Cross country team hit by triple withdrawal

GARETH TURNBULL, Mary Cullen and Maria McCambridge will not contest Sunday’s European cross-country championships in Toro, Spain.

Turnbull, who withdrew after finishing second in the national inter-clubs championship, will be replaced by Dubliner Alan McCormack.

Cullen has been forced out after aggravating an Achilles tendon injury when coming second in the Manchester Road Race last month.