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Irish rugby star and GOAL patron Jamie Heaslip is encouraging schoolchildren and workers from all over Galway to take part in GOAL Jersey Day on Friday October 7. One of the country’s most popular annual fundraising events, GOAL Jersey Day invites members of the public to wear the jersey of their favourite team for the day and make a suggested donation of €2 to GOAL. Each year, thousands of Irish schools and companies take part right across Ireland.

A charity fundraising golf competition will be held at Connemara Isles Golf Club this weekend to support the Strange Boat Donor Foundation.

Some 10,000 visitors descended on Salthill last Friday for Ireland’s first participation in European Researchers Night. Billed Sea2Sky by organisers NUI Galway, the celebration of science and research ran in parallel with events across 320 cities in Europe. The Galway event was visited by European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

A County Galway man living in America hopes to raise $20,000 for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind by organising a fundraising dinner in New York, next month.

Heather Greally from Oranmore has been announced as the winner of the one year scholarship at Stagecoach Theatre. The 12-year-old is in first year at Calasanctius College in Oranmore and has already proven to be an accomplished performer. A student of speech and drama for six years, she has collected three higher achiever awards from the Irish Academy of Music.

•The South Galway Athletic Club is hosting a workshop next month to help runners new to distance running. The workshop which takes place on October 7 in the Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort, will co•The South Galway Athletic Club is hosting a workshop next month to help runners new to distance running. The workshop which takes place on October 7 in the Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort, will cover various topics, including a presentation on nutrition for endurance running by Maria Keane MA,sports dietitian; a questions and answers session with former Irish marathon champion Michael O'Connor and massage therapist Ian Egan, and a presentation by a running specialist on gait analysis, to ensure runners are wearing the correct footwear. For further information contact club secretary Margaret Walsh at [email protected].

The first of this year’s county football semi-finals takes place this Sunday (4.15pm) at Tuam Stadium between Milltown and Corofin.

A new season of hockey is under way with Galway Hockey Club opening their divison one campaign with a 3 - 0 victory over local rivals Greenfields.

Galway United will travel the N17 on Saturday to the Showgrounds eager to regain respectability after suffering an eight-goal defeat to Sligo Rovers ealier in the season.

Moycullen Basketball have a received a major boost on the eve of their third season in the Nivea for Men’s Superleague with the signing of NAIA All-American, Luke Enos.