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Team Ireland Diver Watson ‘Excited’ For Semi-Final

Team Ireland diver Tanya Watson qualified for the Tokyo 2020 10m Platform Semi-Final on Wednesday morning.

Watson is the first female diver to represent Team Ireland at an Olympic Games.

The 19-year-old faced 29 of the world’s best in the preliminaries on Wednesday morning but dived well throughout the round to score a total of 289.40 points across her five dives, which saw her finish 16th overall.

Watson posted scores around the 60 mark with each of her dives and was rewarded with a semi-final position for her work.

Her first dive, a back two-and-a-half somersault, earned the diver her highest marks with a score of 62.40.

The divers with the top 18 scores in this round progress to Thursday morning’s semi-finals, and the top 12 scorers in those semi-finals will compete for the Olympic medals in the Final later that day.

Watson will have the opportunity to be one of those 12 in her first appearance at the Olympic Games.

“I feel great, and just excited to go out there again and do my dives and get through again tomorrow,” Watson said.

“My first dive was pretty good for me, everything was consistent, so all my dives were on the head. My plan into the semi-finals is that I personally want to enjoy it again.

“I did really good diving today, so I’m really excited to find that again. Also tomorrow, I want to work on my entries into the water.”

Damian Ball, National Head Coach for Diving, was impressed with Tanya’s performance and praised her consistency.

“Consistency is key in these moments and that’s exactly what Tanya showed today, she competed with a cool head with solid dives,” Ball exclaimed.

“Today’s score was 18 points higher than the score Tanya achieved to qualify for the Olympic Games.  We are looking forward to tomorrow’s semi-final and will fight for a spot in the finals .”

The semi-finals begin at 2 am Irish time at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Team Ireland Triple Olympian Natalya Coyle Ready For Tokyo

Team Ireland modern pentathlon athlete Natalya Coyle is ready to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Coyle has grown more comfortable with life as an elite pentathlete with every passing Olympic cycle and is carrying the hopes of a nation into the world’s biggest sporting event.

So much so that the 30-year-old from Meath heads into her third Olympic Modern Pentathlon with a steely determination to, in her own words, “get the job done”.

There are many reasons why Coyle is taking a hard-headed approach to the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games, where she competes over the next two days.

There is the adversity thrust upon her by COVID-19 and the 12-month postponement of the Games – which ultimately contributed to her fiancé Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe missing out on a third Olympics due to injury.

There is the confidence that she has in her own performance levels, topped up by a 5th place finish at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final and what is described as a highly successful Team Ireland preparatory camp in Fukuroi.

There is also the acknowledgement from Coyle that this is an Olympic Games like no other, missing the allure she encountered in London and Rio of the carnivalesque atmosphere and the friends and family in the crowd roaring her on.

On the eve of the start of the women’s competition, Coyle, who finished 9th in 2012 and 6th in 2016, said: “I think my relationship with the Olympics has definitely changed. It’s been great for me to see the passion of other teams – like when the hockey girls qualified. That really reminds you of that original love for it.

“For me now, I think it’s really exciting and a great honour but I also see it more pragmatically – there’s a job to be done. And especially in this Covid era, it’s kinda weird – there is a job to be done and Covid has gotten rid of all the razzmatazz of the Olympics anyway.

“I think this time around, for me, I feel there’s a job that I can do and that’s the way I look at it.

“I still love it, and I’m really excited to watch everything, but I’ve gone to my third Games now and when I think back to my first one, I just wanted to qualify and I was so excited. This time, even before I did my qualifiers I was thinking ‘oh, I’m going to qualify, there’s a different job to be done…it’s just a different kind of feeling.”

Coyle tends to take a balanced view to the five disciplines – swimming, fencing, riding, running and laser shooting – although her focus on fencing in camp indicates the importance of scoring on the piste, where medals can be won and lost.

She had five fencing sparring partners in Fukuroi, including Irish pentathletes Tom O’Brien and Isobel Radford Dodd.

Coyle believes that her fencing has improved as a result of her training.

“I have a really good fencing coach, Andrei Fedotov, and he kind of inspires a lot of confidence in me.

“Before London and Rio where I had really, really good Olympic performances, I really hadn’t the same standard of performance in other events throughout the year.

