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Galway will hold its 106th St Patrick’s Day Parade on Tuesday and this year’s sea based theme will have sea creatures swarming through the city streets.

Laura Walker just turned 16 but has been playing camogie since she was ten years old.

Ougterard’s most famous athlete, Mick Molloy, will have his name honoured in a revived race to take place in the lakeshore village.

A beautiful sunny day in Tullamore on Saturday was made all the more memorable by the quality performances by the Kilkenny athletes. Various commentators suggest this was one of the most competitive schools finals for many years.

Mayo AC women athletes and the Fif4Life group from Claremorris were among the 40,000 who took part in the 27th Flora Mini Marathon 10k in Dublin on Bank Holiday Monday. The race was won by Rosemary Ryan (Bilboa AC) in 34.27.

Galway’s oldest rowing regatta takes place on Sunday at NUIG Sports Grounds in Dangan.

Three Kilkenny athletes were part of the successful Ireland team which finished second in Banka Bystrica, Slovakia, at the weekend. Eileen O’Keeffe had a season’s best of 68.25m to take second place in the hammer. Aoife Hickey finished seventh in the shot with a put of 11.86m and Joanne Cuddihy ran the second leg of the third placed 4X400m relay team.

The key to nutrition, and sports nutrition in particular, is to feed the body’s cells the nutrients it needs to thrive and to repair damage efficiently. 

•The popular Galway Schools Soccer and Gaelic Football Academy returns to St Mary’s College this month. Two camps, from July 13 to July 17 and July 20 to July 24 will be held from 9am to 1pm daily. Directed by Sean Og de Paor, Martin Horgan, and Robert Grealish, this successful mix of sports has been a resounding success over the past decade. Quality coaching, fine facilities, and prizes for all participants - not forgetting the daily soup and roll for each child - are the hallmarks of the St Mary’s academy. A third camp starts next Monday (June 5 to 10) which is based in Oranmore. For further enquiries contact 087-6061176/ 087- 2237683/091-388973.

It was an action packed weekend in the Tullamore Harriers Stadium for the under 12 to under 19 national juvenile track and field championships. The heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and the very blustery and showery weather on Sunday may have wet many but failed to dampen the spirit and enthusiasm of the athletes. With a fine haul of 17 All-Ireland medals (six gold, seven silver, and four bronze) it was a weekend to remember.