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JAN | | Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for December |
| Annalise Murphy knew it was going to be a challenging year, her first on the senior circuit. And despite a hugely encouraging 2008, the highlight being her fifth-place finish at the Laser Radial Youth World Championships, she expected the step up to be significant. |
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DEC | | RTE Bernard's Big Year & The Olive Loughnane Story |
| Bernard's Big Year - Wednesday 30th December at 8.00pm on RTÉ Two & Walk, Don't Run - The Olive Loughnane Story - Thursday 31st December at 8.30pm on RTÉ Two |
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DEC | | IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL Rugby stars dominate RTE Awards |
| The winners of the 2009 RTE Sports Awards were announced on Sunday night with the Ireland Grand Slam winning team and the captain Brian O'Driscoll taking the top honours. |
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DEC | | ROWING Skibbereen Rowing Club the outstanding winners at National Head of the River competition in Cork today |
| Skibbereen Rowing Club were the main winners at Rowing Ireland's National Head of the River competition held in Cork today with Mark O'Donovan and Richard Coakley taking first and second place respectively in the men's single sculls. |
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DEC | | ROWING Hundreds of rowers gather in Cork this weekend to launch Rowing Irelands new season |
| New competition format finally gets underway at National Rowing Centre at Farran Wood, Inniscara. |
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DEC | | RTE Shortlist Announced for the RTE Sports Awards 2009 |
| Irish Sports Council supports event which recognises outstanding achivements in Irish sport |
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DEC | | TABLE TENNIS Stiga Junior Challenger Event 1: Massive Success |
| Sunday 13th December saw 100 young players travel to Lucan in Dublin to participate in a new ITTA tournament, Event 1 of the STIGA Junior Challenger Series. |
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DEC | | ATHLETICS Successful SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Dublin |
| The final race of the day, the senior men's race, was once again a thrilling affair, and the performance of Mark Kenneally really had the large crowd in full voice. |
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DEC | | SWIMMING Third Irish Record for O'Neill at Europeans |
| Donal O'Neill and Aisling Cooney both missed out narrowly in qualifying for the semi-finals of their respective events today at the LEN Short Course European Swimming Championships in Istanbul. |
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DEC | | BOXING Nevin Loses President's Cup Final |
| Irish bantamweight John Joe Nevin had to settle for silver after losing his AIBA President's Cup final 7-3 to Shayimov Orzubek of Uzbekistan and Asia (2) in Baku, Azerbaijan today. |
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