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Limerick 2013 Half Marathon report

May 5t 2013, Limerick Half Marathon race. We decided to drive down, from Dublin the day before. Registration and race number collection are done the days before hand. Our hotel of choice is the Travellodge just outside of town, at 45 euro per night a steal. The room...

Eriksson quits post

British Athletics has confirmed that Head Coach Peter Eriksson will be leaving his post at the end of June, having asked to be released from his contract in order to return to Canada to be with his family. Eriksson led the Paralympic programme to a third place finish...

Partridge and Samuels selected for Worlds

British Athletics have announced two athletes selected to represent the GB & NI team in the marathon at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, in August. Susan Partridge (coach: Steve Jones) was selected following a three minute personal best of...

New 800m Relay Record

There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. The GB & NI women’s 4x800m team set a new British record of 8:13.46 as they...

APD A Barrier To Tourism Growth

Ministers, Airports and tourism leaders have joined forces to demand that Air Passenger Duty (APD) be devolved as soon as possible. Ahead of the busy summer holiday season, figures illustrate that the latest increase means that from 1st April, a family of four flying...