Sports Round-up

A round-up of sports results

Athletics

MUNSTER SCHOOLS’ CROSS COUNTRY (Tramore Race Course): Girls - Minor: 1 C Horgan (Loreto, Clonmel), 2 N Clancy (St Michaels, Kilmihill), 3 H O’Sullivan (Boherbue CS) Teams: 1 Ursuline Thurles. 36 pts. 2 Ursuline Waterford 38 3 Loreto Clonmel 46. Junior: 1 N De Hora Pobal Scoil Chorca Dhuibhne. 2 B Lynch (St Mary’s Midleton). 3 N Markham (St Flannan’s, Ennis). Teams: 1 Stella Maris, Tramore. 34. 2 Presentation Thurles. 36 3 St Joseph’s Kilkee. 44. Intermedate: 1 A Darcy (St Flannan’s, Ennis) 2 M Fitzgerald (Col na Sceilge, Caherciveen). 3 A O’Donohoe (Villiers School Limerick) Teams: 1 Ard Scoil na Deise Dungarvan 55 pts. 2 Intermediate School Killorglin 56 pts 3 Ursuline Waterford 58 pts. Senior: 1 N Ryan Abbey CC Waterford. 2 B Walsh Ursuline Waterford, 3 K Walsh (Ursuline, Waterford). Teams 1 Ursuline Waterford. 15 pts. 2 Ursuline Waterford. Boys - Minor: 1 J Inglis (Maria Immaculata CC, Dunmanyway) 2 C O’Donovan (Col na Sceilge, Cahirciveen) 3 L Landy (Newtownschool, Waterford). Teams: St Augustines, Dungarvan. 50 pts. 2 Col na Sceilge. 60 pts. 3 St Flannans, Ennis 68 pts. Junior: 1 S Tobin, High School Clonmel. 2 I O hAirtneide (Col Daibheid, Cork). 3 D Jones (Col Trocaire, Rathkeale). Teams: 1 Thurles CBS 57 pts. 2 High School Clonmel 58. 3 Douglas CS 78. Intermediate: S Quinn (De La Salle, Waterford). C O’Brien (Thurles CBS) P Hanrahan (Douglas CS) Teams: 1 Douglas CS. 36 pts 2 Thurles CBS 61. 3 St Josephs Kilkeel. 66 pts. Senior: 1 M Carmody, Castletroy Coll, Limerick. 2 L Markham (St Flannans, Ennis). 3 C Rochford (Abbey CC, Waterford). Teams: Douglas CS 53 pts. 2 Thurles CBS 54 3 Dungarvan CBS 84.

Badminton

EUROPEAN MIXED TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (in Liverpool): Second round: Ireland bt Spain 3-2.

Gaelic Games

LEINSTER COLLEGES SF ‘A’ quarter-final: St Josephs Rochfortbridge 1-8 St Benildus Coll 1-5; Leinster Schools Juv F B final: Maynooth PP 2-12, St Mary’s Enniscorthy 2-7. SF ‘B’ quarter-final: Col Eamann Ris Callan 1-10, St Declan’s CBS Cabra 0-7.

Dublin Schools SF ‘B’ semi-final: Scoil Chaitriona Glasnevin 1-16, Old Bawn CS Tallaght 2-9.

Rugby

LEINSTER SCHOOLS’ SENIOR LEAGUE SEMI- FINAL REPLAY

At Belfield - The King’s Hospital 22 (T Satchwell try, pen, 2 cons; B du Toit, A Robles try each); CBC Monkstown 7 (S Woods try; C O’Brien con).

LEINSTER SCHOOLS’ JUNIOR CUP - St Marys 12 (C Delaney 2 tries, con) Castleknock 5 (D Perry try).

Squash

LEINSTER LEAGUE: Men’s Premier Cup: Fitzwilliam A 13 Westwood A 6 (Fitzwilliam First: D Ryan 3 A Kirkland 2; R Byrne 3 E Dunne 0; D Oflynn 3 C Dolan 0; D Macnamara 0 N Byrne 3; A Sharkey 3 J Fitzsimons 1) Fitzwilliam B 16 Mount Pleasant 4 (Fitzwilliam first: N Rooney 3 D Zilic 2; N Peyton 3 D Noone 1; D Mylotte 3 D Cassidy 1; K Moore 3 A Coppinger 0; G Callanan 3 E OSullivan 0) Curragh 16 Trinity 3 (Curragh first: A Frahill 3 R Budd 0; B Hannigan 3 J Dillon 2; T Maher 3 K Zauers 1; D Borton 3 A Hogg 0; N Brannigan 3 Y Gohary 0) Sutton 13 Old Belvedere 6 ( Sutton first: K Moran 1 R Gilligan 3; E Ryan 3 C Cunningham 0; C McCoy 3 K Bullen 0; A Tighe 3 D O’Reilly 0; C Lavin 2 T Crowe 3)

Division three: Total Fitness Castleknock B 14 Fitzwilliam E 4 (Total Fitness first: S Balfe 3 T Zaki 0; M Eckersley 1 A McCreevey 3; N David 3 J Kavanagh 1; P Banjoko 3/0 w/o; D Abbot 3/0 w/o) Leinster B 14 Tullamore A 6 (Leinster first: J Coyne 1 B Lawlor 3; S Sherlock 3 G Donnelly 1; S Daly 3 P Dempsey 0; V Kennedy 3 J Dawson-Squibb 2; K OReilly 3 D Slevin 0) Aer Lingus 11 Old Belvedere 10 (Aer Lingus first: G Lowry 3 K Knox 1; J Fagan 3 B Cowley 2; C Riordan 0 D Mc Gahern 3; D Gilhooly 3 C Clifford 1; I Smilie 1 J Lawler 3)

Women - Division One: Trinity 10 Westwood 6 (Trinity first: T Burns 3 P Roantree 0; S Corcoran 1 A Hogan 3; P Ryan 3 G Higgins 0; D Ramasubbu 2 Claire Gallagher 3) Total Fitness Malahide 10 Mount Pleasant 8 (Total Fitness first: C Staunton 3 S Robinson 1; F Byrne 3 C Bergin 2; M Dalton 3 M Keyes 2; H Keegan 0 C Davey 3).

Tennis

WORLD INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Rotterdam) Mens singles second round: 2-Andy Murray (Sco) bt Andreas Seppi (Italy) 7-6(4) 7-5 5-Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4 6-4 Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 6-3 Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt 4-Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4 3-6 6-3.

PARIS OPEN: Womens Singles: Second round (prefix denotes seeding): 8-Amelie Mauresmo (France) bt Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-1 6-2; 1-Serena Williams (US) bt Karolina Sprem (Croatia) 6-1 6-2; 2-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) bt Li Na (China) 6-0 3-6 6-2; 5-Alize Cornet (France) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1-6 6-4 6-2.