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The entry list for the 2023 Corrib Oil Galway International Rally has been revealed and it contains a stunning line up of drivers and machinery. Over 150 drivers have entered the traditional season opener in the West of Ireland, and it looks like being one of the most competitive ever seen. Top seeds by virtue of winning the Tarmac Championship last year are Josh Moffett & Andy Hayes in a Hyundai i20 R5. This crew also won Galway last year to set them on the way to championship success. Behind them are Meirion Evans & Jonathan Jackson with the Welsh pair using their usual VW Polo and looking to go one better than last year in Galway where they pushed Moffett all the way to the end.

The National Breast Cancer Research Institute together with Galway Racecourse have announced that their recent ‘Race in Pink’ fundraising event hosted at Ballybrit on Sunday October 30 together with the ‘ Win a BMW’ car raffle that occurred on the day, raised a staggering € 276,321 for the charity, a fitting way to end the year for all involved.

Some 8,000 shoeboxes were dispatched from Galway Racecourse on Wednesday, November 30 and are currently en route to bring a truly magical Christmas to children in South Africa.

Buses will run every 15 minutes to and from town, for €1 per person each way. Children and pensioners travel for free, and all-day parking at the Racecourse is included in the bus fare.

Thomas McStay and Edel Kelly, both of Galway City Harriers, were the winners of the recent Grant Thornton sponsored 5k on the Prom.

Make a point of visiting Medical Technology Ireland this year on September 21 and 22 at Galway Racecourse.

The traditional curtain-raiser to the cross country season takes place this Saturday in Galway Racecourse at Ballybrit.

Galwegians can take a bow after the superb performance of Irish athletes at the recent European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany.

Two days of racing from this year’s Galway Races Summer Festival will be broadcast live on TG4 on Friday and Saturday July 29/30.

With only a few days to go before the gates of Galway Racecourse open to welcome hundreds of vintage and classic cars, tractors, motorbikes, steam engines and much more, it already promises to be the biggest show held in Ireland in 2022. So far there are over twenty vintage and classic clubs from all over Ireland registered to display – as well as the local Western Veteran & Vintage Motor Club and Kiltulla & District Vintage Club, there are clubs travelling from as far away as Carlow, Limerick, Kilkenny, Dublin, Meath, Louth and Donegal. Making the trip west for Classic Fest, these clubs will bring with them an array of cars and exhibits, including displays of individual marques like the Ford Cortina, Jaguar, Ford Capri, Toyota, TVR as well as the Mercedes-Benz Club, who have the largest stand space reserved for fifty cars.