Irish Mail On Sunday

[brogles]

stuck table sportsman 4,6 a??? ??a???. footballer championship holder, 8 letters ???e?d?r,
scene of recreational agriculture 10 letters a?l?t?????. and pheasant destroying insect colonies 8 letters a?t?e??? any help gratefully received usually finished early but today no Míle Buíochas

[Captain2]

Allotments

[fiction-factory]

allotments

[fiction-factory]

Is "stuck" a comment or part of the first clue?

[fiction-factory]

antheaps

[brogles]

stuck is my comment sorry tired x

[Captain2]

pheasant..... Anthills?

[Captain2]

Antheaps, much better FF - anagram of pheasant

[fiction-factory]

so first one could be ALn or Andy something- snooker or table tennis player?

[brogles]

thank you for those xxxx

[fiction-factory]

Alan ...

[fiction-factory]

Or Alec/ Alex

[brogles]

I haven't a clue of the table sportsman player sorry

[fiction-factory]

Is the second clue exactly right? " footballer championship holder"

[fiction-factory]

got it- defender

[brogles]

thank you so much xxxx

[Captain2]

Do the answers given so far give any more letters in the unsolved ones?

[cashier]

1. Pool player?

[dannyk13]

the second word could be player

[brogles]

pool player could be right but clue down is Irish Oaks , sporting event a is from that

[fiction-factory]

could it be a card ganme? I thought card player but if it starts with A that won't work