Odds stacked in favour of team chasing cup glory

FOUR of the country’s keenest exponents of a fast-growing sport have jetted off to Dallas in the USA to take part in the World Sport Stacking Championships.

The Irish team, which comprises James Carrigan, 12, Michelle Bergin, 11, and Lisa Kehoe, 13, all from Co Kilkenny, and Dubliner Kevin Flanagan, 15, have been training for up to eight hours per day in preparation for the international event.

Sport stacking involves stacking 12 specially-designed competition cups called Speed Stacks up and down in pre-determined sequences against the clock.