Collective training existed before in the GAA, but it was never like this. The Cork and Tipperary hurlers went to warm-weather camps in Spain and Portugal, Kerry the same. Michael Moynihan put on the sunscreen and investigated

THE plans of Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) secretary general Dan Butler for Irish international participation this year are coming to fruition.

SPANIARDS Jose-Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia and the English pair Ian Poulter and Luke Donald are planning to crash the Colin Montgomerie-Michael Campbell shoot-out here at Valderrama.

THE €10 million or so that it cost to bring the Ryder Cup to Ireland is regarded as a “bargain” in many quarters and it undoubtedly is.

THE chairman of the implementation group charged with setting up an umbrella body for equestrianism hopes to complete the group’s task by Christmas.