We’re reviving our popular feature looking back on the weekend through numbers and highlighting areas of sport and business success that might otherwise go unnoticed.
1 – The number of Leinster Titles won by South Dublin ‘super club’ Ballyboden St Enda’s after their win in the AIB Club Championship on Sunday. Described by Eugene Magee in the irish Independent as ‘the best game of the year’ it did have plenty of drama including a missed free kick to tie the game that will haunt Paul Cahillane for a while. ‘Boden are sponsored by H&K International who were formed in Canada 40 years ago to provide restaurant equipment to McDonalds and now have bases around the world including in Ireland.
14 – The age of Gaby Lewis who will be going to the Cricket World Cup in India in March after the Irish Women’s team sealed qualification and the ICC Qualifier Tournament in dramatic fashion beating hosts Bangladesh on Saturday. Irish Cricket is the success story that keeps on giving. What an opportunity for a new sponsor to strike now for 2016 with two World Cup campaigns and a bigger social media reach that the GAA…
28 – The age of Aoife Cook who won the Glohealth Women’s Cross Country title in Dungarvan. Cook returned early in her career from a US athletics scholarship due to chronic injury but has bounced back and this was a first national title. Well done also to Sarah Healy, a friend of Sport for Business who won the Girls U15 title. Glohealth have had a great year as sponsors and will be looking forward to more running into an Olympic year in 2016.
6 – Alan Judge scored his sixth goal of the season for Brentford in the English Championship and will now be eyeing up a place in Martin O’Neill’s squad for the Euro 2016 Championship Finals, the draw for which takes place next Saturday.
50 – The odds against Chelsea winning the English Premier League after another loss at the weekend to Bournemouth. We haven’t enough space on the page for the size of the number that manager Jose Mourinho would walk away with in compensation if his time at the club comes to an end as is being predicted before Christmas.
