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Under 16 girls' team take All-Ireland final
THE Sligo Giant Warriors Under 16 girls team represented the North West region at the All Ireland national finals in Dundalk.
Under 16 girls' team take All-Ireland final
THE Sligo Giant Warriors Under 16 girls team represented the North West region at the All Ireland national finals in Dundalk.
Skreen Dromard Community Games
SKREEN/Dromard Community Games -- our area games take place on Thursday and Friday, at 7 pm both evenings, at the community centre.
Community Games' team events' draw takes place
BASKETBALL under 11 Mixed: (A) Calry V Coolera. Semi-Finals, A V St Feichins, St Marys v Ballymote
Collooney kickboxers make it onto Irish team
BROTHERS Jarlath and Cormac O'Connor enjoyed great success at the All Ireland full-contact national championships in Dublin recently.
Glitz and glamour at first races of the year
GLITZ and glamour were the order of the day at the first Sligo Races meeting of the year on Sunday.
Plans in the pipeline for next Lough Gill swim
Plans for the 2013 Lough Gill Hospice Swim wil be unveiled at a launch night in Caheny's Bar on Thursday , May 16th.
U14s make it all the way to final
The Sligo All Stars Basketball Club under 14 boys reached the championship game of the All Ireland Club Championships in Cork to end the year as the second best under 14 team in the country.
Community Games results and news
Ballymote
U16 All Stars are on a roll
The good times are rolling in again for Sligo basketball after the All Stars stormed to national glory in the Under 16 All-Ireland Division One Club Championships in Galway.
National title for Aoife
Castleconnor's Aoife Quinn came back from Clare a National Handball Champion following her victory over Laois's Avril Deegan in the final of the Girls 15 & Under B title in Clare on Sunday. Quinn was in brilliant form all weekend and overcame stern opposition to record a thoroughly deserved national title.
Sligo teams are Connacht champs!
Two teams from Sligo Tennis Club - Badminton Section were crowned Connacht Champions. The two teams had success at Grade C and Grade E levels, both defeating teams from Galway Lawn Tennis Club in the Connacht finals, held on 7th April in Sligo Tennis Club. Indeed, Sligo Tennis Club played host to all the Connacht league finals on that day with a great competitive atmosphere as five finals took place simultaneously in the same arena; Grade C, Grade E, Grade F, Grade G and Grade H. Sligo Tennis Club was represented in four out of those finals, all apart from Grade F.
Cathal set for Heineken Cup showdown
A former Sligo Grammar School student will be at the heart of one of the marquee rugby games of the season on Saturday.
Winners of the 18 hole -- all the news
Winners of the 18 hole competition played on saturday 6th. of April 1st. Kitty Farren 31pts. 2nd Anne Henry 28pts. this competition was sponsored by Casey,s Pharmacy Ballymote. The weelky competition sponsored by Breege Scanlon was Anne Henry 18 points. 2nd.Brenda Duffy 17 points.
Oxx launches the season
Leading flat trainer, John Oxx, was on hand to kick off the Sligo Races 2013 season at a special launch evening in the Sligo Park Hotel.
Harper's excellent third in Spar Mile Challenge
Another great day for Sligo AC at home and abroad on Sunday.
Patterson rows well in Neptune
With the rowing head season at an end, Sligo Rowing Club started their sprint regatta season with a trip to Islandbridge in Dublin to race on the 1200 metre Neptune Regatta course.
News
Celebrations in Manorhamilton as school opens new sports facilities
A VICTORY for a magnificent voluntary effort. That was the case as St Clare's National School, Manorhamilton, celebrated the opening of new sports facilities on Friday last.
Collooney house raided in cannabis seizure
GARDAI SEIZED almost €13,000 worth of cannabis in a search of a house near Collooney.
Gardai called as protesters enter bank branch
GARDAI were called to the Bank of Ireland in Sligo after protesters occupied the premises.
Sligo unemployment just below national average
THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate in Sligo last year was just below the national average. At the time of the Census in April, there were 18.1 per cent of people without a job. This compared to a national average 19.0.
Cawley could be first unelected mayor
HE could become Sligo's first unelected mayor. As the impasse continues at Sligo Borough Council, no date has been set for its annual meeting.
Man charged with restaurant theft
A MAN charged with theft at a restaurant was remanded to July 4th next.
A 'fang-tastic' gathering
MOVE over Yeats. Bram Stoker is taking over . . . with an army of blood-curdling Draculas.
Six dangerous driving charges for army man
A MEMBER of the defence forces is facing six counts of dangerous driving.
Majority rule for Sligo women
SLIGO HAS more females than males – just.
Regional Hospital cleaning up its act
SLIGO REGIONAL Hospital is cleaning up its act. And just to make sure, HIQA inspectors were again in the hospital last week.
Soccer
Battle of the titans turned out to be a dreadful display
I THINK we were all initially surprised that the fixture between the top two teams in the country over the last number of years, Sligo Rovers and Shamrock Rovers, wasn't to be broadcast live on our national television station.
Rovers seeking their first away game win in over a month
SLIGO Rovers will seek their first away League win in over a month when they take on Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds on Friday.
Hoops fans' attempt at Red Army ridicule misses the target
STUPID Rural Fixation Complex - Shamrock Rovers fans' attempt at getting at Sligo Rovers fans on Friday night. The point of it is, I'm presuming, to have a go at the whole SRFC patent debacle.
