplett 69 68 67 63, B Haas 69 65 65 68, C Collins 68 67 67 65, A Romero (Arg) 66 67 65 69, James Driscoll 67 67 67 66
268 J Kelly 66 67 66 69, J J Henry 71 66 67 64, J Dufner 66 69 68 65, J Quinney 66 70 64 68, M Laird (Sco) 67 65 66 70, B Wetterich 70 66 68 64, J Byrd 66 66 68 68
269 B Stuard 69 66 66 68, G Mulroy (Rsa) 68 68 65 68, A Prugh 69 64 67 69, M Wilson 68 67 67 67, J Daly 68 68 69 64, D Weaver 67 70 64 68, J Gore 65 69 70 65, D.J. Trahan 69 68 66 66
270 J J. Richardson 70 66 67 67, G Day 67 67 65 71, B Baird 66 68 68 68, T Merritt 67 70 66 67
271 S Levin 65 67 71 68, K Jones 66 70 69 66, P Stankowski 67 67 69 68, G Owen (Eng) 69 67 65 70, A Baddeley (Aus) 66 69 68 68, T Immelman (Rsa) 68 69 66 68, C Beckman 67 69 65 70, B Weekley 64 67 71 69, R Mediate 70 67 67 67, T Matteson 68 67 68 68, F Lickliter II 70 67 68 66
European Tour Race to Dubai
Prize money in Euros: 1 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 2254400.00, 2 Graeme McDowell (Irl) 2055917.00, 3 Lee Westwood (Eng) 1822738.00, 4 Ernie Els (Rsa)1771118.00, 5 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 1694738.00, 6 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 1676896.00, 7 Ian Poulter (Eng) 1478118.00, 8 Paul Casey (Eng) 1438864.00, 9 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 1240670.00, 10 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 1230656.00
USPGA Tour money leaders
Prize Money in US Dollars: 1 Ernie Els (Rsa) 4097761.00, 2 Phil Mickelson (USA)3409233.00, 3 Jim Furyk (USA) 3308872.00, 4 Jeff Overton (USA) 3301181.00, 5Hunter Mahan (USA) 3283479.00, 6 Justin Rose (Eng) 3241081.00, 7 Steve Stricker(USA) 3192735.00, 8 Tim Clark (Rsa) 3101881.00, 9 Bubba Watson (USA) 2954761.00,10 Matt Kuchar (USA) 2894798.00
District finals, Youghal GCPGA Moran Cup at Royal Dublin
70 (-2) M Staunton (Fore Ireland).
71 G Burke (The Curragh).
73 P Devine (Royal Dublin), R Gervin (Balbriggan), J Quinlivan (Portmarnock), D McNamara (Portmarnock), B McDermott (Castlecomer), M O'Sullivan (Ashbourne).
74 G Cullen (Beaverstown), E Brady (Clontarf), J Dwyer (Ashbourne).
75 B McGovern (Headfort), K Foy (Stepaside DR), D Gleeson (Old Conna).
JUNIOR CUP: East Cork 4 Killarney 1 (East Cork names first): D O’Mahony (11) bt A Moynihan-Rudden (8), 2&1; M Ni Mhurchu(12) halved with M Geaney (9), Called in; D Harte (13) bt A Arthur (12), 7&5; M Maher (14) halved with E O’Donnell (12), Called in; T McCarthy (14) bt C Carroll (13), 5&4.
INTERMEDIATE CUP: Fota 4 Kanturk 1 (Fota names first): M Daunt (16) bt N Meade (19), 3&2; M O’Leary (16) bt B O’Connor (20), 4&2; P O’Sullivan (17) bt M Dennehy (20), 4&2; P Coughlan (18) halved with M Fitzgerald (21), Called in; R Beamish (18) halved with N Mary Ring (22), Called in.
MINOR CUP: Youghal 3 East Clare 2 (Youghal names first): P Brennan lost to M Beatty, 8&6; T Landers lost to B O’Loughlin, 3&2; B O’Donoghue bt T Mulvihill, 5&4; J Swayne bt M Brennan, 4&3; A O’Neill Coyne bt T Browne on 19th.
