We would like to extend sincere condolences to the family of the late Sean Kilbride of Granard, Co. Longford who passed away recently after a long illness. Special condolences to his brother Seamus (Leinster chairman) and nephew Tom who pulled on the gold medal winning Ireland 680kg team in Minehead. Many thanks to our TWIF & [...]
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Click here to see the full results book. Click here to see photos from the championships (Note: there are 5 pages of photos). Click here to see videos from finals and bronze medal pull-offs during the championship. Click here to see an article from the Farmers Journal Country Living magazine during the championships in Minehead. Click here [...]
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The Ireland ladies 520kg team were the highlight to a rather disappointing day for the Irish panel as the European championships drew to a close today. The management were forced to make a change due to a last minute injury but nonetheless they performed very well. The first pull of the day on top of the ground against England [...]
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Click here to see the first end. Click here to see the second end. Click here to see the third and deciding end.
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Nine team took part in the men’s 680kg championship this morning as the European closed championship kicked off. Ireland pulled well in this competition but were made to work hard against many of the teams. The Irish lost one end to Netherlands and an end to Sweden in finishing second place. In the semi finals [...]
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The five Irish teams who took part in the 640kg competition were Boley, Lakehill, Glenhill, Gortletteragh & Donoughmore. The two Cork teams pulled extremely well just missing out on qualification finishing third in their groups. Gortletteragh were drawn in a group of death which included Engelberg & Eibergen and failed to qualify. Lakehill pulled very well to [...]
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In a cruel twist of fate arch rivals Boley & Lakehill were drawn in the same group in the 680kg competition and faced each other in the first pull of the day, a repeat of the final from two years ago. This was a grueling contest with Lakehill winning rope in both ends but Boley doing enough [...]
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The provisional national indoor fixtures are now available on the Fixtures page.
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