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What a day of Camogie to look forward to this Saturday! The four best teams in the land will be going to battle in Nowlan Park as the prestigious prize of the O’Duffy Cup awaits.

=Anatomy ladies’ exercise and leisure boutique on Abbeygate Street promotes healthy lifestyles and fit bodies.

Pool swimmers looking for a new challenge are invited along to Old Head beach for high-tide open water swims taking place on a weekly basis. Organised and supervised by leading swim coach Trevor Devlin, former Irish Special Olympics coach, dozens of swimmers young and old have already been enjoying the experience of deep-water swimming in groups alongside the pier.

Galway Golf Club’s Eddie McCormack (+3) has been included in the team to represent Ireland in the Home Internationals that take place at Ashburnham Golf Club, Wales from August 11 to 13. The Cavan golfer, who plays out of the Galway club, has enjoyed consistent form throughout 2010 - a beaten finalist in the West of Ireland, third-round leader in the East of Ireland championship, and two singles wins for Connacht in the recent interprovincial series at Ballinrobe Golf club.

Galway’s new world record holder, oarsman Ray Carroll, returns to his home city tonight (Thursday) after 43 days rowing across the Atlantic.

All Star hurlers Ollie and Joe Canning were given the tough task of teaching some of the biggest stars in Hollywood how to play hurling on TV3’s Xposé. The Supermac’s sponsored hurlers taught Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, and David Spade, stars of The Grown Ups, how to handle a hurley and sliotar.

The Liverpool century team have announced that they are sending a four-man team to Ballinrobe, the squad will more than make up the numbers as one of them is an ex- world champion, Andy Bennett won the Fireman World championships a few years ago and is a serious sprinter, the green jersey for the Kieran McMahon cup will be one of his goals.

The first ever river-based triathlon in Kilkenny took place on Saturday last in Kilkenny city. Early on Saturday morning, over 500 triathletes of all ages and abilities set off on the taxback.com sponsored event which began with a bracing swim in the River Nore.

Ballyhaunis

It’s that time of the year again when rugby players put their tags behind them and tog out for full on rugby league action. Last season saw the introduction of the first Kilkenny ladies rugby team and the interest was very high.