CHALLENGE CUP: Bandon 4 East Cork 1 (Bandon names first): M Banks bt B O’Brien, 5&4; A Armitage bt C McGregor, 2&1; T Burke bt J Lawlor, 2&1; M Anders halved with S O’Leary, Called in; V Slattery halved with B McKeown, Called in.
Senior Foursomes: Killarney 2 ½ East Cork ½ (Killarney names first): M Sheehy/E O’Donnell bt L Harrington /T McCarthy 1up; A Mulcahy /A Arthur halved with S O’Brien /D O’Mahony (Called in); A Moynihan Rudden /M Campion bt M Ni Mhurchu/ M B Walsh 4/3.
Junior Foursome: Limerick 2 ½ Lismore ½: C Mulcahy/T Kennedy halved A Power/M Morrissey (Called in); G O’Carroll/M Kelly bt B Henry/M Beecher 2/1; A O’Leary/M Feighery bt N O’Sullivan/C Dowd 7/6.
LEINSTER
Fourball Trophy, Newlands GC 5 Waterford GC 0 (Newlands names first): B. Brophy & B. Fogarty beat B. Matthews & J. Dalton , 4 & 2 C. McSealaigh & R. Dempsey beat G. Fell & P. Walsh , 19th Hole; M. Shortt & A. Holden beat J. Fuller & P. Doyle , 5 & 4; R. O’Farrell & J. Maher beat J. Morrissey & J. O’Mahoney , 6 & 4; G. Walsh & J. Vaughan beat T. Kennedy & M. Crossan , 4 & 3.
Second Leg: Waterford GC, Sunday, Sept 12.
MULLINGAR Grant Thornton Scratch Trophy
Saturday Draw
6.30am & 11.30am: D. Reidy (Co Sligo), M. Kelly (Mullingar), S. Doherty (Malone).
6.38am & 11.38am: J. O’Rourke (Mullingar), M. Sheridan (Old Conna), J. Ward (Banbridge).
6.46am & 11.46am: E. Stack (Ballybunion), A. Grant (Killinbeg), P. Burke (Mullingar).
6.54am & 11.54am: T. O’Connor (Athlone), P. O’Leary (Lucan), R. Knightly (Royal Dublin).
7.02am & 12.02pm: S. Grehan (Tullamore), W. Hanna (Kilkeel), B. McSweeney (Woodbrook).
7.10am & 12.10pm: J. Lenehan (Portmarnock), S. McGlynn (South County), J. Connolly (Masserene).
7.18am & 12.18pm: B. Casey (Headfort), I. O’Rourke (Cork), S. O’Connor (Skerries).
7.26am & 12.26pm: D. Beattie (Castlerock), J. Monaghan (The Island), S. Barry (Lee Valley).
7.34am & 12.34pm: J. Pierce (Grange) , A. Kearney (Castlerock), C. O’Sullivan (Fota Island).
7.42am & 12.42pm: M. Durcan (Co Sligo), D. Reilly (Westmanstown), R. Walsh (Kilkenny).
7.50am & 12.50pm: R. McNamara (Headfort) , K. McDonagh (Athlone), N. Grant (Knock).
7.58am & 12.58pm: E. Arthurs (Forrest Little), D. Morgan (Mullingar), J. Fox (Portmarnock).
8.06am & 1.06pm: J. Fanagan (Miltown), D. Lernihan (Castle), J. Greene (Carlow).
8.14am & 1.14pm: C. Martin (Kilkenny), R. Whitson (Mourne), J. Hopkins (Skerries).
8.22am & 1.22pm: A. Dunbar (Rathmore), C. Doran (Banbridge), C. Curley (Newlands).
8.30am & 1.30pm: B. Anderson (Co Sligo), R. Leonard (Banbridge), N. Gorey (Lee Valley).
