Northern Ireland's swimming team has been dealt a blow in their
preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the
country's only Olympic-sized pool has faced logistical issues.
they got the job done only losing olly pope today, who was out for 82. the victory secures a 3 0 series whitewash for ben stokes side. england s women were also in action and there was superb century from south africa s marizanne kapp on the first day of the one off test at taunton. after winning the toss, england reduced south africa to 89 for 5 with debutant issy wong among the wickets. marizanne kapp led the fightback with a stunning knock of 150 including 26 fours. she was the penultimate wicket of the day tammy beaumont providing the acrobatics as the touring side were bowled out for 28a. england will begin their first innings tomorrow morning. rhys mcclenaghan has said he feels a huge amount of relief that he and two fellow northern ireland gymnasts will compete at this summer s commonwealth games having been granted special dispensation. mcclenaghan, eamon montgomery and ewan mcateer were last month told that they could not compete in birmingham because they have re
we had, if you look back at these games and we were on the wrong side of the results i still would have walked away from the series being happy and pleased with the way that we have operated. after winning the toss, england reduced south africa to 89 for 5 with debutant issy wong among the wickets. marizanne kapp led the fightback with a stunning knock of 150 including 26 fours. she was the penultimate wicket of the day tammy beaumont providing the acrobatics as the touring side were bowled out for 28a. england will begin their first innings tomorrow morning. rhys mcclenaghan has said he feels a huge amount of relief that he and two fellow northern ireland gymnasts will compete at this summer s commonwealth games having been granted special dispensation. mcclenaghan, eamon montgomery and ewan mcateer were last month told that they could not compete in birmingham because they have represented ireland in international competition. the international gymnastics federation has now c
West Belfast gymnast Eamon Montgomery has expressed disappointment, but remains hopeful in the wake of the decision by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to bar himself, Rhys McClenaghan and Ewan McAteer from competing for Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games in July, because all three have represented Ireland in international events in the past.