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Zoe Hobbs & Sam Ruthe Book Diamond League Starts
Zoe Hobbs has secured a prestigious start at the iconic Monaco Diamond League, her 10.94s performance in Ostrava all but confirming her start in the principality. Hobbs will face 2024 Olympic gold medalist, Julien Alfred of St Lucia. Hobbs will first race in Nancy on the 4th, before heading to Monaco on the 11th. Joining Zoe in Monaco will be 2024 Olympic High Jump Champion, Hamish Kerr. Kerr returns to the Diamond League circuit after a short break on New Zealand shores. Kerr headlines the meet as the returning 2024 champion. Now 16-year-old Sam Ruthe joins Sam Tanner in the international mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene USA. Ruthe aims to be the youngest ever to break 4 minutes in the mile on USA soil, a record currently held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen. While the international mile is technically the B race at the meet, with the Bowerman Mile the headline mile, the field is not short of quality. Featuring 3:50 miler Cooper Teare, USA's top high-schooler Owen Powell. George Beamish won this race in 2021, when he kicked down a celebrating Craig Engels for a 'textbook George' moment. Anna Grimaldi stars in an ever growing para-program at the Prefontaine Classic. Competing in a mixed-classification 100m para. She'll line up against USA's Brittni Mason who finished ahead of Grimaldi at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games over the 100m T47. Mitch Joynt will also line up at the 50th edition of the Pre Classic in the 200m T62 / T64 Para. 3 July: Folksam Grand Prix Karlstad World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Lauren Bruce - Hammer Throw 5 July: Prefontaine Classic (Eugene, USA) Diamond League Tom Walsh - Shot Put Maddi Wesche - Shot Put Anna Grimaldi - 100m Mixed Classification Para Mitch Joynt - 200m T62 / T64 Para Sam Tanner - International Mile Sam Ruthe - International Mile Watch live on the Diamond League Youtube Channel 7 July: Meeting International de Sotteville (Sotteville, France) World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Olivia McTaggart - Pole Vault 9 July: Cork City Sports (Cork, Ireland) World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Lauren Bruce - Hammer Throw 11 July: Meeting Herculis (Monaco, Monaco) Diamond League Hamish Kerr - High Jump Zoe Hobbs - 100m Watch live on the Diamond League Youtube Channel World University Games The Athletics New Zealand contingent will compete in Germany at the 2025 FISU World University Games. The team includes NZ 400m record holder, Lex Revell-Lewis, 2024 World U20 Triple Jump Champion, Ethan Olivier, and 2024 NCAA 1500m silver medalist Kimberly May. The competition schedule is currently TBC, with competition dates from 21-27 July. Selected Men: Lex Revell-Lewis – University of Auckland – 400m (Nuree Greenhalgh) Tommy Te Puni – University of Auckland – 200m (Elena Brown) Liam Back – Providence College – 5,000m (Ray Treacy) Toby Gualter – North Carolina State University – 5,000m and 10,000m (Alistair Leslie) Shay Veitch – University of Otago – Long Jump (Michael Beable) Ethan Olivier – North West University Potchefstroom – Triple Jump (Wikus Olivier) Nick Palmer – Massey University – Shot Put (Hayden Hall) Anthony Barmes – Drake University – Hammer Throw (Mike Schofield) Selected Women: Maddie Wilson – University of Canterbury – Heptathlon (James Sandilands) Hannah Adye – University of Auckland – Pole Vault (James Steyn) Jordyn Blake – University of Auckland – Relay specialist, 200m* (James Mortimer) Annalies Kalma – University of Nevada – 400m, Relay (Shantel Twiggs) Isabel Neal – University of Auckland – 400m, Relay (James Mortimer) Marielle Venida – University of Auckland – Relay, 100m, 200m (Kerry Hill) Eva Pringle – University of Otago – 3000m SC, 5000m (Craig Kirkwood) Peyton Leigh – Princeton University – 5000m (Brad Hunt) Emma Douglass – Wake Forest University – 800m (Brandon Hazouri) Kimberley May – Providence College – 1500m (Ray Treacy)
Irish Independent
30-05-2025
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Around the Districts: Killavullen, Meelin and Rockchapel
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert Exams Wishing the very best of luck to all the young people of our Parish who are beginning their state exams on June 4th. We know this can be a challenging and stressful time, but take heart—you have already shown great strength and determination in your journey so far. Remember to do your best, take it one step at a time, and know that your value is not defined by a grade or a result. These exams do not measure your kindness, your compassion, your sense of community, or the light you bring to those around you. To Our Leaving Cert Students: As you begin your exams and take your next steps beyond school, know that your community is thinking of you and wishing you every success on the path ahead—wherever it may lead. Congratulations on completing this important chapter