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There was double success for Calasanctius Oranmore in the Irish schools’ cup basketball finals in Dublin this week with the schools’ girls’ u16 and boys’ u19 sides taking the A titles. The girls’ final saw the Galway girls win out over Mercy Mount Hawk on a score of 57-41, while in the boys’ final the Oranmore lads had a narrow 77 -69 win over St Benildus College. In the girls’ final a great team display, backboned by Ailish O’Reilly’s MVP performance, secured the win. O’Reilly drained two three-pointers to end any hopes of the Mercy team gaining a victory. With two additional free throws to seal the game, Calasanctius Oranmore began the celebrations as the final buzzer sounded at the score line of 41 - 57.

One of Ireland’s greatest ever sportsman Seán Kelly was on hand Friday to officially open the new state of the art sports centre at NUI Galway.

Gort’s long established basketball club is considering closing its courts to youngsters.

The Mayo Sports Partnership would like to invite everybody in the Erris area to participate in a festival of sport which takes place on the weekend of Friday and Saturday October 3 and 4.

The Football Association of Ireland in conjunction with Carlow Local Authorities have announced a new FAI development officer for the Carlow area.

An Cearnog Nua, Moycullen, after a solid start to another National League season last weekend, are back on the road again.

Team Loftus Recycling picked up two valuable National League (Division 1) points with a hard-earned victory against PV Falcons, Longford in the Mall Complex, Longford, on Saturday night. This was an important game for both sides with the home side very anxious to record their first victory in the current league campaign and Ballina keen to get back on a winning track following a shock defeat to league débutantes, Lisburn 94s, the previous weekend in Ballina.

An exciting weekend of basketball is promised for An Cearnog Nua, Moycullen as they head into a tough double-header at home in the Kingfisher NUIG gym.

Eighty students at NUIG will receive funding to pursue their sporting interest this year.