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Moycullen’s return to action in Irish basketball’s top league this weekend when they host perennial powerhouse UCC Demons at NUI Galway on Saturday at 3.45pm.

The Irish summer may not be giving us the hot temperatures we wish for but that is no reason to be cold this summer as you can stay hot at Bikram Yoga Athlone.

Mayo Community Games successfully hosted the HSE Connacht Community Games last weekend in Castlebar and the surrounding areas of Breaffy and Ballyvary. With ideal weather conditions to help all teams it was a day when many matches came down to the wire . Mayo Community Games secured seven titles with double gold for Breaffy rounders while Burrishoole also enjoyed double success when their girls u13 futsal team and u15 girls soccer were crowned champions. Turlough Towers girls u12 Gaelic footballers realised their dream when they won easily to lift a Connacht title. Kiltimagh girls u13 basketballers made their intentions known when they won out against tough opposition. It was a historic day for Castlebar boys u12 soccer team as they won the title for the eighth successive time.

NUI Galway has issued a final call for applications to its Sports Scholarships Scheme for 2012/13. NUI Galway has a long tradition of excellence in sport and this has been enhanced by the recent success in rowing, hurling, basketball, soccer and rugby as well as numerous individual achievements. The deadline for application for current and prospective students is July 31 at 5pm.

NUIG Ladies basketball are celebrating their recent success at the recent All-Ireland Intervarsity Championships.

Moycullen girls topped their group, beating both St Mary’s, Castleisland, and Sligo Warriors on Saturday before edging Limerick Celtics by 34 - 32 in the last quarter of the division 1 semi-final on Sunday. Paired against surprise packets Killinkere, who beat a fancied Brunell team from Cork, this decider was a thriller. Moycullen enjoyed a great start to lead 14- 4 after the first quarter, but Killenkere came back strongly to reduce the deficit to three at half time, and with just three minutes on the clock in the fourth, they took the lead.

Two points was all that separated winners Ballon from Matt O’Flaherty Chemist Titans in a nailbiting national men’s division one basketball final at the weekend.

Two points was all that separated winners Ballon from Matt O’Flaherty Chemist Titans in a nailbiting national men’s division one basketball final at the weekend.

Coláiste Cholumba, an Irish summer college located in Connemara Gaeltacht, is offering a recession-busting two week course with the advantages of the three week course but at a much reduced rate of €570.

Kilkenny students Kieran Joyce, Michelle Quilty, and Colm Dowling were among those awarded Gold Level sports scholarships at the WIT Awards Ceremony last week.