Echo Sport preview July 16 edition

In this week’s Echo Sport we have all the latest on Damien Duff’s arrival at Shamrock Rovers as we hear from manager Pat Fenlon, while we also chat to Tallaght’s Simon Madden on the Hoops’ Europa League second round qualifier with Odd Ballklubb of Norway tomorrow night.

The National Juvenile Athletics Championships took place last weekend, and we have all the results and reaction from a very successful competition for local athletes from Donore Harriers, DSD, Rathfarnham AC and Tallaght AC, plus there is a roundup of results from other athletics events.

There’s news on Oblate Dynamos’ Mae Creane who helped the Irish Women’s U16 basketball team to Dusmman Cup success in Luxembourg, while Templeogue’s Sean Daly was a part of the Men’s team who finished runners-up, and we hear from Firhouse native and former Glenanne man Graham Shaw who is set to manage the Irish Women’s Hockey team at the upcoming Euro Hockey Championships II.

In GAA, we look back on the Dubs’ win in the Leinster Final against Westmeath, there’s news on the Dublin hurlers, and we have all the action and pictures from St Judes’ contest with Naomh Olaf in their Minor Hurling League division two tie on Monday night.

St Catherine’s and Ballyfermot FC also locked horns on Monday night in the Dublin Women’s Soccer League, and you can read all about the goalfest that took place in Islanbridge, plus there’s a whole lot more local sporting news spread across 11 pages.

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