of your life. Remember: Make your life the best it can be. Each day is a blank page, and while not every word will be yours to choose, you hold the pen. Write your story with courage, kindness, and heart. Trust in the guidance of a Greater Hand, and there will always be hope in your tomorrows. Follow your dreams. Work hard. Be kind. Goodness will reward, and smiles will find their way back to you. Secondary Students are on their holidays We wish all second level students a safe and happy summer holiday from school. When you are out and about on the roads please be safe, and be seen. Wear your high-vis jackets and helmets when cycling. We wish the secondary school staff among us a restful and healthy summer break too. Bus drivers – thank you! We are fortunate to have a wonderful and efficient bus service bringing our second level students to and from school on a daily basis. We wish you a lovely summer break too and thank you for all your kindness to our young people on their daily commute. Parish Sports The annual Parish Sports will take place on Sunday June 15th in Killavullen GAA pitch. This event is open to all children living in the Parish and to those who attend Killavullen NS, Ballygown NS and Rahan NS. Cork City Sports Cork City Sports takes place this Thursday, May 29th with participants from Killavullen NS and Ballygown NS running representing their schools. The boys will race in the morning, and the girls will run in the afternoon. Wishing the very best of luck to all the young athletes taking part. Remember, it's not just about winning—having the honour of representing your school on such a big stage is a wonderful achievement in itself. Chiropody Dates Appointments with our friendly and dedicated chiropodist Patricia are now available for June 14th and July 5th. Please contact her at 086 3225052 to arrange an appointment. Lotto Killavullen Community Council Lotto takes place twice a week. The bonus ball of the National Lottery draw is the winning number each Wednesday and Saturday evening. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more Last week's winners were John O'Hanlon and Orla O'Regan both having the lucky bonus numbers. Congratulations and thank you to one and all for your support. Schools enrolling Killavullen and Ballygown National Schools are accepting applications for new enrolments in September 2025. Please contact the schools for further details. GAA club news Win for Ballyclough in Div 1 Football - Last Saturday night in Killavullen, on a rock-hard pitch, that looked excellent, but very greasy after the sprinkling of rain, that fell throughout the game, Killavullen brought their Avondhu division 1 Football League Program for 2025 to an end, with defeat to Ballyclough. After contesting the last three league finals, this year, Killavullen finished in mid-table with the final to be contested on Wednesday, June 4th in Buttevant between Mallow and Charleville. With nothing on the line, Killavullen and Ballyclough served up a good game of football, to be fair to both teams. Eddie Cotter opened the scoring for Killavullen only for Ballyclough to equalize shortly thereafter. The Ballyclough full forward line was very good on the night, with the man in the middle, Damien Buckley pivotal to a lot of their success, and he showed power, and a little bit of finesse, to gather a ball, shrug off our full back, and finished emphatically to the net past Billy Norris in our goals to open up a decent lead. That lead was stretched out further when their lively corner forward, and both of the players on the flanks could fit that description cut inside our trailing corner back, and in attempting to score a point, the ball went under the crossbar, and into our net. We then lost Patrick Angland to a quad injury and Seamus Cronin was introduced in his place, and Seamus went on to have a very fine game. Ballyclough added another point from play, but we received a lifeline into the game, when Colm Looney was bundled over in the box, and the referee, Michael Sheehan awarded a penalty. Eoin Birchill dispatched it with assurance into the net. Ballyclough were to respond and score another well worked team point, but we replied with a brace of scores, the first from Mark Nagle, and the second from Eddie Cotter. Ballyclough responded with a point from a close in free, but Eddie got that point back for us again, from open play. We lost Seamus Fox to a nasty and painful hand injury after an innocuous challenge forced him to fall awkwardly on the hard ground, and he was replaced by David Walsh. Colm Looney scored a point for us, and Ronan Barry finished the scoring for us for the opening half, but just enough time remained for Ballyclough to pop over one last point, to leave us only two points adrift at the short whistle, 1-06 to 2-05, which was admirable after the dreadful start. Killavullen rotated their goal keepers for the second half, as they seek to find a replacement for Michael Walsh, now living it up, in Chicago for the summer on a J1 visa. Ballyclough, playing