Hot soup and showers welcome after successful Atlantic Masters sea swimming event

Fri, Jun 21, 2019

Last Saturday saw the first sea swimming event to take place in Renville, Oranmore, organised by the Atlantic Masters Swimming Club, in aid of the RNLI.

Keogh off to rowing champs

Thu, May 23, 2019

Galway rower Aifric Keogh has been selected on the Ireland team that will travel to Lucerne for the 2019 European Rowing Championships.

Keogh, who rows with UCC will compete in the women's pair, having made history last season when she and Emily Hegarty from UCC became the first women's pair from Ireland to qualify for an A final in the World Rowing Championships.

Galway must cope without Canning as championship campaign begins

Thu, May 09, 2019

Micheál Donoghue begins his fourth All-Ireland championship campaign in charge of the Galway senior hurlers when the reigning Leinster champions take on Carlow in an intriguing contest at Pearse Stadium on Sunday (3pm).

Crowe confirms two new dressings rooms for Doughiska

Thu, May 02, 2019

Cllr MJ Crowe this week confirmed that two new dressing rooms will be installed in Doughiska before the end of the month. Work on this project started well over twelve months ago. This involved obtaining funding for these, working through procurement procedures and agreeing a site location.

Calling all Golfers - The Vision Cup!

Fri, Apr 26, 2019

The Vision Cup, which will take place at Galway Bay Golf Club on Friday May 10th, in aid of Vision Sports Ireland and Rosabels Rooms.

Maree women crown incredible season with another title

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

Maree finished off an incredible 2018/19 season unbeaten on Sunday afternoon when they picked up their fifth title of the season after overcoming Ulster University Elks and were crowned Women’s D1 League Cup champions.

Maree women shoot down Rockets to set up another final showdown

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

Maree Basketball Club’s senior women’s team are one game away from completing a clean sweep of national titles following their 84-76 win over Phoenix Rockets in the League Cup semi-final in Carlow on Saturday.

Moycullen survive tough Superleague season

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

The final month of the Basketball Ireland Men’s Superleague season was something of a mixed bag for Moycullen, but in the end they survived to fight another season in the top tier.

Maree women now seek clean sweep

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

Maree finished their men’s Superleague campaign in impressive fashion on Saturday night, completing the double over Belfast Star for what was a third successive win to wrap up their season.

Mike Lynch’s side found themselves trailing at the end of the first two quarters, but a dominant third quarter display saw them get their noses in front; and they wrapped up the win with a free-flowing display in the final quarter in which they outscored the visitors 25-7 to finish 96-75 winners.

Fantasy Football round 32 preview

Wed, Mar 27, 2019

It has been a roller coaster ride for Irish football fans this past week.

Tribesmen cruise to victory and confirm top tier status next season

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

One point was all that was needed to confirm division one status for Galway footballers for 2020 but the home side set their sights on a bigger prize at Pearse Stadium on Saturday.

Mid-race collision ends Galway's Greene first senior European debut

Thu, Mar 07, 2019

Cillin Greene of Galway City Harriers endured a heartbreaking initiation on the European senior stage at the recent indoor championships in Glasgow.

Ireland's new national 400m champion was the first Irish athlete in action on Friday, but he was most unlucky as he failed to finish his 400m heat after a mid-race collision.

Cup final day for women’s soccer

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

A big day in women's soccer takes place on Sunday when Corrib Celtic face Mervue United in the U18 Premier Cup final.

Kick offf is at 3pm in Eamonn Deacy Park, and will be preceded by the U12 Championship final between Corrib Rangers and Athenry FC at 12 noon.

Words of wisdom for Simon from Padraig Harrington

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

Local golfer, Simon Lowry from Loughrea, Co Galway, received the opportunity of a lifetime to meet with Irish golf champion, Padraig Harrington as he prepares to tee off in Abu Dhabi for the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games this March.

First-quarter Bish blitz secures Irish schools’ cup

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The Bish has added another basketball trophy to its cabinet, winning the U14A Subway Schools Cup on Monday.

Maree women prepare to celebrate double success

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Maree Basketball Club’s senior ladies have claimed this year's division one league title and will be playing Superleague basketball next season.

Success on the double for Maree basketball teams

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Maree women's basketballers are on the brink of a rare double. Having already won this year's division one national cup, the Galway outfit now heads to Limerick intent on adding the league title.

Rabbitte makes three changes for Monaghan clash

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Galway, having kicked off their campaign with a win over Cork last weekend, now face a different challenge when they are back on the road to Lisseagh, Emyvale, on Saturday (2pm) to face Monaghan in the second round of the Lidl National League.

Manager Tim Rabbitte has made three changes to the team that overcame Cork by 1-8 to 0-5 last weekend with the Dunmore McHales Hannon sisters making their starts. Barbara Hannon comes in for Megan Glynn who picked up an ankle injury, while sister Lucy replaces Sarah Conneally who picked up a head injury.

Hurlers will learn from Carlow draw

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Carlow was the big talking point on the hurling scene at the weekend, forcing a draw with last year's All Ireland finalists Galway in National Hurling League action.

Mulkerrins wins Player of the Year

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Galway enjoyed a hugely successful night at the GAA handball awards in Dunboyne Castle, winning three awards. Club of the Year went to Inis Mór Árann, Moycullen Handball Club was awarded Venue of the Year, and Martin Mulkerrins was crowned Player of the year - the first Tribesman to be awarded the prestigious title.

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