Galway Advertiser 1978/1978_06_29/GA_29061978_E1_011.pdf 

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Galway Advertiser, Thursday, 29th June, 1978

GOLF
Sunday, June 25. Junior Scratch Cup (Paddy Ryan Trophy), 36 holes. Winner: J. Kilfeather (6) 147 after sudden death play off with P. Donnellan and M. Quirke. Runner-up: P. Donnellan. Best Nett: J. C. Burke 136. Runner-up: M. Quirke 137. some ladies results which I It isn't often we ommitted last week. June 19, get Connacht finals in 9 holes stableford. Class A. Galway. To date ther have Winner: Gwen Quaid (14) 19 been four finals played on pts. Second: Sheila Kearney this field and Galway have (10) 17 pts. Class B. Winner: Dympna Ford (35) 21. never lost a Connacht final Second: Joan Kavanagh (27) here. The years were: 20. Special prizes: Bernie 1957 Galway 4-8; Leitrim Russell and Sandra Hackett. 0-4 1969 Galway 1-8; Mayo June 20. Sponsored by West District of Institute of 0-11 (Draw) Galway 2-5; Engineers. Class A. Winner: 1 9 7 0 Rita Mullins (16) 73. Roscommon 1-8. Second: Gwen Quaid (14) 1 9 7 4 Galway 2-14; 75. Class B. Winner: P. Lillis Roscommon 0-8. (34) 69. Second: Dympna There is a myth abroad Ford (35) 69. that Pearse Stadium (Sean Congratulations to Cath- Duggan would prefer if I leen Raftery who had a hole- called it Pearse Park or in-one in Connemara Golf Pairc an Phiarsaigh) is not Club during Open Week. It a happy hunting ground was, I think, the first in an official competition and for Galway. Of course it is Cathleen was suitably as the records show. Yes Galway were hammered rewarded. To whom do I offer my here by Mayo in 1967 but apology for the printing Mayo would have won error last week when Sean that day if the game were Foy was given as the winner played in Timbucktoo. of the Galway Arms Golfing Galway have never lost a Society's Captain's (Tony . Connacht final here. O'Connor) Prize? -- The winner was, of course, Sean LOCAL RESULTS Fox. GALWAY SFC The Costello Cup is now down to the last 8 and there Cortoon 1-4, Caherlistrane are, one must admit, a few 0-4; Corofin 1-7, St. unexpected names among Grellans (Gallinasloe) 1-3. them. Each match in the SHC - Ardrahan 4-15, quarter finals will be of Mullagh 3-12; Sarsfields interest and sticking my neck 1-5, Turloughmore 1-5. out, I go for Michael Quaid SHC - Gort 4-9, Athenry to win out. 4-5. IHC AbbeyThe O'Malley Cup is knockmoy 3-7, Tommy down to the last four and to Larkins 3-4. JHC - Pearse me--at any rate--the likely 3-8, Kilkormer 4-2; Tuam winner is Frank Stephens. 2-5, Carnmore 1-8; The Costello semi-finals and final together with the Killimor 3-15, Rahoon 1-5; Fohenagh 4-7, O'Malley final will be on Moycullen 4-5; Ahascragh Sunday next. 5-5, KilrickJe 1-2. U-21 FC There will be a 13 holes 4ball v. Par each Wednesday - Caltra 2-5, Mountbellew 1-5. during July. Play from 4 Cofofin moved on to the p.m. q u a r t e r - f i n a l s of the Our Secretary/Manager --Tommy Nevin--was a Galway S.F.C. and will be member of the Irish Golf very difficult to beat. Club Secretaries team which Cortoon had a surprise win defeated the British team at over Caherlistrane but the Stoke Poges recently. biggest surprise of all was O.L.B.C. Captain's (T. P. the defeat of Athenry by Kelly) Prize will be held at Gort in the Galway S.H.F. Westport on July 9(18 holes stableford). There will be a THE MINORS T.V. set for an eagle at any hole. Before the Connacht S.F.C. final on Sunday week we will have the m i n o r final between TENNIS Galway and Mayo (the holders). Last Sunday's f On Monday next, July semi-finals resulted as 3rd, Galway Lawn Tennis follows: Club stage their annual Mayo 2-10, Roscommon 1-8; Galway 2-13, Sligo Junior Open Week at Threadneedle Road. This 0-8. I'll have more to say year's tournament, kindly sponsored by Galway Con- about this game next crete Ltd., will also feature a week. special competition for Under 12s which will PROGRAMME commence at 10 a.m. on A special 30 page official Monday. All interested should leave their names on souvenir programme is the club notice board or being prepared for the contact Mrs. Margaret occasion. It will carry all McLoughlin for details. the usual statistics as well as quite a number of new The American Tourna- features such as the names ments continue to attract of referees of finals, a large numbers to tihe club on Thursday evenings, so number of scoring details past finals, the committee have decid- f r o m ed to close entries at 7.15 leathanach tre Ghaeilge, sharp and play will com- m a n y photos etc. mence at 7.30. The Tourna- Programmes distribution ment will be graded, so will be in the very capable please come early. hands of Mick Dolan. More details next week.

