Ireland bidding to retain First Division status
They qualified for the First Division when they finished second behind Lithuania in last year’s Division 2 competition in Banska, Slovakia. This time the men and women will combine as a single point-scoring team when they go in against Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Turkey.
The team suffered a blow with the defection of 400m record holder, Joanne Cuddihy, who went over on her ankle while walking along the street last weekend and will miss both the individual 400m and the women’s 4x400m relay while Brian Gregan will be an absentee from the men’s 4x400m relay team.
