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A group of 24 novice men from Mayo assembled in St Anne’s boxing club, Westport, last Monday night to kick off the training for a white collar boxing event on behalf of the Mayo branch of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

There was further positive pre-season tidings for Connacht as news filtered through that powerful Samoan centre Niva Ta’auso will join the western province.

Despite all the talk of recession, punters are still expected to gamble a whopping €40 to €50 million at this year’s Galway Races.

The Galway Races are such an intrinsic part of the local as well as national culture, it seems like they have been taking place forever. For many people the Galway Races are the event to go to and they are looking forward to it all year long. To some the main attraction of the event is the old friends and new people you get to meet, to others it’s the atmosphere of excitement and glamour, and to others still it’s the very passion for watching horses race and perhaps engage in a little betting. Although the first Ballybrit race meeting, lasting two days, took place in 1869, a lot has changed since.

Leading department store Anthony Ryan’s will continue its sponsorship of the Best Dressed Lady competition this Lady’s Day, Thursday July 31, at the Galway Races.

Castlebar Ladies Golf

It’s Races time and for the second year in a row, Galway City Council, the gardaí, and Diageo will organise the safety initiative, which includes a glass free zone and a litter management plan, in an effort to keep the streets clean and the people of Galway safe.

Horse Racing Ireland announced today that an additional national hunt race meeting has been added to the existing Gowran Park Racing Calendar which will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2009.

•Galway Golf Club: Men’s Tuesday raceweek competition 18 holes single stableford, Sean McMahon (18, Dromoland) 37; Dara Coyne (14) 35; Gross, Damien Coyne (1) 34; Kieran Daly (9) 35; Sean O’Donoghue (6,Portarlington) 35; Stephan Delaney (13) 35; Oliver McDonagh (3)(Tuam)35. Ladies’ Brown Thomas Cup 18 Hole Stroke, Carolyn Foster (27) 61; Imelda Brennan (19)72; Gross, Sheelagh Kearney (10) 84; Raymonde Standun (21) 73; Class A, Patricia Comer (16) 74; Ronnie Keenan (16) 74; Josephine McCann (18)75; Class B, Bridie Kenny (24) 74; Marilyn Kelly (26)75; Olive Breen (20) 81; Class C, Yvonne Gibbs (30)79; Valerie Egan (36) 82; Terese Mongan (32) 84.

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