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•SPORTS PERFORMANCE: The Sports Performance Centre in Oranmore Business Park is offering individual athletes and teams of all sporting disciplines scientific based programmes. The centre is open for children from six years of age up at the initiation stage up to high performance stage for adults 19 years and over. There are four phases of development at the centre: 6 to 10 years old – Initiation Development Phase; 11 to 14 years old – Athletic Development Phase; 15-18 years old – Specialisation Phase; 19+ years old - High Performance Phase. During the four phases, all athletes learn how to optimise their general athletic motor skills. The programme includes coordination and balance, speed , general endurance (aerobic and progressive anaerobic from specialisation phase), progressive anatomical adaptation for strength and power development, and flexibility and agility. New courses are starting early April and there are limited spaces on each course. For more information contact Sports Performance Centre, Unit 5 Oranmore Business Park, Oranmore, Galway. Email: [email protected]; or visit www.sportsperformance.ie.

Galway basketball club Titans contest this year’s National League division one finals on Sunday. The Galway outfit will face Team Garveys St Mary’s (Castleisland, Kerry) at 5pm in the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght.

Galway fighters were successful at the recent kickboxing show which featured three World title fights in the Black Box Theatre.

The Galway u-21s, led by Milltown’s Mark Hehir with a superb display at centre-forward, hammered Sligo by 2-20 to 0-7 on Saturday at Markievicz Park in the Connacht semi-final.

The general consensus in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon was that the Galway seniors were improving and things were starting to look up a bit.

And the bragging rights go to Galway.

1min It’s a point for O’Loughlin Gaels from Mark Bergin.

Clarinbridge 2-18

Connacht are preparing for another bruising battle with Italian outfit Aironi when they visit the Stadio Zaffanello on Saturday (4.30pm).

The Galway City Partnership has published a new introductory booklet for those wishing to set-up a co-operative business.