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Galway athletes excelled at the traditional curtain-raiser to the National Cross-Country season which took place at Abbottstown in Dublin on Sunday on a fast and relatively dry course.

For the second year in a row, a call has gone out to schools in Galway and around the country from Irish Olympians, sprinter Phil Healy and athlete David Gillick, who have joined forces with Fyffes in a quest to find Ireland’s Fittest School.

Galway athletes were among the national medal winners at the 2022 Irish Life Health National Juvenile Track and Field Championships in Tullamore.

Galway athletes produced some superb performances in the second Irish Milers Club event of the season, which was held in Belfast.

NUI Galway Athletics excelled at the weekend's IUAA Intervarsities Outdoor Track and Field championships in Carlow.

Irish Cheerleaders Stuntworx Elite Alliance, made up of athletes from Ireland and Northern Ireland train in Galway twice weekly, and will finally get to travel to Orlando, Florida, to take part in the Cheerleading Worlds at ESPN in Disney World at the end of the month.

Galway City Harriers athlete Cillin Greene continues to add to his senior career having represented Ireland at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in Serbia.

NUI Galway men’s cross country team, coached by Matt Lockett, retained the team title at the Trinity Sports Grounds in Dublin on Saturday with a superb display.

It was Manchester airport, March 2008, and the flight to Galway had been delayed. Disgruntled passengers wandered through the departures terminal, concerned that Galway Airport might be closed by the time their plane landed. The complaints grew louder with the announcement of a further two hour delay. ‘All intending passengers’ were impatient and fed up. Well, almost all. There was one exception. In the midst of the unhappy throng, there was one person who would have more reason than most to complain and bemoan their predicament. Accompanied by her mother, Aileen, was a young Clarinbridge girl, who was returning home having just had re-construction surgery performed on her foot in a hospital in Sheffield. This was another staging post in what had been a series of operations carried out over a number of years in the English city. Amidst the doom and gloom of the delayed passengers, she stood out like a beacon of light. Smiling, friendly, warm and chatty, welcome to Katie O’Brien. She was twelve years of age.

Olympian Nadia Power is making sure we all get 2022 started off on the right foot as she shares her top stretching tips, giving us the necessary tools to prepare both pre and post our workouts, ensuring we stay flexible and our muscles are protected all year long.