SPORTS SHORTS

• The Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing Club had three fighters out on Sunday at the Dragon Wars promotion in Kilkenny and all three were victorious. Martin Murray totally outclassed his opponent Connor Myers from Shannon, while mum of two Yvonne McNevin easily outscored her Kilkenny opponent Mags Walsh over the three rounds in her first outing. IKF All Ireland welterweight champ Alex Novac took the laurels in an international bout against Andrew Davis from Wales.Novac, who holds the title at 67kg, weighed in at 69.5 for the fight on Sunday while the Welshman tipped the scales at 71.9kg. Novac will now drop back to welterweight to make a mandatory first defence of his title against No 1 contender John O' Shea on October 17 and this fight will again be in Kilkenny.

•Kilglass Gaels GAA Club, from Rooskey, Co Roscommon, are asking for Galway support to help them win the Kelloggs Field of Dreams competition. The ultimate prize is a makeover of a pitch to the value of €100, 000. The winner will be decided by public vote and the club is looking for the support of all of Connacht. People can vote by:Text " kelloggs connacht " to 53799 (cost 20c ); Email: www.kelloggs.ie/fieldofdreams and vote for Connacht (you will recieve a return email which you must verify once by clicking on the link contained in the email ); or Post "5 vote" tokens from promotional boxes of cornflakes and crunchy nut(feast ) and be automatically entered into a draw for a holiday worth €5,000. Supporters can vote once a day, every day until October 28 .

 

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