Adventure seekers are queuing up to hear the tales of heroic Irish explorer Tom Crean’s efforts to conquer the Antarctic in a play which is still wowing Irish audiences almost a century later.

A GROUP of Irish antarctic exploration enthusiasts yesterday spent a total of €38,000 on historic items which belonged to Cork- born Polar explorer Patrick Keohane.

IPSWICH stretched their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Plymouth.

Reading wasted the chance to gain ground on Coca-Cola Championship leaders Wigan, losing 3-2 at Coventry.

THE first Irishman to set foot on the South Pole is looking forward to a homecoming banquet of brown bread baked by his children.

POLAR history is being made with the near-completion of the gruelling trek to the southernmost place on earth by Irishman Mike Barry.

Having finished fifth in yesterday’s round of the Renault Sport Clio UK Cup, Meath’s Jonathan Fildes

THE KBB Doors National Forest Rally Championship continues with Sunday’s Circuit of Wicklow, the second round in as many weeks. Cork’s John McCarthy (Subaru 555) and Limerick’s Dermot Kelly (Escort WRC) are the top two entrants and both are capable of victory.

Michael Keohane’s race weekend at Thruxton ended with a superb win in the Scholarship class.

At a sunny track in Thruxton, Hampshire, Irish drivers were a little off the pace in the first qualifier for tomorrow’s British Formula 3 Championship.

Northern Ireland’s Derek Hayes took his first victory in the British Formula 3 Championship finishing ahead of James Courtney and Andre Lotterer in the first

Qualifying for tomorrow’s PowerTour series has been completed at a sunny Castle Combe in Wiltshire.

The PowerTour series arrived at the Rockingham Circuit today - the newest venue in British motor racing.