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Thirteen sports clubs from Westmeath are among a record 923 applicants from across the 32 counties to put their names forward for the 2010 Texaco Sportstars Bursaries. A previous Westmeath winner was Shoot ‘N’ Stars Special Olympics, Mullingar who won an award in 2008, which they used for improving the facilities for their club members.

women’s team continue to upset the odds. Under the captaincy of Galway’s Dora Gorman, they defeated favourites Germany in the European Championships semi-final yesterday to become the first Irish team to qualify for a major finals in the women’s game.

184 sports clubs from all over Leinster have registered for Kellogg’s Field of Dreams in the hope of winning a €100,000 pitch makeover. Clubs running the length and breadth of Leinster have entered the competition ensuring that every county in the province is represented.

Galway sports star Dora Gorman from Salthill has been announced the winner of the Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Month for April. The Irish u-17 football captain led her team to the semi-final of the European Championships last month - the first time an Irish women's team has qualified for a major final.

Greenfields Hockey Club were crowned Connacht Senior League champions in Dangan on Tuesday night after seeing off local rivals Galway by 2 - 1 in a superb game played in heavy rain.

Loreto’s hockey girls travelled to Galway during the week to contest the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schools’ Cup.

Galway’s Colaiste Iognaid are bidding for a second successive Irish title when this year’s senior school hockey championships get under way in the city today.

European indoor hockey comes to Ireland for the first time this weekend when Galway host the Club Champions Challenge 2010.

Galway Hockey Club is set to host a European Hockey Indoor Club Challenge, becoming the first in Ireland to have the honour.