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Ten Galway teenagers will have the opportunity to win a sail training weekend in May.

There is nothing to stop Galway hosting another stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in the future, according to Volvo’s communications director Marcus Hutchinson.

I'm not what you would call the sailing type. In fact, my impression of the sport was one that it was the preserve of the wealthy. So I travelled to Galway for the visit of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet to see what all the hullaballoo was about.

It would be truly ironic if Galway was to lose its living boating heritage with the disappearance of the gleoiteog while at the same time celebrating a round the world sailing race!

GALWAY CROONER Keith McDonald and his eight piece big band will play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday August 19 at 8pm.

Preparations for the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway and the erection of the race village at the docks will go ahead regardless of whether the giant oil tanks are removed or not.

The Athlone Springs Hotel has announced its sponsorship of a superb competition for fifth and sixth class students in Athlone and the surrounding areas.

Street theatre, music concerts, art exhibitions, and food tasting will be taking place in Galway when the Volvo Ocean Race hits the city from May 23 to June 6.

It was only from the ignition of the first metal cutter at the docks on Tuesday that local people could fully engage with the fact that the Volvo Ocean Race is to land on these shores in a little over a month. Only when the first metal was cut to dismantle the massive oil storage tanks, could we fully imagine the enormity of the event that is to visit these shores at the end of next month.

GoBus and Let’s Do It Galway have joined forces to support the Volvo Ocean Race with the launch of a specifically branded Volvo Ocean Race GoBus coach - the only one of its kind in the country.