Athletics: Tanya Van Heer, the accomplished Australian sprinter, will be among the overseas athletes in action at the meeting to celebrate the opening of the Castleisland track on Sunday week, reports Peter Byrne.
Van Heer, a silver medalist in the world indoor championships, will race Heide Seyerling of South Africa over 200 metres, in what promises to be one of the highlights of the AAI Games.
Sixteen-year-old Georgie Clarke, who is something of a sensation in America, will compete at 1,000 metres, while two more Australians, Kate Richardson and Sarah Jamieson, give promise of a sharp duel over 3,000 metres.
Gareth Turnbull, in search of an A standard for the Olympic 1,500 metres championship, is included in an Ireland selection to compete in another of the Road to Sydney meetings in Bedford next Sunday.
Men - 100m: J McAdorney; 200m: G Ryan; 400m: P McKee; 80 0m: D Matthews; 1,500m: G Turnbull; 110m hurdles: T McGlynn; Shot Putt: J Leahy.
Women - 100m: E Maher; 200m: C Sheehy; 400m: J McK enna; 800m: F Davoren; 1,300m: M Lynch; 400m hurdles: M Monaghan; High Jump: S Foley; Pole Vault: J Claffey; Javelin: A Moffit; Hammer: O Kelleher.
Motor Cycling: Two more motorcyclists have been killed at the TT Races on the Isle of Man. During yesterday morning's practice session, Raymond Hanna crashed at Greeba Bridge, sustaining fatal injuries.
The 49-year-old from Tandragee, County Armagh, was twice an Irish road racing 200cc champion, and last year finished 18th in the lightweight 250cc event.
Chris Ascott, from Aylesbury, sustained fatal injuries when he came off his 400cc Kawasaki machine at Westwood, near Kirk Michael, on Tuesday night.
Surfing: The Irish Surfing Association has included three newcomers in the squad for the 2000 World Surfing Games, which will take place in Receife, Brazil, from June 6th to 18th. Longboard Robert Power from Tramore and open surfer Alastair Mennie from Castlerock have been joined by Bundoran's Mick Moran, who was second in this year's Irish Surfing Championships.
The team's best medal prospects lie with the bodyboard pair of Bryan McCauley of Ballymoney and Coleraine's Martin Kelly. McCauley finished sixth in the 1998 World Surfing Games in Lisbon, while Kelly is the current Irish bodyboard champion.
Rugby: Scotland produced a fine second-half display before going down 45-42 to the Barbarians in a thrilling encounter at Murrayfield last night. Scotland, featuring only six of the players who started against England in the Calcutta Cup victory in April, trailed 33-16 at the interval. The Barbarians had too much power on the wings with Joel Vidiri and Dan Luger scoring five tries between them.
