‘Ehmmm' – Sharlene Mawdsley encounters unexpected problem on first trip abroad since GAA boyfriend reveal
SHARLENE Mawdsley has flown to Italy to compete in an athletics meet - but found that this May Italian job isn't as sunny as you may expect.
The 26-year-old charted her journey to Savona on
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'Me and my tatted passport against the world, and how is it already time for racing season?'
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The view looked pretty warm as her plane prepared to land
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At one stage in the day the conditions looked to be decent
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However, the weather forecast for the week indicates it'll be an up and down spell for the northern city which is close to Italy's border with France
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The sprinter will be competing in the 14th International Savona Meeting today as it is only a one-day competition.
It will be her first competitive action
She did so by posting a pic of them on the pitch after the Premier's Munster Championship
But that wasn't the first time she'd been in attendance to cheer on Liam Cahill's side this year.
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In the wake of the her relationship update,
She
So it's no wonder why a few more in the know people who commented on her post felt a relationship announcement was overdue.
Stephanie wrote: "Awwwww Shar about time (love heart emoji)."
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Meanwhile fellow Olympian Cathal Doyle added: "Loving the hard launch Sharlene."
Elsewhere, Mike hailed: "Two of Tipp's finest athletes. Magic."
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And lastly,
Tipp had not beaten the Déise in the Championship since 2019.
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They also failed to win back-to-back Championship matches since 2019 and had not won a SHC match at home since then either.
All of those items were crossed off the bucket list in front of 28,758 fans at Semple Stadium.
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On Sunday she revealed she's in a relationship with fellow Tipperary native Michael Breen
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She'll be competing in the 400metres today at the International Savona Meeting
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And boss Cahill expressed delight at his side banishing the ghosts of past campaigns with yesterday's 1-30 to 1-21 win.
He declared: 'We, and I say management, coaches, everybody involved, didn't represent that jersey correctly last year. It weighed very hard on us over the winter.
'We took unbelievable inspiration from our minors last year with the way they grounded out the All-Ireland.
'Leaving Nowlan Park, I was so happy to be a Tipperary man but I was also so embarrassed that our flagship team didn't follow that and set that trend.
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'We had to rely on a group of younger players in Tipperary to show us the Tipperary way.
'My players acknowledge that. We've made the necessary adjustments to the personnel in the dressing room and they've gone after everything they've been asked.
'They've backed me to the hilt in what I had to do. Everybody has worked extremely hard and I'm just happy now that we're one of the three out of Munster."
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