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In our everyday lives we often forget the value of exercise to both our physical and mental health. The practice of karate tones the body, develops coordination, quickens reflexes, and builds stamina.

The Mayo AC ladies team have been rewarded for their good performances this year by being selected to take part in the 24th European road race inter club championships in Torres Vedras, Portugal. The event, which will take place on Sunday October 17 over a 15km course, will have top athletic clubs from all over the continent taking part. The Mayo AC team which will compete in the event will be finalised over the coming weeks.

Gort gymnast Molly Nightingale has set her sights on competing for the 2010 World Championships in tumbling gymnastics after qualifying for the event last weekend.

Local MOHH salon owner Maeve O’Healy-Harte has recently secured the OMC European Championships in Hairdressing and Beauty for Ireland in May 2011.

“We thought it was busy in previous years, but this is a new level of insanity,” said triAthlone CEO Liam Heavin yesterday as the Waterways Ireland triAthlone 2010 event began to make its presence felt on the streets of Athlone.

Killala soccer star Aileen Gilroy is part of the Republic of Ireland side that made it through to the UEFA u17 European Championships final this week. Ireland beat Germany 1-0 in the semi-final in Nyon in Switzerland on Tuesday. They will now face off against Spain in the final European Championships final on Saturday at 12.30pm. For soccer fans looking to see the game, it will be broadcast live on Eurosport. By making it all the way to the final the Irish girls have booked their place in next year’s FIFA u18 World Cup which will take place in Trinidad and Tobago.

Paulstown boxer Darren O’Neill is now number two in Europe having won a silver medal in the European Championship finals over the weekend in Moscow. O’Neill was part of the most successful Irish team to compete on the international stage - earning one of five medals for the country.

Waterways Ireland triAthlone, Ireland’s biggest triathlon, has something for everyone this July and the closing date for registration in this exciting summer event is today, Friday June 18.

Galway’s Presentation Athenry has become the first Galway school to claim an overall title at the Irish Schools Track & Fields finals.

“Not quite Croke Park, but the Aviva Stadium”, is how triAthlone chairman Liam Heavin is describing the 50,000-strong influx of visitors expected over the four days of this year’s European Triathlon Championships.