Host bid plan for European cross-country champs

ATHLETICS IRELAND could host the 2009 European cross-country championships.

The chairman of the High Performance Committee, Liam Hennessy, met with European Athletics chiefs in San Giorgio su Legnano at the weekend to discuss a possible bid.

Said Hennessy: “I will be putting proposals before the Bord this week and I would hope that they will receive a favourable response.