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Oughterard, Loughrea, and Galway golf clubs were the winners in the provincial finals of the Bulmers cups and shields. Oughterard Golf Club beat Strandhill Golf Club 4/1 in a dramatic final of the Junior Cup held in their home club at the weekend. Loughrea Golf Club beat Galway Bay Golf Club 3/2 in the Pierce Purcell Cup, while Galway Golf Club beat Athlone Golf Club by six holes in the Barton Shield and Co Sligo Golf Club 3/2 in the final of the Senior Cup.

Olive Loughnane is the deserved toast of Loughrea, County Galway, and Ireland this week after becoming only the fourth Irish athlete to stand on the podium at a world athletic championship.

AN EVENING of Loughrea's best songwriting talent will take place in the Loughrea Hotel and Spa on Sunday at 7pm. The event is run by the Emerging Network of Independent Galway Musicians and Artists (ENIGMA). The aim of the evening is to showcase local talent with the objective of getting each performer into the Irish charts. The free event will feature Ultan Conlon, Neev Kennedy, Wokajo, Una MacLochlainn, and James Finnegan. They will each be releasing a single on the evening. Audience members will be asked to download a song on their phones from each performer so have some credit in your phones, all proceeds will be donated to charity.

•A new race on the Galway athletic calendar has been scheduled for Castledaly in south Galway on Sunday (2pm). Organised with co-operation from Craughwell AC and AAI approved, the race will be run on the Gort to Loughrea road, with race headquarters at the local St Thomas GAA Club. This race is being organised in support of AIDS Partnership with Africa, a charity with which many locals have become actively involved. Local organiser Marguerite Brady says: "We know that we're the new kids on the block, but we hope to put on a well-organised race that will be suitable for all standards of runners to enjoy. “ Online entry for the race is now open at www.RunIreland.Com.

Galway County Council has confirmed details of Streets Alive, an event to be held on Main Street, Loughrea on Tuesday September 22 to mark European Mobility Week and ‘In town without my car’, a car free day.

Musician, songwriter, company director, and project executive Linda Welby has just landed her dream job, presenting her very own hour-long weekly Irish Country Music Programme from NBRN Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. The programme will be aired from Nashville every Tuesday evening at 6pm (local time) and can be heard on the internet in Ireland at 12am on www.nbrn.fm.

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A tight and tempestuous Galway Senior Hurling Championship semi-final concluded in dramatic circumstances as teenager Neil Keary nudged over a last-gasp free to guide Loughrea into another decider with Portumna.

THE PORTRAITS will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday October 30 at 8pm at a show to raise funds for children in Burma.