
Kelly Proper had a personal best in winning a 200 metres racein 23.37 seconds in Oordegem in Belgium on Saturday lastvery close to the 23.35 standard for the European Championshipshe was also 5 th in the long jump with 5.98 metres. Atthe same meeting in a pre program 200 metres race NiamhWhelan won in 24.06 seconds and Niamh Mc Nicol was 5thin 24.33 again a B qualifying time for the World junior championshipsand a personal best.Then on Sunday in Brussels indesperate conditions which saw several athletes refuse tocompete Kelly won the 200 metres in 23.48 with Niamh secondin 24.12, earlier Kelly won a graded long jump with 6.32metres and Niamh was second in a 100 metres in 11.88.NIAMH MC NICOL ON IRISH WORLD TEAMFerrybank AC will have a representative on the Irish team forthe World Junior Championships in Eugene Oregan USAfrom July 22 nd to 27th. Niamh Mc Nicol has been selected inthe 200 metres as a result of reaching the B standard twice inrecent weeks. Last year she was on the Irish Relay team thatwon the European Youth Olympics 4 x100 metres relay. Shestarted her career with Tramore AC when very young andjoined Ferrybank two years ago.BELFAST RESULTSJessie Barr Ferrybank finished second in the 400 metres hurdlesin Belfast on Wednesday last in 58.45 seconds a season'sbest, Paul Murphy also from Ferrybank seeking a qualifyingtime for the World Juniors of 47.70 in the 400 metres cameagonisingly close to it finishing third in 47.75.SEVEN ALL IRELAND TITLES WON IN CORKAt the GloHealth All Ireland Junior and under 23 Championshipsin Cork athletes from Ferrybank and West WaterfordAC between them won 7 titles. For West Waterford there werefour pole vault victories by Thomas Houlihan and his sisterLisa both under 23 and Meg O'Connor and Yuri Kanas bothjunior For Ferrybank AC under 23 titles were won by CaraKennedy in the hammer and Sean Archer in triple jump andPaul Murphy in the junior 400 metres but without making theWorld Junior Standard of 47.70, Conditions in Cork werevery blustery. He was timed at 48.16 seconds.NATIONAL JUVENILE RELAYSWaterford AC came home with two thirds from the NationalJuvenile Relays in Tullamore on Saturday last with their boysunder 12 and under 15 teams. The under 12 squad was VictoryEddy, Jack Deegan, Evan Hayes and Jack Corcoran andthe under 15 group were Lance Baylon, James Murphy, HugoBlair, Favour EddyRÁS NA RINNE DETAILS130 competed in the 22 nd Annual Rás na Rinne in Ring over6 miles on Friday last race 8 of the Ger Wyley Sports /Skinsseries. The overall winner was Brian Murphy Carrick on Suirin 32 minutes 31 seconds, Ravis Zakis West Waterford wassecond in 33.01 and Frank Hayes East Cork third in 33.36.The first lady home was Martina O'Dwyer Carrick on Suir in36.24, Niamh O'Donovan was second in 41.30 and SandraPrendergast third in 43.59 both West Waterford.SHANNON AIRPORT RUNWAY RUNRory Moloney West Waterford AC won the Shannon AirportRunway Night 5km run on Friday night last in 15 minutes and1 second well clear of the second athlete home Over 1000competed in this unusual event.CORK CITYThis evening Tuesday July 8 th the Cork City InternationalSports is at Cork IT track and a number of athletes fromWaterford will be competing and on Friday next July 11 th theInternational Morton Games is in Santry,Dublin and againWaterford athletes will be there including Thomas Barr.