8.38am & 1.38pm: R. McCarthy (The Island), I. Brennan (Greenore), D. Ruddy (Thurles).
8.46am & 1.46pm: D. Kernohan (Galgorm Castle), C. Cunnigham (Carton House), B. Walton (Island).
8.54am & 1.54pm: G. Kelly (Co Louth) , A. Hogan (Newlands), M. Shanahan (West Waterford).
9.02am & 2.02pm: J. Carvill (Warrenpoint), G. Bohill (Co Louth), E. O’Sullivan (The Island).
9.10am & 2.10pm: P. Errity (European Club), M. Buggy (Castlecomer), D. Lally (Mullingar).
9.18am & 2.18pm: C. Glynn (Carton House), C. Daly (Castletroy), A. Gleeson (The Castle) .
9.26am & 2.26pm: M. Collins (Mahon), D. Downie(Sutton), D. Coughlan (Royal Dublin).
9.34am & 2.34pm: S. Ryan (Royal Dublin), M. Brett(Portmarnock), D. Hallissey (Muskerry).
9.42am & 2.42pm: E. Smith (Ardee), T. McGowan (Strandhill), J. Lyons (Galway).
9.50am & 2.50pm: A. Lowry (Esker Hills), G. Shaw (Mullingar), G. McGrane (Royal Dublin).
9.58am & 2.58pm: G. Dillon (The Heath), S. Bryan (Delgany), C. Geraghty (Carton House).
10.06am & 3.06pm: S. Devey (Skerries), T.O’Regan (Carton Hse), S. Brady (Co Sligo).
Leading (50), players and ties will qualify for final 36 Holes on Sunday.
GREYHOUND RACING
TRALEE
7.50 - 525 - Lisselton Mave, Confident Norvin, Dunkil Heros, Motion Of Pride, Lisahane Pearl, Stonecoldsober.
325 - Square Light, Lenamore Star, Smooth Desert, Gneeves Patriot, Join The Dots, Wise Knight.
525 - Lassa Experiment, Lassies Pup, Six Joys, Future Mixture, Katelyns Mentor, Jeffs Master.
525 - Three Guesses, Tans Book, Lassa Excedes, We Bernie We, Coldwater Joker, Katelyns Bullet.
325 - O Learys Tank, Kilree Bouncer, Altitude, Tango Pa, Lead On, Yvonnes Dream.
525 - Ardoughter Sally, Short Fuse, Ballyegan Lad, Droopys Tristan, Hawthorn Duchess, Meenala Jacky.
525 - Fortfield Rose, Lowroad Joy, Spooky Crash, Portmagee Shane, Millridge Sonic, Mailroad Ardfert.
525 - Grennay Sal, Coomlogane Rahm, Ardfert Honcho, Tango Dan, Spirit Contender, Taranis Matt.
525 - Boxer Choice, Kewell Will Do, Headleys Bound, Loughanes Honcho, Cappawee Delight, Dillons Pearl.
525 - Bluestar, Indie Castle, Bibs Shadow, Shronedrugh Mate, Society Lord, Main Road Nora.
HAROLDS CROSS
7.55 - 570 - Silverhill Tina, Lady Bojangles, Tomnaboley Champ, Sax Two No, Penskey Thunder, Boyneside Lass.
525 - Shonas Fortune, Click This, Tanknical Expert, Abbeyville Duke, Springlawn Bert, Weston Mike.
525 - Bold German, Apache Wind, Ardrums Lady, Abbeyview May, Winetavern Jojo, Jelly Arms.
525 - Illhaveonechloe, Restoration Man, Abbeyview, Queen Time, Twentyoseven, Flans The Man.
325 - Kilmead Lass, Assarula Clyde, Hawk Eye Paddy, Giddy Half Hour, Yeah Diva, Are You Joking.
525 - Multifunctions, Weston Chance, Marvellous Boy, Looks A Picture, Maybee Joe, Carrickmines Jet.
525 - Freddie Freckles, Headleys Millie, Honest Ted, Lively Flyer, Beckys Automatic, Loyal Nelly.
