Terenure set Irish record in relay

Swimming: Terenure ended the National Swimming Championships in Belfast on Saturday on a positive note with an Irish junior record of 3 minutes 31.83 seconds in the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay. The only other national record of the four-day meet was Andrew Reid's senior record of 55.11 for the 100 metres butterfly on Thursday. Reid failed to deliver another record performance on Saturday but his time of 24.75 for the 50 metres fly ensured he qualified for the European short course championships at Lisburn in December. Details in SPORTS ROUND-UP

Equestrian Sports: Ireland's pony riders returned from the European championships in Sweden with a cache of medals yesterday, having secured team silver in the show jumping and team and individual bronze in the three-day event.

Sarah Kate Quinlivan joined forces with her sister Nathalie, Andrew Bourns and Olive Clarke to claim the team silver in yesterday's show jumping final, with Britain taking gold.

Earlier in the day, Elizabeth Power had led the three-day event squad to team bronze and also claimed individual bronze herself with Summerhill Toby Jug.

Women's Hockey: IRELAND produced two morale-boosting performances in Prague over the weekend, beating the Czech Republic, who have been drawn in the same pool for next month's European Nations' Cup finals, 2-1 and 4-1. Tomorrow Ireland face the biggest challenge in their build-up so far when they meet the Netherlands, the reigning European champions, in Utrecht. Details in SPORTS ROUND-UP

Cycling: David O'Loughlin, riding with his Belgian DCM team, won the main event on the home scene for the third Sunday in-a-row yesterday. Following his successes in the Dun Laoghaire Grand Prix and the Mayo Grand Prix he was again clear on his own at the finish of the Tour of the Mournes at Newry.

At the end of the course of 62 miles O'Loughlin was a minute and 45 seconds ahead of Mark Sittlington with Mark Kiernan third.

Ciaran Power added the Harding's Grand Prix at Cork to his list of triumphs, while Englishman Stephen Joseph was second. Jonathon Kelly, riding with the Connacht junior team, took the overall honours in the three-day Ras Dun na nGall at Letterkenny.