The Down Royal Summer Festival of Racing will be the highlight of the year for racing aficionados, socialites and fashionistas alike as Down Royal once again hosts an unprecedented weekend of entertainment on Friday and Saturday.
There was champagne all round for Geoff Ingram and Andy McKibbin as they won their first Irish sidecar championship at the final round of the championship at Gormanston.
Weather forced the eleventh hour cancellation of the Tinker Hill Ulster Championship meeting which allowed the focus to switch to the fourth round of the GR7 championship run by the MCCNI at the immaculate Robinsons Moto Park, Claudy.
After a solid performance against Scotland in their opening game, the Irish men had hoped to build on that performance against Egypt in their second match of the World Series Finals.
Sarah Hawkshaw was among the goalscorers as Ireland won 4-0 against Czech Republic to secure their place in Sunday's final of the FIH Series Finals at Banbridge.
Ireland women secured a place in the Olympic Games 2020 qualifiers as they booked a place in the final of the FIH Series Finals at Banbridge with a semi-final success over Czech Republic.
Banbridge's Eugene Magee scored twice as Ireland won 4-2 against Scotland to make it a good start to their FIH World Series Final tournament in France.
The Ireland women’s teams received a boost ahead of the weekend semi-finals at the FIH Series Finals in Banbridge when official driving partners of Hockey Ireland, Charles Hurst Jaguar Land Rover, revved into Havelock Park on Tuesday.
The win keeps Northern Ireland top of Group C and piles pressure on Holland, who may have two games in hand after their adventures in the Nations League finals, but will go to Germany in September nine points adrift of O’Neill’s men
It has been a good week for Bethany Barr as the Ireland women hockey team secured a place in the semi-finals of the FIH Series Final being hosted at Havelock Park, Banbridge.
Ireland were emphatic 11-0 winners over Singapore at Havelock Park on Tuesday as they moved into the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey series event with consummate ease.