“They were really good showcases and I’m delighted how they went, but they were a bit isolated. This time around, coming into these Games, I have a string of medals and then in my last competition, I came fifth in the World Cup Final.

“I’ve steadily been getting more consistent and better across the years, so I definitely think I can get better each Games. I’ve been in medal positions multiple times now, so I don’t get as nervous as I used to.”

While firmly focused on peak performance on the other side of the world, Coyle was still keeping half an eye on the future of Irish pentathlon during a prep camp that she said was as good as any she had attended.

Coyle said that the logistics involved in preparing for Tokyo 2020 is out of this world and that Team Ireland has really gone above and beyond to help every athlete.

She added that she was able to come as prepared as possible to the camp and then into the village afterwards.

“I had my fencing coach with me, which was great, and Martina McCarthy is our Performance Director so I was really surrounded by training partners.

“It was nice to see other Team Ireland athletes as well, even though you were going round in masks trying to figure out who’s who!

“The other two pentathletes in camp were Tom O’Brien and Isabelle Radford-Dodd, who is a young junior athlete and it was important for her to see a Games like this, it will inspire her for the future.

“I think it’s a tough sport to do. The amount of training you have to put in is a huge amount – it’s three or four sessions every day and that’s tough.

“Hopefully pentathlon can continue on getting stronger in Ireland because it would be nice to see after all the work we’ve put in. Unfortunately, I don’t have my crystal ball, but we do have some good youth athletes coming up and hopefully, that can just keeping getting better.”

To see a list of all Team Ireland athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, click here.

Competition schedule

Thursday, August 5

Women’s Final 

5 am-8.30 am: Fencing Ranking Round

Friday, August 6

Women’s Final

6.30 am: Swimming

7.45 am: Fencing Bonus Round

9.15 am: Riding

11.30 am: Laser Run

Olympic Golf: Team Ireland Golfers Have Unspectacular 1st Round

Team Ireland golfers Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow had eventful back nines but an overall unspectacular first round at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.

Maguire achieved par on the shortened course to finish the first day of the tournament tied-23rd.

Meadow ended her first round one stroke behind her Team Ireland teammate on one-over-par.

Maguire maintained par across both nines and had an even day that had some scattered birdies and bogies, leading to an entertaining finish.

After a calm first three holes, the Cavan golfer bogeyed the par-three hole four but immediately made amends with her birdie on hole five.

She made par on every hole after this until the eleventh hole, where she bogeyed and was two shots outside of the top 10.

Maguire did her best to chew away at the two-shot gap but was unable to make a change to it.

An eventful finish saw her achieve two birdies in the last five holes but bogey the sixteenth to keep her score level after 18 holes.

Stephanie Meadow had a worse start to her day than eight pars on the first 10 holes, bogeying three of the first 11 without reply.

The golfer did get her eight pars but the lack of any score below that saw her creep down the table and lose sight of her Team Ireland teammate.

Two bogeys in a row to begin the back nine is not an ideal start that any golfer would dream of but Meadow reacted well after posting a 37 on the front nine.

She was on a crash course for a round of 74 before she countered her poor holes with two birdies in a row on the 16th and 17th holes.

A par on hole 18 kept her above par after the first round but a strong finish showed viewers what she is capable of and she sits tied-36th, three off the top 10.

The pair will return to the course tomorrow for round two, with Meadow scheduled to tee-off at 0:52 am and Maguire expected to get going at 1:47 am.

Olympic Equestrian Final: O’Connor misses final jump-off by 1 point

Team Ireland had three riders going for medal places in the Jumping Individual final in the Tokyo Equestrian Park this morning

This is the first time that three Irish riders have made an individual final; Darragh Kenny riding Cartello, Bertram Allen on Pacino Amiro and Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor on Kilkenny.

Kenny and Allen finished in the top seven fastest times in the qualifiers but all three riders have shown their capabilities of finishing on the podium.

To read more about the excellent qualifying performances by the Irish, click here.

The horses will have to do 14 sets of jumps including some triple fences and a 4m jump over water. They will have 88 seconds to finish the course with a four point penalty for any knocked fences and 1 points for every second over.