525 - Will Perform, Geraldine Lady, Heres Hoping, Ooh Aah, Only You, Brewers Jack.
525 - Ring Donny, Savealittle, Seamak Lad, Zyphring Dan, Domestic Blue, Tyrur Theresa.
525 - Ballyrhan Rumble, Coolemount Joker, Westmead Pilot, Hes Coming Back, Droopys Soprano, Shelbourne Lola.
570 - Hanahs Mum, You Win Euan, Burnpark Suzy, Rahillion Lad, Delicate Ronaldo, Oneco Jewel.
YOUGHAL
525 - Ms H Wadsworth (Midleton) Compass Bernie (He Said So-Miss Shauna) 3/1, Corrin Dreamer 4/1, 5l, 29.07; 3.70, 2.90, 7.60, no unit, 9.70. (Trd S Wadsworth)
525 - N & P Walsh (Dungarvan) Seaview Rosie (Big Daddy Cool-Battle On Mandy) 5/1, Castlemary Duff 2/1, 1l, 29.42; 2.30, 3.10, 2.60, 7.50.
525 - M O’Reilly (Blackrock) Montana Rascal (Loyal Honcho-Imonmyway) 3/1, Hi Heather 3/1, nk, 29.52; 9.60, 3.70, 2.50, 20.60.
550 - P & W O’Sullivan (Bishopstown) Da Dancer (Westmead Hawk-Creamery Dancer) 3/1, Huckabees Kid 2/1, 3l, 30.17; 4.20, 3.60, 3.60, no unit, 42.70.
550 - T J Lyons (Mallow) Kevins Star (Ballymac Kewell-Ashville Katie) 3/1, Polaris 5/2, 1½l, 30.25; 3.00, 2.40, 1.40, 12.00, 14.20. (Trd T O’Neill)
550 - D Harrington (Carrigaline) Fleetwood Nick (Droopys Kewell-Nikita Bill) 2/1, Tooquicktocatch 5/4, sh.hd, 30.28; 7.50, 2.70, 1.50, 4.60, 20.20.
550 - Ms L Moore (Riverstick) Pablo Supreme (Hallucinate-Race On Katie) 6/4, Rising Magic 2/1, 5l, 30.04; 5.90, 1.70, 2.00, 10.70, 3.70. (Trd O McKenna)
550 - B Monaghan (Cork) Butterbridge Sue (Droopys Vieri-Kilquane Moth) 2/1, Lily Fantasy 4/1, 3½l, 30.67; 1.80, 2.30, 3.00, 10.50. (Trd D Warren)
525 - E Keniry (Cork) May Bounce (Headbound-May Sunday) 2/1, Paris King 6/1, 3l, 29.45. 2.60, 3.90, 12.60, 11.50, 73.10.
525 - M Dunne (Cork) Maverick Queen (Tyrur Ted-Minnies Miranda) evs. Avaune Ria 3/1, 2l, 29.38. 1.80, 1.40, 1.90, 21.30. (trd J Kiely).
DUNDALK
400 - Playfield Era 3/1 22.02;
400 - Annual Bounty 3/1, 21.70;
400 - Barefoot Blue 5/2, 21.65;
525 - Immaculate Heart 2/1, 29.12;
525 - Gainstown Boy 3/1, 29.37;
400 - Mystique Rosa 2/1, 21.48;
525 - Please Tell Paul 2/1, 29.09;
550 - Off Your Rocker 5/4, 30.57;
400 - Pharis Torres evs. 21.69;
525 - Picabilly 3/1, 28.82.
LONGFORD
525 - Drumroe Bob 6/4, 29.53;
525 - Miss Clygeen evs. 29.54;
330 - Lochdara Mein 2/1, 18.15.
525 - Rhythm Ed 3/1, 29.96;
525 - Ambis Seamie 3/1, 29.13.
