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David Rooney of Raheny Shamrocks AC won this year’s Corrib Oil Streets of Galway 8k Road Race from a field of more than 2,500 runners.

Galway senior ladies are hoping to reach the final four for the first time since 2005 when they take on Clare in Birr on Saturday (4.15pm).

September is fast approaching and with ‘back to school’ and ‘back to normal routine’ fever beginning to gain momentum, the team at Property Partners Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard are already focused on September 14, which will see the first of the company’s autumn/winter 2012 auctions. As usual, a range of properties is being offered to the market in the September auction with six lots going under the hammer.

An important stage in Galway’s housing drive was reached in 1952 when the Minister for Local Government, Mr P Smith, opened three housing schemes comprising 142 new houses, 12 at Ballybrit, 30 in the Claddagh, and 100 in Shantalla.

Call to Galway Stone for great value in stone and brick paving. See also the great range of building stone, coloured chips and pebbles.

Galway City Ed is a very modern state of the art study centre in the heart of Galway. The centre is run by the Galway City Education Company and is situated at the Plaza offices on the Headford Road, just a five minute stroll from Eyre Square. The study is supervised by highly experienced teachers who make themselves available to the students for assistance with their homework, learning, and revision. Advice and guidance is given to the students on study skills and the construction of study plans.

The Galway Memorial Walk, in aid of Galway Hospice, will now take place at 12 noon on Sunday September 9, earlier than advertised. The new time is due to Galway’s success in the hurling championship, as the earlier start will allow walkers to be home in time for the 3.30pm throw-in of the All-Ireland final.

Galwegians will travel to Béal na mBláth in County Cork this weekend to attend the commemoration ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the tragic death of Michael Collins.

The inaugural HP Ladies’ Night will take place at the House Hotel on August 31, in aid of Hewlett Packard Galway’s chosen charity of 2012, Hand in Hand.

You may wonder why I am thumbing my way through the list of finalists in next week's Rose of Tralee contest and then gently rocking back and forth with disappointment at the realisation that for the umpteenth time, Galway will not have its worthy representative taking part in the national televised final.