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By Dan Walsh Enniscorthy Sports Hub is to receive an additional €150,000 under the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 with Enniscorthy Sports Hub receiving €300,000, bringing the total funding under this scheme to €450,000. The additional funding for projects is being provided, in responseContinue reading “€150,000 more for Enniscorthy Sports Hub”

By Dan Walsh Wexford’s Menapians Athletic Club receives €5,000 funding under this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative hosted and organised by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.  Under the scheme – like that which proved successful last year when the Wexford County award was presented to Kilmore United FCContinue reading “Wexford’s Menapians AC receives sports funding”

By Dan Walsh A Wexford man is grabbing international headlines having been sensationally nominated for the ‘greatest athlete of all time’ award. The ‘greatest athlete of all time’ accolade is awarded in recognition of athletic achievement in the World Games, a non-Olympic international sporting competition with contestants from as far afield as Russia and theContinue reading “Is Ballycullane man ‘greatest athlete of all time’?”

By Dan Walsh The death has taken place of George Blackburn, (82), after a short illness, the legendary coach at Westbury Harriers in Bristol and Irish international cross-country runner who was a native of County Wexford. Son of the late Tom and Annie, George was born at Ballydawmore, Monageer, in 1938, he was an ourstandingContinue reading “Death of legendary athlete George Blackburn”