LEE KELLEHER, is poised to grab most of the attention during the Irish Age group division one championships at the Aer Lingus pool in north Co Dublin this weekend.
With record entries of over 2,000 it seems that Kelleher's biggest difficulty will be to escape the spotlight for the four-day event which starts tomorrow and finishes on Sunday.
The City of Cork swimmer is also marked down to achieve some noteworthy feats in Europe this summer, not least at the European junior championships.
Cormorant pair, Nicola Pepper and Lorna Red din, will command keen attention too in their favourite events. They are set to boost Leinster's scoring rate as is Chris Monks of Aer Lingus.
Ulster's best known competitor at this level is Kevin McKeown and the Bangor swimmer is fancied to lift a number of titles. Finian Lodge of Waterford Crystal is also set to figure in the medals.
Competition gets under way tomorrow at 4.0 p.m. with two sessions on each of the following three days.
Deaf sports officials hit out at International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, yesterday, claiming he had reneged on an offer to officially open the World Deaf Games.
The 18th World Games for the Deaf begin in Copenhagen on Sunday and organisers had been expecting him to open them.
