Sligo Sport

march 2017, ISSUE 2, VOLUME 3

EJ SLIGO ALL-STARS

A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NATIONAL BASKETBALL NORTH SLIGO MEN WIN MEDALS IN WATERFORD

KIDS SHINE AT MARKIEVICZ PARK

CO. SLIGO HARRIERS HUNT AT CARROWMORE

epic win for sligo against coronthians

BADMINTON PLAYERS CLAIM THREE NATIONAL TITLES

• Running • Cycling • Hill Walking • Kayaking • Basketball • Archery • Mountain Biking • Equine Events • Boxing • Hiking • Rallying • Karate • Surfing • Fishing • Shooting • Handball • Sailing • Workouts • Tennis • Horse Racing • Canine Agility • and much more!

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YAMA HARA GYMNASTICS

Leinster LC gala

Congratulations to all thegymnasts who competed in the national tumbling qualifier today in the new purpose built national gymnastics arena in blanchardstown, special congratulations to Ruth Kennedy for bringing home the silver medal in NDP2 with a brilliant score of 56.6...

Well done to Amber Mahon, Grace Curley, Realtin Regan, Aoife Hayes, Eabha Cawley, Claire Keaney who also competed to a very high standard... Well done from all at the Yama Hara..we are super proud of you all

Collooney kickboxing club Great swimming this weekend at the Leinster LC gala by Jade, Maeve, Sean and Anthony. Getting through to finals on both days they represented Sligo very well and we are all very proud of them.

Maeve is pictured here with her medal for the 50 Backstroke.

Collooney kickboxing club had a busy day at the 2017 MUGENDO Open, with 30 fighters on the matts and stepping up on the podium

Applications open for Cúl Camp Coaches If you are interested in coaching on this years Kelloggs GAA Cúl camps please email your CV to liamog.gormley.gm.sligo@gaa.ie by March 31st.

Basic requirements that must be in CV. 1. Garda Vetted 2. Child protection course complete 3. Foundation coaching qualification complete 4. All applicants must be 18 or above by 1st of June 2017.

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URSULINE COLLEGE 1ST YEAR LADIES

Ursuline College 1st year ladies had a great opportunity to test their hockey skills against Pembroke HC when they visited our school to play a friendly 8aside blitz. Special thanks to Ursuline/Yeats coach Elayne and Brenda , also to Deirdre Waters from Pembroke HC. (Photos Brenda McCallion)

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EJ ALL-STARS FINISH ON A HIGH!!

Well done to EJ’s Sligo All Stars who finished their last home game of the season with a win over league leaders Neptune BC of Cork!!

American Kaylim Noel and Drumcliffe native Oisin O’Reilly registered 28 points each while Tobi Brockmann finished with an impressive 20 points, guided the All-Stars to a dramatic 96-95 victory over the Cork side at the Mercy Sports Centre. The lads have had an unbelievable return to Mens senior basketball with great things on the horizon for next year. EJ Menswear is delighted to be joint main sponsor of the All Stars alongside now global Sligo company ORRECO!! Playersd and supporters alike cannot wait for next year already!!

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NATIONAL SURF LIFESAVING STILLWATER COMPETITION

Tuam A Gala A great day out at the Tuam A Gala by the 22 swimmers from the club .... great swims/loads of PB’s/Div 1 and 2 times and medals back to Sligo Congrats to all. Sincere thanks to Coach Eduardo, Team Managers/Time Keepers and Parents for making the day the success it was. Pictured are some of our medal winners, Danielle, Eoin and Josh.

Eoin and Josh with their Bronze medals in 16+ age and 14/15

Congrats to Joe Mooney who triumphed in the National Surf Lifesaving stillwater competition - Joe Mooney Sligo was the only person to break an Irish Senior record at the Stillwater Nationals in UL last weekend.

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INNISFREE WHEELERS UPDATE

Fourteen Wheelers covered nearly 130km in this morning’s Sunday spin. Pictured here in the sunshine after ascending the final climb of the day on Muragh. (Left to right) Alan Kelly, Hugh Bennett, Rod Scott, Joe Gethin, Eddie Carr, John Molloy, Brendan Leahy, Rose Tully, Con Lee, Tom Brennan, John Connolly, Damian Willis.(missing from photo - Paul Flynn and John Kent.)

