O’Rourke targets Leevale meet

DERVAL O’ROURKE will be one of the stars in action when her club, Leevale AC, stages its Annual Sports at the CIT track, Bishopstown, on April 18.

This will be O’Rourke’s first competitive appearance in her native city since finishing fourth in the world championships in Berlin last year but, this time around, the 100m sprint rather than the 100m hurdles will be her target.

The main reason for her visit to Cork that weekend will be the relay squad sessions being held by her former coach, John Sheehan, who is confident that she will be part of Ireland’s women’s 4 x 100m relay team in next summer’s European championships in Barcelona and then in the London Olympics in 2012.