Matthews our main man at Stormont

WITH Rosemary Ryan, Catherina McKiernan and Seamus Power all missing the event, Peter Matthews is the main Southern challenger at the Reebok international cross-country race at Stormont Castle on Saturday.

Rosemary Ryan is concentrating on the national inter-club championships in Roscommon and the Almond Blossom race in the Algarve next month en route to the world cross-country championships in Brussels.

“I had a cold last weekend so I did not compete in Newcastle,” she said.