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After the big win in the local derby against Athlone Basketball Club the previous week, AIT men’s basketball team returned to the Colleges League for a must win game against Waterford IT.

Buccaneers finally found the winning formula as they forged their first victory in the Ulster Bank League this season, holding off the challenge of University College Dublin (UCD) to emerge with a 19-13 win at Dubarry Park last Saturday.

World class athletics will return to Athlone Institute of Technology again on February 21 with the fifth AIT International Grand Prix.

St Loman’s, Mullingar added another dramatic come from behind victory to their 2017 collection with a brilliant AIB Leinster Club SFC semi-final 0-13 to 1-8 win over Simonstown Gaels at Cusack Park on Sunday.

If only we could see these two sides go toe-to-toe in the height of summer, rather than in the gloom of November with a constant mist seeping into the bones of those in action on the field and the hardy souls in the stands.

Mayo AC had four representatives on the Irish team competing in the 30th Annual British & Irish Masters International Cross Country in Derry. It's the third time in recent years that the event has taken place north of the border - in the grounds of Stormont in 2007, at Queen's University Playing Fields in 2012 and this year at Gransha Park outside Derry. And Mayo AC have had runners in all of them. The joint hosts were Northern Ireland Athletics and the local club City of Derry Spartans and they provided a well organised event.

The familiar setting of the main street in Hollymount village was the backdrop to the traditional November road races on Sunday afternoon. Sean Reilly and his team put on another well organised version of this popular annual event. It was the 52nd running this year - a fantastic and unique achievement - which once again took place around the familiar 3k lap.

Mustangs took to the court last Tuesday evening on their home turf in the newly lit up De La Salle Sports hall on their quest for win number six. They did not disappoint. Once again it was Ciara Griffin who was first out of the starting blocks, scoring the first basket of the game and getting the Mustangs underway on their mission.

Connacht return to action after a two-week break facing a block of 10 fixtures which will be crucial in achieving their seasonal ambitions. The transition period from the Pat Lam to Kieran Keane is now over, for players and management. The new structures and systems are in place, and it is all about perfecting, polishing, and producing winning performances at a higher level and with consistency demanded by the new coaching team.