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| 31 SPORTS ROUND-UP DF All-Ireland Stars Honoured F ive members of the Defence Forces who won All-Ireland medals with their counties in 2012 were honoured at a special presentation in Stephens Bks, Kilkenny. Chief of Staff Lt Gen Se��n McCann made the presentations to Pte Eoin Larkin, captain of the victorious Kilkenny senior hurling team, and his teammates, Pte Paul Murphy and Recruit Colin Fennelly (who commenced his Defence Forces career a week before winning his second All-Ireland hurling winners medal); Pte Gerry Walsh, who won an AllIreland intermediate hurling winner���s medal with Tipperary; and Pte Shelley Kehoe, who won her All-Ireland winner���s medal with the Wexford senior camogie team. Pictured with Lt Gen Se��n McCann are (l-r) Pte Larkin, Rec Fennelly, Pte Murphy, Pte Walsh, and Pte Kehoe. National Amatuer Elite Boxing Championships Five Defence Forces boxers took their shots��� at the title in the IABA National Elite Boxing Championships. The tournament began in the National Stadium on 8th Feb and finished in the Citywest campus on 22nd Feb. Of the five boxers, Roy Sheahan, Ross Hickey and Chris Phelan, made it through to the finals. They were up against world-class boxers, fighting European Champions and boxers that have trained abroad for years. Hickey won gold, defeating European Champion Ray Moylette in the light welter-weight final. Overall, it was one of our best boxing turnouts in recent years, and shows the sport is continually growining within the DF. The group shot shows (l/r): Rec Roy Sheahan (RDF), Pte Brian Brosnan (1 Cn Cois), Cpl Tommy Sheahan (AC), Tpr Ross Hickey (1 ACS) and Rec Chris Phelan (1 ACS). DFHA v GS in Representative Series T he Defence Forces handball team narrowly lost out on a win to their Garda�� counterparts in the annual challenge match. The teams faced each other in St Comans, Roscommon in February. It was a closely fought game with the Garda�� clinching victory on point difference after both teams had four wins. But the perpetual shield will be up for grabs next year and the DF Handball team have their sights set on it. The picture shows the two teams and the coveted shield. www.military.ie the defence forces magazine

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