Inisfree Wheelers At the launch of the Yeats Tour of Sligo

Some of the Wheelers in Castlebar recently

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STRAND TAKE OUT BOYLE CELTIC IN THE SOUTHERN HOTEL SUPER LEAGUE

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week end of Shocks in the Super and Premier League while in the T P Brennan Connacht Cup and Shield competitions Sligo Leitrim League Clubs advance, Strand Celtic once again sent shock waves through The Great Southern Hotel Sligo, Super League with a demolition job on current league champions Boyle Celtic. The game played at the Institute of Technology Sligo on Friday night was certainly a learning curve for Boyle Celtic.

Strand Celtic showed on their day that they are a match for anyone this was proven emphatically on the 8th of January when they inflicted a major blow to Carbury FC beating them by five goals to one. Boyle Celtic only league defeat this season prior to Friday night was a one nil loss to Carbury way back on the 25th September seen then its been a roller coaster for them with a place in the quarter finals of the FAI Junior Cup next Sunday. But history counts for little and Strand are no respecters of titles as they took the lead twice with goals from Barry O Mahoney and Mark Mc Callion but were quickly pegged back with Niall Brennan and Luka Roddy on target for Boyle Celtic. Strand Celtic took the lead again early in second half with Mark Mc Goldrick netting his second goal and Strand had a number of excellent chances to extend the lead but on sixty two minutes Boyle killed any chance of a revival when referee Glen Gilmartin who had an excellent game gave Sean Purcell his marching orders for dangerous play after a foul on Strands

Damien Scanlon Dessie Carlos then decided to have his say and his outburst resulted in another Red card that effectively ended the game for Boyle but not for Strand, as Daniel Lang and Ryan Mc Manus hit a goal each to wrap up a superb performance from Strand Celtic. Manager Darren Hurd now has to get his players back on track for next Sunday but as stated two weeks ago, Boyle may well have run out of lives lets wait and see fingers crossed.

Merville United bottom of The Andrew Mullen Sligo Pallets Premier ended any aspirations Carrick Town may have held of Title honours with a superb display at the Astro Cleveragh youth international Jordon Muldoon opening the scoring on twenty minutes when he finished off a very classy bit of inter play. The second half was twenty-five minutes old when Conor Cox added the second and seven minutes from time Graham Irwin added the third that secured all three points for Merville United who are back on form.

In the T P Brennan Connacht Cup Manor Rangers advance in style defeating the highlyfancied Westport United by five goals to two. Manor were two up after twenty-five minutes’ courtesy of a double strike from Niall Walshe. Westport fought back and scored from two set pieces with a goal each from Danny Scahill and P J Galvey to leave the sides level at half time.

Manor Rangers grabbed the allimportant third goal courtesy of Brian Mc Donald Paddy Woulfe then added the fourth and Niall

Walshe completed his hat trick to fire the Leitrim Kingpins into the next round.

Ballymote Celtic played Calry Bohs at Brother Walfrid Park and booked a place in the next round courtesy of a Jack Hever Hat trick and a goal apiece from Matthew Drew and Adam Cunnane. Ciaran Stenson netted the only goal for Calry Bohs.

Aughanagh Celtic at home to Ballaghaderreen FC were scoreless at the break but they struck early in the second half Paul Mc Tiernan put over a pin point cross and Conor Mc Padden cracked home the opener for Aughanagh and minutes from time Stephen Scanlon wrapped it up with a splendid second goal.

Carbury advance thanks to Colin Jinks scoring the only goal of the game ten minutes from time away to a very strong Cloonfad United.

Ballisodare United advance scoring opened after seven minutes when Keith Gilmartin split the defence and the in running Adam Mc Goldrick sized up the defender, turned into his favourite left foot and drilled a low hard shot beneath the Colemanstown keepers grasp.

Nip and tuck for the next thirty minutes with Ballisodare keeper Jack Mannion saving well with his feet Colemanstown got back into the game when they were awarded a penalty on the 37th minute, which was converted by midfielder Paddy Mullins. Two minutes later Colemanstown took the lead when Kevin Reilly rose highest at the back post to nod in a floated cross.

Ballisodare full back Niall

Howley buried a free kick on the 45th minute but referee Tommy Oates pulled it back to be retaken. The retake hit the wall, 2-1 Colemanstown at half time.

