Elverys Sports Super League Kiltimagh/Knock United 2 Castlebar Celtic 5 It was a bit of an anti-climax in the end.

Norah Newcombe Pieterse led the Mayo AC runners home with a brilliant win in the 38th annual Streets of Galway 8k Road Race last Saturday evening. Norah, a former winner of the Western People Mayo.

Mayo-native Sinead Diver was forced to pulled out of the Olympic marathon little more than one kilometre into the race.

It’s the last Sunday in July, there is so much going on and I don’t know how we fit it all in but everyone pulls together and it all works out.

After 15 years playing for the local club and another 30 in the big time, Michael Ring is walking back to the dressing room to the sound of a standing ovation from voters who never showed him the red card.

The year is 2032. The train now runs from Claremorris to Athenry. You can fly from Knock Airport to the USA daily. Daniel Wiffen says he’ll swim to Brisbane to pick up his latest Olympic medals.

This week was a significant one for Enniscrone Golf Club as it marked 50 years since the club turned a new page and opened an 18-hole championship course for the first time.

A few days before surfacing from the shimmering waters of Paris La Défense Arena as an Olympic champion, Daniel Wiffen was sharing his journey to the Games on YouTube.

As junior members in Enniscrone Golf Club, my friends and I were blessed to have a mentor in the form of the late Charlie McGoldrick, the club professional for many years before his untimely passing in August of 2011.

Anyone in Mayo who wishes to try their hand at this fast and exciting sport, there is social touch rugby at Westport RFC on Mondays.

Athletics: The National Masters Outdoors Championships took place in Tullamore last Sunday (August 4) where almost 500 athletes competed in track and field competitions across an action-packed eight-hour schedule.

Mayo SFL Division 3 – Final Eastern Gaels 3-14 Breaffy ‘B’ 0-7 Daragh Coyle at Fr O’Hara Park, Charlestown A rampant Eastern Gaels outscored their opponents by 16 points on a wet and windy Sunday in Charlestown to secure the Division 3 crown at the ...

Mayo SFL Division 4 – Final Kilmaine ‘B’ 1-10 Ballinrobe ‘B’ 0-8 Patrick Hennelly in St Coman’s Park, Hollymount Despite playing the majority of this game with just 13 men, Kilmaine staged a Lazarus-style second-half comeback to edge their South ...

Mayo SFL Division 2 Relegation Playoff Bonniconlon 0-11 Ardagh 0-4 Daragh Coyle in Ardagh Not a classic by any means, but a tactical masterclass from Bonniconlon saw them fire away in the second-half and retain Division 2 status through being the ...

After they were pipped in extra-time in last year’s decider, Westport looked eager to make things right in last Saturday evening’s Mayo SFL Division 1 final – and did so in convincing fashion.

Mayo SFL Division 1 Relegation Playoff Charlestown 1-17 Kiltane 1-10 Anthony Hennigan at Fr O’Hara Park, Charlestown Playing for almost 40 minutes with one man less was of little hindrance to Charlestown Sarsfields who made sure of their Division ...

Rochford Motors in Ballyhaunis, main Opel dealer in Mayo, demonstrated its strong commitment to local rugby recently by making a significant contribution to Ballyhaunis RFC.

Athletics: The country is in the grip of Olympic fever and who knows, perhaps there are some budding young athletes in Co Mayo who might be parading behind the Irish flag in Los Angeles in four years’ time or in subsequent Games to come.

COMMUNITY NOTES: BALLINROBE - WESTERN PEOPLE (AUGUST 6 EDITION) Congratulations to Ballinrobe Racecourse manager, John Flannelly, who has received the Contribution Award at the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association 2024 ...

Abbvie Mayo SFL Division 1 Final  Westport St Patrick’s 1-18  Castlebar Mitchels 0-10  Stuart Tynan at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar  The promised ...