Equestrian – Jumping Individual Final

Cian O’Connor was the sixth rider up and Ireland’s first. Riding Kilkenny, he came in after watching many penalties and two retired horse before him.

He started brilliantly, clearing every fence up until the water with ease. This continued with his experience and class shown throughout the course guiding Kilkenny home in 88.45 seconds.

He received no faults but will be disappointed to get one single time penalty. With this high, challenging track it was first after seven horses.

O’Connor and Kilkenny were finally knocked out of the podium positions by the 15th rider. He eventually finished the event in an impressive joint seventh place.

A while later and Allen was up 25th riding Pacino Amiro. He made a quick start showing good space over each obstacle until 6A where a wobble lead to the horse knocking a fence.

He evened himself out again but knew that the medal was now out of his grasp, he knocked over one more fence at 12 before finishing.

Allen and Pacino Amiro finished the event in 15th in a time of 84.64.

The penultimate rider of the event was Ireland’s Kenny on Cartello. The world number nine started very well, casually jumping the early fences. All was going great until a double fence caught the horse off guard and a plank was knocked.

The Irishman continued on and knocked one more fence on his way to finishing the course in 85.11 seconds. This gave him a final position of 17th in the event.

The final had to be decided with a six-way jump-off. Team GB’s Ben Maher on Explosion W got gold, while Peder Fredricson on All In came second and Maikel van der Vleuten on Beauville Z bronze.

Cormac Kenny from Kilkenny was the groom for the Dutch rider that came in third for another Irish contingent at the Games.

These three Irishmen and their horses are not finished with their chances of an Olympic medal and will take part in the team event on Friday morning.

Premier League new boys: Assessing the chances of Norwich City, Watford and Brentford

As the 2020-21 Premier League season draws close, Norwich City, Watford and Brentford are gearing up to fight for their survival. With most of the attention focused on the Premier League 2021/2022 winner odds, it’s always hard to know what to expect from the promoted sides with every new season.

Of course, for Norwich and Watford, it’s a chance to put right what went wrong in the 2019/20 campaign. Both sides were relegated at the end of that campaign, with neither able to show the quality needed to survive. By contrast, Brentford are tasting the giddy delights of the English top flight for the first time since the 1940s, and their goal will be to make the most of their return to the big time. Let’s have a look at each individual team’s chances.

Norwich City

Whilst Norwich played some beautiful football in their last spell in the Premier League, the reality was that they simply did not have enough quality to survive, particularly in defensive areas. Having stuck with Daniel Farke as the man in charge, it’ll be interesting to see how the German coach approaches this latest attempt at Premier League survival.

They’ve been dealt a blow this summer with the departure of midfielder Emiliano Buendía, but they have re-invested the money made from the sale by bringing in Pierre Lees Meloufrom Nice and Billy Gilmour on loan from Chelsea. Other acquisitions include winger Milot Rashica, centre-back Ben Gibson, left-back Dimitrios Giannoulis and goalkeeper Angus Gunn.

It’s hard to know how Norwich will fare, but their experiences from two years ago should stand them in better stead to deliver a solid attempt at survival. Just as in the 2019/20 campaign, they start their season against Liverpool, and that will be a good litmus test for their survival hopes.

Watford

Having spent five successive seasons in the Premier League, Watford’s relegation saw the club’s tendency towards managerial upheaval finally catch up with them. Nonetheless, they dusted themselves down last season under Xisco, and worked their way back into the top flight by winning automatic promotion from the Championship.

It’ll be interesting to see how long Xisco lasts, as the club’s hierarchy do not tolerate poor results, and Watford may be up against it in terms of their survival hopes — if the football betting tips are anything to go by. They’ve made a few decent signings this summer, including left-back Danny Rose from Tottenham on a free transfer, which could prove to be a shrewd bit of business.

Brentford

After agonisingly losing out in the play-off final at the hands of Fulham in the 2019/20 season, Brentford put things right by winning last season’s Wembley showpiece against Swansea City. Now, they have a maiden Premier League campaign to look forward to, with their brand-new stadium set to welcome a full crowd for the first time.

