Nolan blazes trail to London Games

“THE heathers will be blazing in Wexford tonight,” Irish coach Billy Walsh predicted as he embraced fellow county man Adam Nolan, who yesterday became the second man from the Model County to qualify for an Olympic Games — Billy himself having qualified for the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

The Irish dressing room at the Hayri Gur Sports Hall was rocking to Dancing at The Crossroads.

Walsh explained: “I went down to the waterfront this morning and went for a walk — makes you feel like back home in Wexford walking along the quays — and I was thinking of Dancing at the Crossroads and we played that for Adam in the dressing room before he went out today.”