now towards the Monanimy castle end took a grip around the middle of the field, when we struggled to win primary possession and they reeled off four points in quick succession, to open up a commanding lead again. That lead would have been more, but for our replacement goalkeeper, in Darragh O Connor pulling off an excellent full-length diving save, from a good Ballyclough shot, that skidded and zipped off the hard ground, making the save more impressive. Eoin Birchill scored a close in free for us, after descent from the Ballyclough line saw the referee advance the free, some 50 metres. Ballyclough scored again to bring their tally to 2-10 but Sean Plamer, industrious as always on the night scored a lovely score on the run. We scored a point from Eoin again, after he remained calm in and around their goals, that was now under a considerable siege. Colm Looney was unfortunate to see a shot from him, rebound off the cross bar, and when he gathered it again, his goal bound shot was cleared off the line, by the retreating corner back. That goal that we had been threatening to get for close on five minutes, we had earlier failed to capitalize with a two on one situation, came when Sean Palmer finished unequivocally to the net with a driven shot from the ground, after the ball squirmed around the goal line for a while, and broke out to Sean, who had no hesitation in applying the powerful drive, that beat all comers in front of him. Eoin then brought us to a level score with a free, to complete an impressive comeback. However, we did not press on, and it was Ballyclough who scored next, after a 45 meter shot that had a low trajectory seemed to squirm through some defender's hands, change the flight of the ball and deflected past a helpless Darragh in our goals. Ballyclough regained the momentum in and around midfield, and seizing their opportunity, reeling off three further points, the latter from Damien Buckley again, emphasizing his worth to the team. We pressed and got repelled by the resolute Ballyclough rear guard, and passed over another goal opportunity, but we did get the final score of the game, courtesy of Billy Norris. League form is all about getting your best players on the field as often as possible, and that did not happen for us in 2025, for a myriad of reasons. However the league does present opportunities for others to shine, and that certainly did occur in 2025, so positives to take from the league before our championship begins in Junior A Football. Our opening game is against Kilworth on the 26th of July. The Killavullen shop was again in operation, and between this game and an earlier juvenile blitz, it was very busy on the night. Well done to all involved. Lotto Jackpot won again - Only one week after there was two local winners of the GAA lotto, the jackpot was won again Tuesday night, 20th May in the draw, which took place in the Community Centre. The numbers drawn were 3, 19 and 20. The jackpot on the night was at €1,000. Nicholas O'Neill had matched these three numbers and so won the prize. Nicholas bought his ticket in from John Angland. The winners of the lucky dips were as follows: €50 – John Beechinor (seller John Beechinor) €30 – Mary Deady (seller Mary Deady); €20 – John O'Flynn (seller Haven Bar). The next jackpot on Tuesday night, 27th May will be at €1,000 when we start all over again, with a new jackpot. Killavullen club pick three numbers from thirty six which means that the lotto can easily be won, just you have to play, to have a chance. Purchase your ticket from any committee member or from our website- Thank you for your anticipated and ongoing support. Next Adult Games - Killavullen play Nemo Rangers, in the Red FM Div 7 County League in hurling next Friday night, 30th May in a game to be played in Trabeg at 7.30pm. Killavullen then play Charleville, in their concluding league game, in Avondhu Division 4 hurling league, on Saturday night, the 31st in Killavullen at 5pm. Killavullen and Ballyhooly have qualified for the final, of the Division Four league, before this concluding game. That final is likely to be played in and around 13th to 17th June. As is the normal for adult games at the moment, Killavullen GAA will be effecting a shop, from the Red Container, underneath the score board. Killavullen Player in Primary School Game – Congratulations to Aveen Curtin who was selected last Sunday, to play in a packed Pairc Ui Chaoimh, at the half time interlude between Cork and Waterford. Aveen and her team mates got stuck into a lively game with their counterparts from Waterford, mirroring the adult game. After the game, with Cork qualifying for a Munster final, against Limerick, in Limerick, on Saturday, 7th June, local photographer John Hannon captured what these players do, the unseen stuff, that endears them to their fans. John and his trusty camera captured Patrick Horgan, still on the field, long after the vast sway of the crowd had left the stadium, signing autographs. Great photos – great history, captured in a moment. Golf