Players check in for draughts competition

A PASTIME favourite from childhood is being pursued with international earnest by adults in Limerick this week.

Fifty of the world’s top draughts players, including the men’s and women’s world champions, are taking part in the Irish Draughts Championships at the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel.

The biggest battle of the five-day tournament involves the women’s world champion, Patricia Breen from Carlow, and challenger Jan Mortimer.