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Colm Quinn BMW sponsored Carrick Golf Club Annual Golf Classic The Colm Quinn BMW Athlone & Galway sponsored Carrick Golf Club Annual Classic took place over last weekend October 6th – 9th in weather conditions we didn’t have all year. The Club’s first attempt to hold the classic over weekend of 23-25 Sept was washed …
Pictured above are Michael Masterson (Left) aka “The Barber” being presented with his first Captains Prize from Carrick Golf Club Captain Damien Duignan (Right) which he won in Carrick Golf Club in August. Michael went round the final 9 in 32.5 shots giving him a 45 hole total of 167.5 to win by one from …
Tomorrow’s Lough Key parkrun – the free, weekly, timed 5k event, coincides with International parkrun Day. This is an occasion when every parkrun event worldwide celebrates the first parkrun which took place in Teddington, London on October 2nd 2004. parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, and …
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Results The rescheduled Boyle Motor Works Cup took place last Sunday. The winners came from the final group of the day, with Brendan Gaffney and Susan O’Mahoney’s score of 62.5 pipping the pairing of Ross Andrew and Marie Hanmore-Cawley by half a shot. In third place was the combination of Patrick Egan and Claire Cryan …
Carrick Golf Club Annual Classic cancelled Unfortunately the Club annual golf classic which was set for last weekend had to be abandoned on Sat morning due to the persistent rain over Friday night Saturday morning it has now be re scheduled for Fri 7, Sat 8 & Sun 9 Oct, this is our major fundraiser …
It started on Monday, May 9th, and next Monday, September 26th, will see the curtain come down on Roscommon Races for 2016. Picture Credit: Andrew Fox Photograph It will be the ninth meeting of the season at Roscommon Races, with the first race getting underway at 2:15pm. The season was very hit and miss in …
Top sporting personalities including former Manchester United and England captain, Gary Neville, Irish Rugby defence coach, Andy Farrell and Connacht Head Coach, Pat Lam will line out for Huddle Dublin, a new sport themed performance conference taking place on Thursday, 29th of September at the iconic Aviva Stadium. The one-day performance, leadership and networking event …
Carrick Golf Club Annual Golf Classic The Club annual golf classic takes place on this Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of September. This is our major fundraiser of the year and all Members are encouraged to organise a team with golf friends from other clubs. Entry is €160 for team of 4. Book …
Two Roscommon angling projects and one in Athlone have been awarded over €250,000 by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs as part of the Government’s programme to support rural development. Picture Credit: Laurel Lodged – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10234762 Inland Fisheries Ireland says the investment in rural angling is crucial …
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August 28th Stableford What’s rare is wonderful! Kevin O’Rourke with 42 points won the Stableford competition played on Sunday 28th August. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to prise the Cecil Ewing shirt from Curran. Runner-up with 40 points Shane Crowe. Tommy Mulvey won the Gross and Benny Boyle was third. Carrick Golf Club Annual Golf Classic …
Roscommon’s Daire Feeley has been named in the Cycling Ireland team to compete in the 2016 UEC Road European Championships which take place in France. The event runs from tomorrow, September 14 to Sunday September 18th in Plumelec, Morbihan and Bretagne. The team is a combination of Juniors, U23 and Elite Mens and Ladies Cyclists …
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On Saturday last RTÉ’s Celebrity Operation Transformation came to County Roscommon to take part in the weekly Lough Key parkrun and a bumper crowd followed. Actor and Comedian Katherine Lynch, and Operation Transformation Coach Karl Henry joined the regular Lough Key “parkrunners” for a 5k run/walk/jog around beautiful Lough Key Forest Park. Numbers at the …
The John McCarthy Golf Classic played at Carrick Golf Club on Friday and Saturday last, September 2nd and 3rd was a resounding success. With over 300 players taking part in typical Irish summer conditions of sunshine and showers followed by rain, Friday proved to be the best of the two days yet only three of …
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Boyle Golf Club Golfer of the Year A fifth place finish in the King Cup (Full results below) for Seamus Gallagher was sufficient for him to secure the title for 2016 with one event yet to be played. This caps off a great golfing year for Seamus having won the the club matchplay title – …
Members of the Elphin base Windmill Wheelers Cycling Club, with two guests from Mayo and Leitrim, raised €12,000 for local charity SOS Elphin by cycling from Elphin to Paris last week. The men set out last Saturday morning, leaving Elphin Windmill at 8am and cycling 170km to Carlow. Sunday’s leg saw them cycle 90 Kilometers …
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