IRELAND TO TRAIN IN CHINA

Team Ireland women will travel to China tomorrow to take part in an unprecedented training camp as part of preparations for the 2025 Women’s World Championships in Serbia next month.

This is the first time a High Performance team has travelled to China for a camp – they’ll train with China’s First Team at the Chinese National Olympic Sport Centre in the Chaoyang District of Beijing.

The travelling team includes European U23 silver medalist, Carleigh Irving, Paris Olympians Daina Moohouse, Jenny Lehane, Michaela Walsh, Gráinne Walsh and Aoife O’Rourke, and 2022 World Champion and 2024 European U23 champion, Lisa O’Rourke.

Taking place February 11th to 22nd, the camp will include high-level sparring, and co-training with the China team, and builds on preparations which have already included a domestic sparring camp with France in December.