Echo Sport in Review: September 2023
PETER Somba held off Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock AC for a thrilling victory in the Lucan Harriers 5km Race.
Tallaght Martial Arts’ Cillian McArdle won gold in the -52kg division at the WAKO European Junior Kickboxing Championships in Turkey where Edward Comerford and Eoin Finn both scooped silver medals.
Also in action at the WAKO European Juniors was LJAYS Elite Martial Arts’ Josh Riddell who secured bronze in the -63kg Light Contact division.
Some 300 boxers from around Ireland and Europe competed in the inaugural Emerald Box Cup hosted by Westside Boxing Club in Tallaght Leisure Centre.
Shamrock Rovers’ Ike Orazi penned a deal with French Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims after having helped the Hoops to a National League and Cup double.
Castle Golf Club captured the AIG Men’s Senior Cup following a 3-2 comeback win over Naas in the final at Dun Laoghaire, while Ballinascorney Golf Club lifted the Bloom Cup following their victory over Slade Valley in the decider.
Castle Golf Club celebrated success in this year’s AIG Men’s Senior Cup
South Dublin Taekwondo finished up second overall in the team event at the Scottish Open Championships in Motherwell.
Donore Harriers member, Abdel Laadjel recorded a fine win when competing for Providence College in the Friars Invitational Cross-Country at Highland Park in the USA.
Limekiln Rounders GAA were pipped 12-11 by The Heath from Laois in the Senior Mixed All-Ireland Final in Kinnegad.
Tallaght Martial Arts’ Cillian McArdle topped the podium at the WAKO Junior European Kickboxing
Championships in Turkey
Colm Blackburn from Ballyfermot landed the Leinster Trophy when he topped the Formula Vee class in this year’s competition at Mondello Park.
Lucan canoeist, Jenny Egan-Simmons earned a sixth-place finish at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Denmark.
Former Dublin hurler and footballer, David ‘Dotsie’ O’Callaghan was appointed Games Promotion Officer with Round Tower GAA Club in Clondalkin.
Newlands Taekwon-Do Club emerged from the ITF World Championships in Finland with a haul of three gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
Newlands Taekwon-Do Club’s Sam Keogh, Sophie Tapiz, Cara Byrne, Leard Xheladini and Bartosz Bien with the medals they won at the ITF World Championships
Former Shamrock Rovers player and Moyle Park student Sinclair Armstrong got on the scoresheet as Jim Crawford’s Ireland Under 21s secured their second win of the EURO 2025 Qualifiers with a 3-0 victory over San Marino at Turner’s Cross.
Later in the month, St Patrick’s Athletic’s Michael Noonan and Sam Steward, together with Charles Akinrintayo of Shamrock Rovers, were all on target as the Republic of Ireland Under 16s beat Estonia 6-1 in Drogheda.
Lucan Sarsfields’ Abby Shiels and Hannah Tyrrell from Clondalkin were nominated for the 2023 TG4 Ladies Football All-Star Awards.
Tyrrell was later declared The Echo Sports Star of the Month of August on the back of her superb performance for Dublin in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final.
The Echo Team of the Month Award went the way of Round Tower’s Senior Ladies Football team after they completed a treble by winning the Junior ‘E’ Championship, League and Cup competitions.
Thomas Davis Junior Ladies Football team secured their third trophy of the season by defeating Na Fianna to win the Cup having landed the Go Ahead ‘G’ Championship and Division Nine honours earlier in the season.
To read The Echo’s full Sport in Review 2023 pick up our first edition of 2024 on Thursday, January 4, or subscribe.
