Twomey achieves important fourth place in Basel

WITH the battle for individual places at the Olympics intensifying, Billy Twomey achieved an important fourth place in the lucrative grand prix at Basel, Switzerland, yesterday.

The latest rankings showed the Corkman still holding the last of three places on offer, with Tipperary’s Denis Lynch retaining pole position ahead of the cut-off date of March 1.

While Lynch failed to make the jump-off yesterday, posting four faults with Lantinus, Twomey and Tinka’s Serenade were on course for a repeat of their win last year when among 11 to make the jump-off from a 45-strong field.