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The Galway Minor camogie team made it two wins from two in the in the Electric Ireland Minor A camogie championship, overcoming Kilkenny 2-3 to 0-8 in Ballinasloe on Sunday.

Connacht are still holding on to their top eight position in the URC after a hard-earned 20-22 win over Dragons in Wales.

Connacht are hopeful outhalf Jack Carty will be fully fit to start against the visiting Emirates Lions on Saturday evening at the Sportsground (7.35pm) in what is becoming a fight for the top eight.

New Year tests do not come much bigger for Connacht than Sunday’s URC fixture with eight-time champions Leinster.

New Year tests do not come much bigger for Connacht than Sunday’s URC fixture with eight-time champions Leinster.

Sarsfields camogie were crowned four-in-a-row senior champions in Galway when they prevailed in a close encounter by 2-11 to 2-9 against Oranmore Maree on Saturday.

Connacht got out of the blocks with a hard fought 20-11 victory over Munster in front of a boisterous home crowd in the Sportsground on Friday night.

In 1895, the Galway Woolen Mills opened in Newtownsmith on land that was owned by Marcella Burke. The project was set up to provide employment, especially for young women, rather than to generate profits. Fr Dooley, the diocesan administrator, was the driving force behind the project and it was known locally as “Fr Dooley’s Mill’ long after he died in 1911. He took over three houses in order to build the mill. The hours were long and the pay was not great, 7/6 for women and 18 shillings for men.

It was always going to be a tough start to the season - an interpro in Belfast and two away fixtures in South Africa - one against the current URC champions.

Rosemount GAA recently hosted a successful golf classic in Moate Golf Club and with the weather proving favourable all participating teams savoured the occasion on the perfectly manicured fairways and greens.