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sport@eastcorkjournal.ie
Thursday, 22nd
February 2018 Soccer; National Cup - Mixed Fortunes For Midleton Midleton 0 Belvedere P 4
U13 National Cup Midleton
made their
exit from the Sketchers U13 National Cup last Saturday in Knockgrif- fin, when Dublin Premier
side Belvedere proved too strong for the local side. While the Belvedere Boys were the stronger side, Midleton
had chances early on with Niall Daylor
on target, while in the 10th minute Eric Cunningham saw his free-kick hit the crossbar. The visitors took the lead in the 21st
advantage when Charles McGee fired home just be- fore the interval. The home side contin-
minute
when a Daragh Murtagh glancing header beat Alex Howard in the Midleton goal. Howard saved well to deny Anthony Dodd but the visitors doubled their
ued to press forward and while they came close on a number of occasions they could not get the goal they needed to get back into the game. In the 56th
a penalty which Daragh Murtagh
converted and
the home sides misery was compounded when Taylor Bruton scored a 4th
goal a minute
the visitors who were con- tent to counter attack won
minute before the finish. It was a brave effort from Midleton against one of the top Dublin sides but in the end it is Belvedere who progress to the quarter fi- nals.
Sketchers U12 National Cup There was better news
for the Midleton U12 side as they made it through to the quarter finals, defeat-
ing Dublin side St Fran- cis in Dublin, where the only goal of the game was enough to see the Magpies through.
St Francis 0 Midleton 1
McTimoney Practitioner To Present Study On Young Racehorses At Conference
McTimoney animal prac-
titioner, Rory O’Brien, from Co Cork, Ireland will present a scientific study he has un- dertaken on young racehors- es at
the prestigious British
Society of Animal Science conference in Croke Park, Dublin in April. Rory who qualified with
an MSc in Animal Manipu- lation from the McTimoney College of Chiropractic in 2016 and has a lifelong inter- est in racing will present his study titled: “Is there a rela- tionship between the age at which training the National Hunt Thoroughbred Race- horse commences and chiro- practic assessment of skeletal symmetry.” Rory grew up attending point to points and then worked his way around the world in racing. He said: “I worked in a racing stable at Woodbine in Canada at 19, which involved travelling to the US for races. I sub- sequently worked at Blood- stock Sales in UK and Aus- tralia.”
Having worked extensively
within the flat racing indus- try, earning first-hand expe- rience of the benefits, and drawbacks, of commencing training at such a young age, Rory said: “My belief since then has been that the appro- priate training as yearlings is extremely beneficial in terms of soundness and longevity. However, overtraining at this stage tends to have poor out- comes.” This view combined with Rory’s experience of National Hunt racing, where he is very interested by the fact that: “4yo point to point- ers are now enjoying huge success at the top level on the racecourse -
prompted me
to examine whether there is something more to this.” Rory explained how his
interest in McTimoney treat- ment was sparked: “I ac- quired a horse who had been injured after racing on the track and began getting him fit to run in point to points. He had terrible movement and couldn’t turn fluently in either direction. A McTi-
money practitioner was rec- ommended to me and after 2 treatments the horse was like a different animal. He sub- sequently won his point to point on his first start when trained by my uncle.” During the National
Hunt/Point to Point season, much of Rory’s work will in- volve treating racehorses us- ing McTimoney techniques. In the summer months, Rory focuses more on eventers and show jumpers. All members of the McTi-
money Animal Association are qualified after training with the premier institution of its kind, the McTimoney College in Abingdon, having studied up to three years at postgraduate level attaining an MSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Animal Manip- ulation.
McTimoney Animal Prac-
titioners are registered with the McTimoney Animal As- sociation. Visit
www.mctimon-
ey-animal.org.uk. Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
sport@eastcorkjournal.ie • Web:
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