Classic Good interest in been expressed in our annual Golf Classic, which is creeping up steadily upon us. Killavullen GAA Golf Classic for 2025 will be on in Doneraile Golf Club, on 13th and 14th June. At this juncture, the club would be confident that all of the available team slots will sell out, but Golf Classics are successful or not depending, on the amount of other revenue streams, that they can bring in, from Tee and Green sponsorship. There is also competitions, for the longest drive for men and women, and nearest the pin on the 8th hole, plus a raffle on the days; it will make for a very enjoyable occasion. Please contact any club official, if you would like to partake, or indeed, assist the club in sponsoring of a green or Tee box. There are a number of ways to support this event: Enter a team of 3 People for €120; the format is Champagne Scramble and there are times available from 11am to 5pm. We also have a limited number of tee slots, on Friday afternoon. There are a number of excellent prizes for the winners and a meal is included Sponsor a Tee Box for €100; Have your company name displayed on a tee box Sponsor a Landing Green for €50; Have your company name displayed in and around the landing green area If you would like to play or advertise we would be delighted to have you involved. You can revert to John O Donovan on 086-3934232 or simply reserve a slot for your team to MEELIN Grotto Mass The annual Grotto Mass will take place on Friday 30th May at 8.00pm. Cliona Hagan at Quinlans Quinlans Beer Garden presents Cliona Hagan on Sunday 15th June. Glen Rambler 4.00–6.00pm; Cliona Hagan 6.00–8.00pm. Tickets €20. Tel 087 7670755. ROCKCHAPEL Rockchapel Gathering Weekend The much-anticipated Rockchapel Gathering Weekend 2025 was launched in festive fashion on Saturday night last at Murphy's Bar, where a large and enthusiastic crowd gathered to kick off the countdown to one of the most exciting weekends in the village calendar. The evening began with a warm welcome from MC Louise Curtin, who thanked the local community and supporters for turning out in such impressive numbers. A video highlights reel of the 2024 Gathering Weekend brought a wave of fond memories and set the tone for what's to come. Councillor Bernard Moynihan, representing the Lord Mayor of Cork, addressed the crowd and spoke passionately about the value of community events in rural areas. He praised the work of the organising committee and stressed the importance of continued support and funding for villages like Rockchapel. Louise then took a moment to acknowledge the vital financial backing received from the Windmill Association in 2024, without which the Rockchapel Gathering Weekend would not have gotten off the ground. She introduced Chairman Patrick Browne, who echoed her gratitude and praised the committee's dedication, revealing that over 250 hours of meetings have already taken place to prepare for the upcoming festival. A major highlight of the night was the introduction of the captains for this year's eagerly awaited Three Counties Challenge a vibrant variety show that pits Cork, Kerry, and Limerick against one another in music, dance, and drama. Louise introduced Kerry's co-captains Sheila Heery and Shelagh O'Connor, Limerick captain Con Herbert, and Cork's Eily Mai Hickey. Each captain was honoured with a heartwarming video of well wishes, followed by the presentation of their county flags by none other than the Lord Mayor of Rockchapel, Ita Geaney. The formalities concluded with a heartfelt thanks to Murphy's Bar for hosting the night and to the many sponsors whose support makes the festival possible. The evening then transitioned into a lively traditional music session that continued late into the night, featuring a blend of Irish music and song that created a truly magical atmosphere. The Rockchapel Gathering Weekend 2025 will take place from June 6th to 8th, promising a packed programme of entertainment for all ages: Friday, June 6th: The weekend opens with a concert at Bruach na Carraige at 8pm, featuring acclaimed Fermanagh band Tully, with support from Rockchapel's own McAuliffe Family. Saturday, June 7th: The ever-popular Community Cuppa returns, with music from Jim Kiely and Friends, and magic for the kids. Afternoon events include a kids' music session in Murphy's Bar hosted by John McNulty and a singing session in Paddy Molly's Bar hosted by Eibhlín and Liam Broderick. The day culminates in the Three Counties Challenge Variety Show in Rockchapel Community Centre. Sunday, June 8th: Festivities begin with a traditional Trad Mass, followed by a lively Craft Fair on the Church grounds. Family fun abounds with an Animal Roadshow, face painting, art corner, kids' tractor run, and more. Food and refreshments will be available all weekend will close with a free outdoor concert, starting with Up in Smoke (3:305:30pm), followed by The Rising (68pm), and DJ Donal keeping the party going into the night. Pub sessions will also take place nightly, with all musicians welcome to join.
