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More than 150 vision impaired athletes from across the island will gather in Dublin next month to celebrate MayFest 2013. The MayFest, organised by Irish Blind Sports, will be a carnival weekend of come and try, competition and demonstration sports, ideally suitable for people with vision impairment.

It’s that time of year again when at Mayo Leisure Point runs the Inter Business Bowling League. This league has been running for the past 19 years and has proven very successful with businesses all over Mayo competing.

It’s that time of year again when Mayo Leisure Point runs the inter-business bowling league. This league has been running for the past 19 years and has proven very successful, with businesses all over Mayo competing. People are invited to enter a team of three players and a sub to compete on a weekly basis against other businesses in the county. It is a very enjoyable league for both new bowlers and experienced bowlers. It doesn’t matter whether players have ever bowled before, because it is a handicap league with all players receiving a handicap to help them along.

The club meets every Wednesday night at 7.30pm in Belmullet Sports Complex.

It is that time of the year again when the bowling leagues commence at Mayo Leisure Point.

County Galway cricketers, who are enjoying a good run in the Munster League where they remain top of division two, have also produced a series of victories in cup competitions.

There will be a number of medals coming home to Mayo from the Special Olympics World Games in Athens next week. Four Mayo athletes — Deirdre Gannon, Paul Kavanagh, Mary McDermott and Deirdre Gannon — are taking part in a hectic few days of competition.

Team Ireland, sponsored by eircom, boarded a flight for Greece on Monday morning ahead of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The games will take place in Athens from tomorrow, Saturday June 25 to Monday July 4.

Three athletes from Kilkenny are among the 126 athletes to represent Ireland at prestigious world level competition

There will be plenty of Mayo eyes and ears looking and listening out for results from Athens from Saturday week when the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games kick off. Four Mayo athletes will be representing Ireland in the Greek city and all are going for gold. Mary McDermott from Swinford will be taking part in the bocce competition, while Deirdre Gannon from Westport and her namesake Deirdre Garvin from Claremorris will be competing in the bowling competition. Castlebar’s Paul Kavanagh will be hoping to have his serve and volley in top shape when he takes on the best in the world in the table tennis event.