G.A.A
SALTHILL DEVON F.C.

Connacht Final Build-up

fight for every ball and SALTHILL G.A.A. have a good mixture of The finals of the U-9 and young and experienced U-12 G.A.A. Leagues (F.) p l a y e r s . Cork hurlers were played in Pearse moved on to another S t a d i u m last Sunday Munster final with ease. morning - U-9 Final Next Sunday Clare play Knocknacarra 3 - 4 , Limerick in the S.H.C. Highfield 2-4. Referee: semi-final at Thurles in Ger Conway. what may well be a real Stars for the winners thriller before a huge were J. Kilrainc son fo a t t e n d a n c e of about Seamus the former ST. 25,000. If Clare win as Jarlath's College Hogan they should they meet Cup star, L. Caulfield and G a l w a y h u r l e r s in Alek C o s t e l l o e while Roslevan (near Ennis) on Highfield had their best July 9th (Sunday week players in T. Haddock and same day as Connacht final) while on July 23rd M. Mitchell. Galway meet Antrim in S.H. U-12 Final Ardnamara 2-4, t h e All-Ireland Knocknacarra 0 - 3 . quarter-final. Referee: Danny Mowley. That's enough to think The winners had their a b o u t in the coming stars in K. McCloskey, weeks. So until next week Greg O' Donnell, Pat and the special supplement Molloy, P.J. Kelly, M. fagaim slan agaibh. Oh yes Melody and P. Kilken. I wasn't in Castlebar but Knocknacarra were best will tell you about the served by the Costelloe complex after my first brothers Ken and Norman, visit there which will be K e v i n C o n n o l l y , B. soon D.V. Slan again. Greaney and P. Browne. U-10 Final on Monday night last was played in Pearse Stadium just as the Galway S.F. team arrived t o start their training session - Knocknacarra 4-4, Highfield 2-4. Referee: D. Howley. The winners best were N. Costelloe, L. Caulfield, G. Farrell and J. Kilraine. Highfield were best served by T. Haddock and D. Doran. Last week I paid tribute to Danny Mowley, Mick Foley and Padhraic O. Grady for their great interest in promoting these leagues. Two others who deserve the same credit are Ger Conway and Billy Kelly the former Galway and Milltown goalkeeper. The leagues since their inauguration in 1966 have become a great feature of Salthill life. Long may they continue to be so.

A.G.M.
HILLTOP HOTEL SALTHILL Monday 3rd July 8.30 p.m. Sharp ALL WELCOME U.C.G. AIRDOME SPORTS HALL In these days of long, drawn out forward planning and time consumed in obtaining planning approval and funding for the provision of buildings surely a record must have been established at U.C.G. in t h e e r e c t i o n of a temporary Sports Hall virtually over the lunch time period on Thursday, 23 rd June. Low and behold a baloon type structure had appeared on the horizon at the rear of the University Club during lunch hour. On enquiry I established that Gerry Lee who is in charge of Physical D e v e l o p m e n t at the U n i v e r s i t y had t h e answers. He first thought of this idea back in 1975 having seen a number of similar structures in use for a multiplicity of purposes in the U.K. However it took considerable time to have the principle of the provision of the Airhall structure as a games room accepted and approved. Planning approval and funding for the structure had been approved earlier this year and foundation work and the provision of a suitable floor had been made over the last few weeks in anticipation of construction of the Hall on Thursday last. The structure which consists of a P.V.C. fabric is dome shaped. It is held in position by a peripheral anchor ring beam and inflated by differential heated air pressur. It covers a total area in excess of 7,000 sq. ft. The structure, which has a translucent dome, will be used for the playing of indoor games in a well lit, heated environment free from the elements. The Hall is 36 metres by 18 metres, will accommodate tennis, badminton, volley ball, net ball, basket ball, 5 - a - s i d e soccer and hockey, table tennis and indeed o t h e r indoor athletics. Access is being provided from existing dressing . room, shower, toilet and other ancillary facilities at the University Club and the Hall should prove a great boon, particularly during the winter months for s t u d e n t s and staff participating in these games. The structure will also have artificial lighting and space heating.

