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Saturday afternoon promises to be a battle in the west that is not to be missed. Ballintubber, who are going for three in a row, will face off against local rivals Castlebar Mitchels who are still smarting from last year’s final defeat. The two west Mayo clubs breezed through the competition up to the semi-final stage where both Claremorris and St Gerald’s put it up to them, setting up tomorrow’s mouth watering encounter.

Sunday week will see a triple header of quarter finals in the Mayo senior championship in McHale Park. The action in the senior championship will get underway on Saturday August 28 at 6.30pm when Ballintubber and Ballina go toe to toe in the county grounds. On Sunday August 29 things will get off to a rip roaring start when Castlebar Mitchels and Breaffy square off at 2pm in a local derby, they will be followed by Charlestown and Shrule Glencorrib ant 3.30pm. The final action of the day will be the north Mayo giants of Knockmore and Crossmolina Deel Rovers going head to head.

A man who drove at 20 miles an hour on the main road from Westport to Castlebar in a defective vehicle, was convicted at Castlebar District Court this week.

The proposed N5 linking Westport and Castlebar will not have a turn off for Islandeady on it because traffic movements does not justify it. At the May monthly meeting of Castlebar Electoral Area Committee it was reported that Islandeady had 800 recorded traffic movements in a survey was carried out last July, and the NRA requires 1,000 daily traffic movements to justify a turn off.

The proposed N5 linking Westport and Castlebar will not have a turn off for Islandeady on it because traffic movements does not justify it. At the May monthly meeting of Castlebar Electoral Area Committee it was reported that Islandeady had 800 recorded traffic movements in a survey was carried out last July, and the NRA requires 1,000 daily traffic movements to justify a turn off.

A little bit earlier than some would have liked the Royal Theatre Senior Football Championship roars back into life for 2010 on Saturday evening. First up in the championship are the champions and the new kids on the block in the solitary five team group in Charlestown at 7pm on Saturday. West Mayo will bring the combined forces of Islandeady, Parke, Louisburgh, and Balla together under the guidance of Padraig Walsh to try to topple Ciaran McBrien’s men in the championship opener. Charlestown will go into the game as hot favourites, but they have been known to be slow starters in the championship, and this early outing could prove to be a tricky encounter if the amalgamated side manage to click on the field. Players like Ollie Feeney, Jarlath O’Malley, Peter Collins, Simon Cloherty, and Conor Walsh will be watched to show they have the class to make the step up from the junior ranks to senior football.

Ray Moylette added another feather to his cap on Saturday night in the National Stadium in Dublin. The Islandeady man who boxes for St Anne’s in Westport picked up his first national senior men’s title at the 64kg weight after a 10-3 win over Stephen Donnelly from All Saints in the final.

A raffle in conjunction with the Clare Island sponsored walk will take place on Friday August 22 in the Key West Pub, Derrycooshe, Islandeady in aid of Mayo Cancer Support Association.

Bilberry's community playgroup enrolment night for September 2009 will take place at 8pm on Tuesday May 12 in Islandeady Community Centre.

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