Kelly Proper Competes In Sweden & Junior Team Set For Mannheim Junior Gala

Having recovered from the illness which kept her out of the European Team Championships last weekend Kelly Proper (Ferrybank AC) goes in the 200m at tonight's (25th June) Sollentuna GP in Sweden. The Waterford athletes last outing over 200m came at the meeting in Genève (6th June) when she recorded a time of 23.26 seconds which came agonisingly close to the IAAF World Championship standard of 23.20.

A group of junior athletes head to Mannheim, Germany for the annual Junior-Gala this weekend (27th-28th of June). Up and coming sprinter Ciara Neville (Emerald AC) lines up in the 100m and 4x100m relay along with Phoebe Murphy (Ferrybank AC) and Gina Akpe Moses amongst others. Joseph Ojewumi (Tallaght AC) and Zak Irwin (Sligo AC) lead a strong squad on the men's side as they contest the 100m and 200m events respectively. Irish junior 110m hurdles record holder Matthew Behan (Crusaders AC) goes in that event in Germany.

John Kelly (Finn Valley AC) - shot putt and Eoin Sheridan (North Westmeath) - discus contest their specialist events at the Gala. Sarah Lavin (UCD AC) is rounding back into top form after a 13.58 clocking at the European Team Championships in Crete last weekend. That time for Lavin was inside the European U23 qualifying time (13.80) for the 100m hurdles. Lavin goes in that event in Mannheim in search of quicker times.

Closer to home the GloHealth Juvenile Games and National Juvenile Combined Events Championships take place in Tullamore on Saturday, 27th of June. There is a packed programme of events, which will see over 800 of Ireland's young athletic talent in action in a wide range of running, jumping and throwing events. All athletes competing over the weekend have qualified through from the five regional finals (Dublin, Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht) to reach the All-Ireland Finals.