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Why don’t you and your family take part in a 5km fun walk/run in Westport on Sunday December 28 at 2pm?

Meet and train continues at the Claremorris Track on Thursdays at 8pm.

Athletics

The League of Ireland makes a welcome return tomorrow, and two Galway clubs will be anxious to make positive statements on the first night of competitive action in 2009.

It is both strange and refreshing how one road win can have such a galvanising effect. This time last week Galway United were entering the new League of Ireland season without any expectations, interest was low, the beauty of the 2008 great escape long since forgotten.

St Patrick’s Athletic 0

Only three months to go to the Local Elections and this week Grassroots is concentrating on the battle for the 12 seats on the borough council.

A string of interesting sub plots ensure tomorrow’s Terryland Park encounter between Galway United and Sligo Rovers ought to be tasty. The shock table toppers against the surprise basement boys, Alan Keane’s return to the ground in which he served with distinction, and the television cameras in attendance will ensure intrigue is attached to the affair.

While league football is more of a gruelling marathon than a sprint the occasional injection of pace can have drastic implications. Galway United’s four match unbeaten dash has put a spring in their step, and is why manager Ian Foster believes tomorrow’s trip to the Brandywell for an encounter with high flying Derry City should be relished.