IRISH showjumping legend Billy Twomey and UCC's Collingwood Cup winning manager John Caulfield are the Boardwalk Bar and Grill Sports Star of the month award winners for January and February.

CIAN O'Connor delivered another notable result this evening (Sunday) with his Irish-bred gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser' when finishing third in the Spanish Sunshine Tour Grand Prix at Vejer de la Frontera.

MEATH'S Cian O'Connor picked up 7,000 euro in prize money and Rolex ranking points this evening (Friday) on his first week down at the annual Spanish Sunshine Tour at Vejer de la Frontera.

FRIDAY night sees the first Irish team line out for the 2011 Nations' Cup season, which starts in Wellington, Florida with the Nations' Cup of America.

HORSE Sport Ireland and Denis Lynch have confirmed that a meeting took place yesterday in Dublin between Horse Sport Ireland, Denis Lynch and Team Ireland Equestrian Show Jumping Manager Robert Splaine. Horse Sport Ireland and Denis Lynch are pleased to confirm that progress was made on all the issues raised and it is hoped that matters will be fully resolved shortly.

DENIS Lynch came a small step closer to qualifying for the Show Jumping World Cup Final when finishing sixth in the Swedish World Cup Qualifier in Gothenburg today, but with just one leg left of the series, he would have to pull out all the stops to make the cut for the top 18 who compete for the trophy at Leipzig in Germany this May.

IRELAND's Shane Breen won today's (Sunday) Grand Prix at Comporta, Portugal, riding Ronan Tynan's Irish-bred stallion 'Warrenstown You 2', and saw his younger brother Trevor take fifth place.

THE third leg of the HSI Chippison Spring Tour takes place at Ravensdale Equestrian Centre, Co. Louth on Sunday February 27. The revised startlist may be downloaded HERE

VICTORY eluded Cork's Billy Twomey in this evening's (Saturday) Grand Prix at the five-star show in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a single fence down in the jump-off relegating him to fifth place overall.