Aidan Desmond clocks up the miles as he completes unique triple in two sports over two days

Aidan Desmond is All-Ireland Junior C champion after completing a unique sporting triple, in two sports, over two days, culminating in an emphatic win over Conor O’Neill in Sunday’s final at Drogheda.

On Saturday he beat Alan Long by three bowls in the opening Junior C semi-final. He raced back to Cork to line out for Dripsey in the Cork county intermediate hurling semi-final against Aghada at Páirc Uí Rinn, scoring a point in their victory. The next morning he was back in Drogheda to win the All-Ireland final.

On top of this he is still in the frame for a place on the Ireland team to contest next year’s European championships in Holland. He was dominant from the off in Sunday’s final against the Ulster champion.