GREENVALE, the animal feeds division of Comhlucht Siuicre Eireann have pleasure in sponsoring (in conjunction with the Irish Draught Horse Society) the qualifying round for the

National Greenvale

Championship
the country's premier Irish Draught mare competition to be held at GALWAY COUNTY SHOW on SATURDAY, 1st JULY, 1978

MOTORING
LOVE WINS CASTROL AUTOCROSS Dub liner Noel Love won the Galway Motor Club's r o u n d of the Castrol National Autocross championship at Loughrea by a wide margin. Love drove a VW Special, and caused major surprises all round in a day that suited the engine over the driven wheels to put the engine power onto the slippery ground. There were 53 starters for the event, and the winning margin was almost ten seconds after three laps of a tight course. The conditions allowed almost comparable times from the Minis up to 1050 cc. Following the Galway round, the Castrol Championship series unofficially shows Billy Cavanagh to have extended his lead (18 p o i n t s ) from Mick Culleton and Tom Farrell (16). Gordon Lennox is fourth (14), Olive Hayes (13) and Pat Duffy and John Flynn tying for sixty (12 points).

Comhlucht Siuicre Eireann
Manufacturers of high quality animal feeds under the GREENVALE label for more than a quarter of a century.

RAS TAILTEANN Ras Tailteann came to .Galway last Sunday and t h e 15 lap Kermesse (round the houses) race was a very exciting spectacle. The race arrived from Killimor (Shannon Ferry) at 2.30 p.m. Then a quick cup of tea courtesy of the Ladies Committee and Fr. Ralph Lawless O.F. And then back to Eyre Square at 5 p.m. for the thrills and spills of street cycling. The real danger of the sport was all too obvious at Moon's Corner and at The Small Crane. Still there were no major accident and the local organisation was a credit to Paddy Mannion, Peter Walsh and John F. King. OTHER GAMES More counties are falling out of the championship race. Biggest surprise last week was the defeat of Laois by Offaly. The latter now go on to meet Dublin at the same venue I u n d e r s t a n d . Don't be surprised if Offaly bring off a surprise. They will

T E S T TRIALS NEXT WEEKEND On Saturday the cars will be in action in the Salthill Car park (by permission of the Corporation) where the start will be at 2.00 p.m. The event is one of the many attractions of the Salthill Fiesta. On the following day they return to Loughrea where the test trial is one of the concluding events in the Seven Springs festival, and again the start will be signposted from Loughrea, and is scheduled for 2.00 p.m. Regulations are now available for the Open GALWAY BOHEMIANS Hillclimbs at Ballyvaughan A.F.C. on 22/23 July. These The annual general meetevents both count in the ing of the above club will Dunlop Sexton national take place on Monday speed championship, and night next, 3rd July, in the use t h e r e n o w n e d C.Y.M.S, Hall, Mill Street, Corkscrew Hill o n commencing at 8 p.m. sharp. All are welcome. Saturday run.

The beautiful trophy which will be presented to the winner of Saturday's Irish Draught Mare competition at the County Show to be held at Clarenbridge.

Salthill Devon F.C.
Wish to thank the following who sponsored their recent National 5-a-side. HESKIN AUCTIONEERS, O'LEARY'S LOUNGE BAR, THE SALTHLLL HOTEL, McWHITES VG FOODlMARKET, GALWAY PLANT 4 TOOL HIRE.

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