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The regional finals of AIB’s Build a Bank Challenge 2009 will take place over the coming weeks with 11 schools in Mayo participating. One of them will go on to compete in the national final in Croke Park in May, when the 2009 Build a Bank Challenge winners will be crowned.

Volunteers are wanted to help with collections for a short period of time in the Mayo area on Saturday July 4 and Sunday July 5 as part of a fundraising motorcycle run from Strokestown to Westport in aid of Mayo Roscommon Hospice.

Learn how to boost your well-being and vitality, think positive, get fit, and how to succeed in life, at an evening seminar, in association with Fitnessjunkie.ie, on Wednesday March 11 in The Mill Times Hotel, Westport.

Following on from European Mobility Week which took place this week Mayo County Council with the support of the Department of Environment, Heritage, and Local Government, is introducing the provision of bicycle racks in Ballina, Castlebar, and Westport to promote the use of bicycles as a sustainable and environmentally friendly mode of transport. A pilot rural transport initiative will be introduced from November to February in isolated rural communities to local centres of population in the Belmullet/Achill areas, and there will also be a public awareness initiative promoting the proper use of pedestrian footpaths and disabled parking spaces in the county.

The National Spring Clean campaign is now under way and hundreds of clean-up events are due to take place in Mayo throughout April. Everyone is encouraged to take part to help tidy up their local area and make it a better, cleaner, place to live.

The Mayo League will see the curtain come down on another season this Sunday (bar one or two re-fixed games), with a number of titles and promotion spots still up for grabs. In the Super League Ballina Town have their destiny in their own hands and on Sunday at 2.30pm on the Pete Murray pitch in Belleek Park, they can wrap up the title with a win over Fahy Rovers. Ballina Town have been leading the charge over the 17 games so far this season, with Westport United nipping at their heels. A win for Brendan Kenny’s side will see them reach 44 points, enough to claim the title as Westport can only reach a maximum of 43 with their two games left this season. They play Iorras Aontaithe this Sunday and have a re-fixed game against Snugboro United also to play, but if Kenny’s men do what is expected of them Westport’s re-fixed game will be inconsequential to the title race.

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce IS delighted to welcome the FBD Insurance Rás to the town on May 22 where there will be a stage finish. The sixth stage of Ireland's premier cycling event will finish in Castlebar and local businesses and sporting enthusiasts are encouraged to come out and give the competitors a hearty Castlebar welcome.

Following a horrific week of accidents on Mayo’s roads, two more lives were tragically lost in Ballyheane and Ballina on Thursday afternoon.

There are a wide range of free events at your local library to celebrate the annual Bealtaine Festival in May. While the festival is aimed primarily at older people, all events are open to everyone.

The Mayo Rose 2009 has been selected and is national school teacher Natasha Murphy from Castlebar.