For Brentford, keeping their squad together has been the main aim, and they have largely done that. It will be interesting to see if striker Ivan Toney can continue his meteoric rise and hit the same goalscoring heights in the Premier League as he did in the Championship. Coach Thomas Frank will be relishing the chance to prove himself at the highest level, so don’t be surprised if Brentford pull up a few trees this season.

 

Rachael Blackmore, the Irish Horse Racing Prodigy!

Ireland is the most famous country in Europe for horse racing. The country has many racetracks.Some horse races are real events, and last between 3 days and a whole week! It’s customary to go celebrate the holidays by attending a horse race!

Betting on Horse Racing, a Trend in Ireland

In Ireland, a horse race is an opportunity to experience great moments! Pretty dresses, big hats, distinguished attire, and of course fervour and excitement are on the program of these races. The events are then numerous: obstacle course, flat race. Everything is good for having fun and admiring the prowess of Irish jockeys. If you are by nature a gamer, you should know that betting is possible at any racetrack in Ireland. One way to spice up the game a bit and make yourself happy. Sports Betting and horse racing betting (referred to as turf about the grass on which horses run) are increasingly popular.

The Most Popular Racetracks in Ireland

Some races have also become real institutions, like the one in Ballybrit, not far from Galway, where more than 150,000 people flock to the racetrack to fill up on adrenaline! Among the racetracks to see is the site of Layton in County Louth, where wonderful horse races are held on the county’s beaches. The beauty of the place and the surrounding effervescence make it an extraordinary and exceptional place. There is also Listowel in County Kerry. This racecourse is one of Ireland’s oldest horse racing venues, and the Irish love to race there. Atmosphere and strong emotions guaranteed.

Rachael Blackmore, First Irish Woman Jockey on the Prize List

Rachael Blackmore is an Irish jockey. In 2021, she became the first female jockey to win the prestigious English Grand National horse racing prize. This obstacle course has been the toughest horse show since 1927. No jockey and very few coaches imagined that a woman could ever win it. The obstacle gallop world awaited him with curiosity on May 23 at Auteuil, for the Grand Steeplechase de Paris. As a child, she wanted to be a veterinarian, used to her father’s farm in the heart of Irish County Tipperary, caring for animals and especially horses. Like all the Irish children in the countryside, she rode a pony. It is true that Rachael Blackmore had such a good disposition that she won all the local races as a teenager. What to forge a sacred mind and a solid confidence in his abilities. However, she did not lose sight of her vocation, encouraged by her teacher mother, delighted at the prospect of her daughter remaining in the rural world while escaping the hard constraints of farming life. Given her excellent skills in leading horses to victory, her university entourage began to push her to become a professional jockey. Without giving up her studies, she tried her luck as an amateur and won her first race at 20. Very quickly, the Irish woman impressed the male world of horse racing in Ireland. To the point of posting 320 victories to date in six years of racing, including the most prestigious of the obstacle courses on Sunday 10 April: The Grand National of Liverpool, a steeplechase. “It’s an achievement, it is impossible,” said coach Guillaume Macaire. A few weeks earlier, the young rider had won, under the colours of her head trainer, the Irish Henry de Bromhead, the Champion hurdle, aka the most prestigious British hurdle race, flagship race of the Cheltenham Festival considered by the profession as a kind of sector Olympics. Here too, a first for women, especially as she won four other races at this very high-level meeting.

Olympic Diving: Watson flips into semi-final

Team Ireland’s second diver was in action this morning as Tanya Watson took to the Tokyo Aquatic centre for the preliminary round

This was Watson’s debut at an Olympics Games at the age of 19. She finished seventh in the European Senior Championships so came with hopes of qualifying for the semi-final.

She took part in the women’s 10m platform dive preliminary rounds. The top 18 scoring athletes after five dives would make the next round tomorrow.

Earlier this week, Ireland’s Oliver Dingley took to the diving pool, Watson will want to improve on his disappointing finish.

To read more about Ireland in the Tokyo diving competition, click here.

Women’s 10m Platform – Preliminary Round

Watson was the third woman to take the platform. She began her set with a Back two and a half somersault, one and a half twist. She slightly over rotated which gave her a slightly bigger splash on entry than she would have wanted.

With a difficulty of 3.2 it was a tough first dive but paid off with her scoring 62.40, putting her joint 13th.

