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Newcastle native and experienced mountain marathoner, Cathal McGrath, took on the Matterhorn Mountain in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, August 26, in aid of Galway based heart and stroke charity, Croí.

This July, accomplished marathon runner, Thomas O’Connor will compete in the Badwater135 Ultramarathon in California, which describes itself as ‘The world’s toughest foot race’, to help raise funds and awareness for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute.

More than 400 athletes took part in a hugely successful inaugural running of the Craughwell AC organised Women’s Mini Marathon held on Bank Holiday Monday.

Galway-based charity, the National Breast Cancer Research Institute, is asking women nationwide to take part in this year’s Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon that takes on Sunday, June 5 in Dublin.

After a two year break Castlebar is one again getting all geared up to welcome women from all over Ireland and beyond to the Mayo capital for the Mayo.ie-Western People-West of Ireland Women’s Mini-Marathon this Sunday, May 1.

A rest is most definitely merited for Athlone native, Lorcan Fagan, following his TransGranCanaria exploits on the second most populous of the Canary Islands over the weekend.

Galway athletes won more silverware at the National 10k championships held in a windy Phoenix Park on Sunday.

An Athlone woman will be to the running fore at this year’s Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon when she completes the immensely popular annual event, representing her town and county as part of the #WomenwithImpact campaign. The campaign is celebrating women throughout the country who have made an impact on lives in their local community.

The Durcan family together with the staff, service users and families from Western Care Association's residential and respite service at Lower Lakelands, Manulla, held a Monster Christmas Table Quiz in Castlebar Mitchels’ An Sportlann Castlebar on December 20 last to raise funds to help support the great service provided to the residents at Lower Lakelands.

THREE YEARS ago, Galwegian Jamie Marshall was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. "Since then Cancer Care West has been my lifeline. They have done so much for me I wanted to give something back."