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The Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Finals were held on Saturday, October 18 at Bushfield in Loughrea across four races. There were close to 600 athletes competing from across the province and there were some notable Galway medallists in the course of events.

The most immediate takeaway from last Saturday’s season opener was a satisfying 5-1 win for Galway United Women against DLR Waves.

Two of Galway’s top young athletes excelled and claimed medals in a highly competitive series of races at the 123.ie National Senior Indoor Track and Field Championships that was held over two days last weekend in the National Arena in Abbottstown, Dublin.

It was a win to savour for Galway United last Friday night and they will have had 16 days to do so by the time they next taste action in the league.

Conor Penney of Craughwell AC was announced last week as the recipient of the Athletics Ireland Juvenile Star Award for County Galway for 2022.

Galway athletes excelled at the traditional curtain-raiser to the National Cross-Country season which took place at Abbottstown in Dublin on Sunday on a fast and relatively dry course.

Galway lost out to Tipperary in the Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge Cup finals which took place across three venues recently.

Some 250 runners shook off any festive excess when they crossed the finish line in the Resolution Run 5K road race on New Year’s Day.

The 20th anniversary of the famous Fields of Athenry 10k race takes place St Stephen’s Day in the town at 11am.

Galway athletes will be in action this weekend with many of Europe’s top athletes descending on Abbottstown in Dublin for the European Cross-Country Championships.