Next up she went for one of her easier dives, a Forward three and a half somersault. Other than the slightly big splash, she performed the 3.0 difficulty dive very well.

After round two the added score of 57.00, she was now in 14th.

Her next dive was a difficulty 2.9, Back two and half somersault. Holding a good pike position she only scored a 52.20, now she was placing 16th.

With two dives left, she attempted an Inward two and a half somersault. A clean tuck and good entry, she scored a well needed 60.20.

With just a single round left, Watson gave herself a great chance of qualifying still in 16th with 15 points to spare.

Watson finished with an Inward three and a half somersault with a 3.2 difficulty degree. Although the dive was not perfect, a score of 57.60 was enough to see the Irish woman through in 16th place with a total of 289.40 points.

The preliminary round has showed that this competition is going to be contested between China’s Hongchan Quan and Yuxi Chen,  and USA’s Delaney Schnell who blitzed the scoreboard.

The semi-final will take place at 02:00 tomorrow morning with the top 12 divers qualifying for the final.

GAA.ie Football Team Of The Week 3/8/2021

The GAA.ie Football Team of the Week for the Ulster and Leinster Senior Football Championship finals has been revealed.

Five players from the provincial champions, Dublin and Tyrone, make an appearance in the latest team of the week.

Three spots are awarded to Leinster runners-up Kildare who had some individual gems against Dublin on Sunday in Croke Park.

The final two spots are filled by Monaghan players after their spirited second-half display put Tyrone to the sword.

Monaghan goalkeeper Rory Beggan is one-half of his county’s representatives and earned his spot in the team after a magnificent display in the Ulster final.

The sweeper-keeper offered a different option to Tyrone counterpart Niall Morgan’s high press on kick-outs.

The Scotstown star was the 15th outfield player for his side in their first Ulster final since 2015 as he pushed up the pitch and offered himself as an extra man high up the pitch.

His work rate was evident in the fantastic steal he pulled off on Tyrone full-forward Conor McKenna, who was charging down on a Beggan-less net.

His ability to commit to this role so well and the impact it had on Monaghan makes him deserving of a spot in the team.

Padraig Hampsey is in at right corner-back after he shut down Monaghan danger man Conor McManus on the big stage.

The Tyrone skipper was up to the task and restricted McManus to just one point from play.

His leadership to organise the defence in the closing stages were also evident once again – Tyrone’s backs have formed the standout defence of this year’s Championship.

Kildare’s Kevin Flynn and Daniel Flynn appear in the left wing-back and centre full-forward spots respectively.

The pair were integral in Kildare’s competitive nature for much of the game.

Kevin Flynn’s high work rate imposed his authority on the Dubs while Daniel Flynn’s scoring ability and his fantastic goal was worthy of selection.

Dublin duo Ciarán Kilkenny and Niall Scully scored important points in the pivotal third quarter of the Leinster final to put the game beyond doubt.

Some of their work in defence was of a high standard too.

GAA.ie Football Team Of The Week – 3/8/2021

  1. Rory Beggan (Monaghan)
  2. Padraig Hampsey (Tyrone)
  3. Mark Dempsey (Kildare)
  4. Conor Boyle (Monaghan)
  5. Brian Howard (Dublin)
  6. Kieran McGeary (Tyrone)
  7. Kevin Flynn (Kildare)
  8. Brian Fenton (Dublin)
  9. Conor Meyler (Tyrone)
  10. Cormac Costello (Dublin)
  11. Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin)
  12. Niall Scully (Dublin)
  13. Darren McCurry (Tyrone)
  14. Daniel Flynn (Kildare)
  15. Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone)

Olympic Golf: Maguire & Meadows Preview, Tee Times & Odds

The women’s Olympic golf tournament will begin on Wednesday night and will include two Team Ireland athletes – Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow.

The tournament follows the men’s tournament, which saw Team Ireland narrowly miss out on a medal.

Leona Maguire will begin the tournament off the back of some top form in the LPGA Tour this year.

Stephanie Meadows, on the other hand, will be looking for a change in her fortunes in 2021 with seven cuts to her name this season – two of them at majors.

Both golfers will return to the Olympic scene, having represented Team Ireland at Rio 2016.