525 - Cordoola Dawn 2/1 29.09;
525 - Drumroe Star 2/1, 29.33;
550 - Castlerock Lady 5/2, 30.56;
525 - Athboy Honcho 2/1, 29.52;
550 - Two Hoots Lad 3/1, 30.45.
ENNISCORTHY
525 - Everlast Rocket 5/4, 28.89;
525 - Moss House Clody 4/6, 29.36;
525 - Tyfort Jet evens, 29.23;
525 - Crokers Boy 3/1, 29.27;
525 - Dysart Special 2/1, 29.25;
525 - Catsrock Calypso 3/1, 29.32;
525 - Kingsmill Athena 6/4, 29.47;
525 - Cool It Baby 4/6, 28.98;
575 - Castleboro Vieri 5/2, 32.04;
575 - Hannahs Delight 4/1, 32.61;
600 - Kiltrea Kiera 2/1, 33.01.
HAROLDS CROSS
525 - Shandon Glory 6/4, 29.64;
525 - Sheberightmate 6/4, 29.98;
525 - Assassin Mali 3/1, 29.36;
525 - Uncle Des 4/6, 29.57;
325 - Head On Fantasy 3/1, 17.83;
525 - Chubbys Ted 2/1, 29.65;
525 - Popo Poker Face evens, 29.68;
525 - Arri 2/1, 29.69;
550 - Shift On Nathan 3/1, 30.55;
525 - Mild Discomfort 2/1, 29.06;
570 - Liscaha Lucky 4/5, 31.70.
SNOOKER
World Open 2010, Sheffield
Second round: Tony Drago (Mal) bt Joel Walker (Eng) 3-1; Darren Morgan (Wal) bt Xiao Guodong (Chn) 3-2; Stuart Pettman (Eng) bt Kyren Wilson (Eng) 3-0, Marcus Campbell (Sco) bt Daniel Wells (Wal) 3-0; Jamie Jones bt Sam Baird 3-0; Andy Hicks (Eng) bt Jack Lisowski (Eng) 3-1; Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (Tha) bt Joe Delaney (Irl) 3-2, Alan McManus (Sco) bt Christopher Norbury (Eng) 3-1, Jimmy Michie (Eng) bt Mark Joyce(Eng) 3-2, Darren Morgan (Wal) bt Xiao Guodong (Chn) 3-2
RUGBY
Women’s Rugby World Cup
IRELAND Women (vs USA): N Briggs (Clonmel/Munster); A Davis (Blackrock/Leinster), J O’Sullivan (Richmond/Exile), L Cantwell (UL Bohemians), N Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster); H Brosnan (Highfield/Munster), T Rosser (Blackrock/Leinster); F Coghlan (UL Bohemians/Leinster, capt), G Bourke (UL Bohemians/Munster), L Austin (UL Bohemians/Munster); K O’Loughlin (Clonmel/Munster), ML Reilly (Navan/Leinster); O Brennan (Blackrock/Leinster), C Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), J Neville (UL Bohemians/Munster).
Replacements: C Fanning (Highfield/Munster), L Guest (Highfield/Munster), C Mahon (UL Bohemians/Munster), S Ryan (Blackrock/Leinster), L Beamish (UL Bohemians/Munster), S Houston (Blackrock/Leinster), M Kelly (UL Bohemians/Munster).
TENNIS
IRELAND’S Niamh O’Brien yesterday clinched a main draw place in the Tennis Europe U14 event in Bonnevoie, Luxembourg.
O’Brien booked her place in the last 32 thanks to a 6-1 6-4 win over Egypt’s Zeina El Tawil, and today she faces a stiff test against the No 6 seed, Germany’s Stefanie Piesch.
Meanwhile, Daniel Glancy has also been drawn against the No 6 seed, Dutch player Antal Van Der Duim, in today’s first round of the ITF Futures event in Enschede, Netherlands.
Meanwhile Irish No 1 Conor Niland is likely to learn early today who he will face in the first round of the US Open qualifying.
Niland will have to win three matches to make the 128-strong main draw which gets under way next Monday.
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