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One of the great Racing and indeed annual Sporting Highlights commences next Tuesday afternoon March 12th as the Cheltenham Festival gets underway. As is traditional, The Supreme Novices Hurdle gets he festival underway, and it was 29 years ago in March 1995 that Tourist Attraction with Mark Dwyer onboard got the ball rolling for the …

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BY MICHAEL O’LEARY The Stook 10 Mile Run that takes place this coming Sunday (March 3rd) has been a terrific success since it was first held in 2012. Located in Dungarvan between Gowran and Thomastown, The Stook run is open to everyone and has a variety of distances suitable to a persons individual ability. Since …

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BY KILKENNY OBSERVER REPORTER Allianz National Hurling League UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny 1-26 Offaly 1-19 Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) Kilkenny had to wait for a wind assisted second half to pull away from a determined Offaly team who owned the first half as Kilkenny looked out of sorts. Offaly took full advantage of the wind …

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Lyng’s Cats seeking to down the Faithful County BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Allianz National Hurling League   Kilkenny vs Offaly Sunday, 1:45pm, UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) Kilkenny will look to secure a second win in this season’s Allianz hurling league when they welcome Offaly to UPMC Nowlan Park on Sunday (throw-in …

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Defeat for Cleere’s ladies, but plenty of positives for our senior camogs BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW   Very Camogie League Division 1 A UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1-16 Cork 1-17 Referee: Gavin Donegan, Dublin Pictures: INPHO/Leah Scholes All-Ireland champions Cork emerged from UPMC Nowlan Park with maximum points after overcoming their hosts Kilkenny, …

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BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Rugby is on a crest of a wave across Ireland at present, with both the National Senior and U-20 Teams continuing their defence of The Grand Slam this weekend. The Senior Team are in action tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) at home to Wales in The Aviva Stadium at 2.15pm, while The U-20s are …

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Mullen outstanding as Donnelly notches late winner BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW Allianz National Hurling League Cork 1-17 Kilkenny 0-21 Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Johnny Murphy Kilkenny left the newly Supervalu sponsored Páirc Uí Chaoimh with maximum points from their round 2 Allianz hurling league clash, thanks to an injury-time winner from Thomastown’s John …

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BY MICHAEL O’LEARY This day two weeks ago on Friday 2nd February, the very sad news emerged with the passing of Ollie O’Neill following an illness bravely borne. Ollie was best known in Boxing circles for been head coach of his native Paulstown, while he was such a hugely influential and well respected figure both …

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By Paul Bolger. Nano Physiotherapy Are you alive? Breathing? A human being? If you have answered yes to these questions, then you will almost certainly suffer from back pain at some stage in your life (research tells us that up to 95% of us will!). Sounds like a gloomy prospect, but it might not be …

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BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Jeremy Duncan is part of the Ireland International Hockey Squad that will be travelling to Paris in July for The Olympic Games, after the Irish team booked their path to the French Capital following there final Olympic Qualifier in January that was held in Valencia, Spain. The Kilkenny native made his debut …

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