Maguire’s most recent round of golf was one that is tied for the lowest-ever score at a major from both male and female golfers.

The 26-year-old’s incredible final round at The Amundi Evian Championship shot her up the leaderboard into her best-ever final position at a major, tied-sixth.

This round of golf showcased what she is capable of and also continued her great vein of form.

After missing the cut twice in the space of a month, the Cavan native has completed five tournaments since June with her lowest final position being tied-15th.

Maguire will not have a cut to avoid this weekend as the women’s tournament does not have one this year and, if she continues her form, she could find herself chasing a medal on the final day.

However, she is only seen as 12th-favourite by the bookmakers, with Team USA’s Nelly Korda having the best odds at 7/1.

The former world number one amateur golfer will tee-off at 11:52 pm in a group with Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines and Finnish player Matilda Castren.

Stephanie Meadow will make her second appearance at an Olympic tournament in the early hours of Thursday morning as she goes out onto the course in search of a medal once again.

Meadow has had a poor 2021 season and will be hoping for some good luck throughout her weekend.

Her seven cuts in the season include five in the last two months and a span of four cuts in a row.

The 29-year-old will get her second Olympics campaign started at approximately 2:47 am and will be in a group with Taiwanese golfer Min Lee, competing under Chinese Taipei, and French professional Perrine Delacour.

Meadow will have the earlier tee time of the Team Ireland golfers in round two, teeing-off at 0:52 with Maguire doing so almost an hour later at 1:47 am.

Team Ireland Golf Tee Times

Round One

Leona Maguire – 11:52 pm

Stephanie Meadow – 2:47 am

Round Two

Stephanie Meadow – 0:52 am

Leona Maguire – 1:47 am

Odds

Leona Maguire – 20/1

Stephanie Meadow – 400/1

Olympic Equestrian: Three perfect runs sends Ireland to final

Team Ireland had three more riders and horses competing in the Jumping Individual Qualifiers in Tokyo this morning

These Irish athletes had high hopes of achieving good scores coming into this event. Darragh Kenny riding Cartello was first for Ireland, next was Bertram Allen on Pacino Amiro and lastly Cian O’Connor on Kilkenny. Shane Sweetnam riding Karlin

These three were competing against 70 other riders and horses at 19:00 in the Equestrian Park in Tokyo.

Ireland had some of the highest ranking riders in the competition and with the best 30 athletes qualifying for the final, we were right to be optimistic.

First up for Team Ireland was Kenny as the eighth athlete. The man from Offaly along with his horse, Cartello, were ranked eighth in the world.

As he completed the course, it was clear why he was so highly ranked. He finished his run with zero penalties in the fastest, at the time, of 82.01 seconds. It was great to see how he rode with speed, style and tenacity to leave his mark on the opening round.

Eventually, Kenny had his position cemented as the second fastest going into the final.

Next up was Ireland’s youngest showjumper, Allen rode in 16th. He Enniscorthy man, riding Pacino Amiro was ranked in 29th in the world in early July.

He continued Ireland’s stellar form as he made another perfect run. He finished with zero penalties and only three seconds slower than Kenny to make him the second faster rider so far.

This was a major task for the young man and it was important for him perform strongly on his Olympic debut. His place in the final was quickly confirmed  and he may even be in with a shout for a medal finishing as sixth fastest today.

Lastly for the Irish was O’Connor riding in 25th on horse, Kilkenny. Many will remember the Meath man for his comeback bronze medal in London 2012, making Ireland’s only equestrian medallist at this Games.

He took a slightly more cautious approached than his teammates but managed to complete Ireland clean sheet for the opening session. He finished the course in a time of 88.66 seconds leaving him in good standing to reach the final.

O’Connor had to wait until late in the competition until his place was secured but he made it as one of those with zero penalty points.

The three Irish riders had an agonising wait as almost 50 more riders had their turn before their positions were confirmed.

Team GB’s Ben Maher riding Explosion W finished as the fastest qualifier while Israel’s Ashlee Bond on Donatello 141 was third behind Kenny.

The final will take place in the Equestrian Park tomorrow morning, Wednesday 4th August. This will start at 11:00 Irish time.

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