Ballisodare drew level 5 minutes into the second half.

Gary Anderson slotted Adam Mc Goldrick through pass and he took on the shot early, delightfully chipping the Colemanstown keeper from 25 yards out.

Both teams cancelled each other out and chances were at a minimum for the next 30 minutes. Simon Gilmartin scuffing a half chance with 5 minutes left and Jack Mannion making a fine save on the 87th minute.

As the game headed towards extra time Ballisodare stalwart Kevin O’Hara pounced on loose ball in the Galway sides box to lash home the winning goal in the 90th minute. 3-2 to Ballisodare who advance to the last 16.

In the T P Brennan Connacht Shield Ballygawley Celtic made the long trip to Moyne Villa a rewarding one winning by the odd goal in five.

This was a hard-fought win away to the current shield holders Moyne Villa. After going a goal behind on on the twentyminute mark, when Moyne Villa were awarded a penalty.

On a sticky pitch Ballygawley eventually got to grips with the conditions and equalised on the stroke of halftime through Peter Murray.

In the second half Ballygawley began to get the upper hand and increased their lead again on sixty minutes with Peter Murray finding the net after a lovely passage of play. Murray

competed his hat-trick on seventy-five minutes when Paul Flanagan played him in and he finished low to the net.

Moyne Villa got a late goal on the stroke of full time to leave the final score 3:2 in favour of the Sligo men.

Stephen Hallahan was the toast of MCR who scored all three goals to lead at half time away to Galway side West United B and they all came from the penalty spot. West United fought back in the second half both goals coming from Michael O Toole one from the penalty spot but MCR advance thanks to the accuracy of the hitman Hallahan.

Result: Friday 3rd March the Great Southern Hotel Sligo Super League: Boyle Celtic 2 Strand Celtic FC 5; Result: Saturday 4th March T P Brennan Connacht Shield: Moyne Villa 2 Ballygawley Celtic 3; Results: Saturday 5th March Andrew Mullen Sligo Pallets Premier League: Arrow Harps P Cliffoney Celtic P; Merville Utd 3 Carrick Town 0; Cleary Landscapes & Pitch Maintenance Division One: Benbulben FC P Chaffpool United P; Coolaney United P Dromore Villa P; T P Brennan Connacht Cup: Aughanagh Celtic 2 Ballaghaderreen FC 0; Manor Rangers 5 Westport United 2; Ballisodare United 3 Colemanstown Utd 2; Calry Bohs 1 Ballymote Celtic 5; Cloonfad Utd FC 0 Carbury FC 1; T P Brennan Connacht Shield: NUI Galway B P Real Tubber FC P; West Utd B 2 MCR FC 3

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AN POST YEATS TOUR OF SLIGO 2017

29TH & 30TH APRIL

60km Route Event Sign In: Sat 29th April: 5.00pm to 7.00pm Sunday 30th April at 10.30am Sun 30th April: 9.00am to 10.00am Event Headquarters/ Start & Finish: Knocknarea Arena Sports Centre, Institute of Technology, Ballinode, Sligo (10.30am to 5.30pm) The 60km Lough Gill Circuit sets out over Hughes Bridge and turns right towards Finisklin and onwards in the direction of Strandhill along the R292.

Cyclists will witness spectacular views on route of the Atlantic Ocean and Coney Island while the iconic mountain range of Ben Bulben will be visible over their right shoulder while the imposing sight of Knocknarea and the Queen Maeve Tomb will be on their left as they peddle along with few inclines to climb .

The cyclists will be afforded a water stop at Ransboro (18km) before they continue onwards towards Ballisodare bay. On taking the first exit at the Ballisodare village roundabout

the cyclists will pass Union Wood and the scenic Ballygawley Lough along the R284 before turning left at Ballygawley village.

Following the R287 and taking on a few inclines the cyclists will arrive in the village of Ballintogher where a warm welcome and food stop will await them at St. Michaels GAA Clubhouse (33km).

Following the foodstop the route will take the cyclists in the direction of Killanummery along quiet roads in County Leitrim before arriving in the village of Dromahaire. Cyclists will be treated to some further spectacular scenery as they head back towards Sligo along the R288 including the scenic Lough Gill and Parkes Castle and this section will include the most significant climb of the day as the cyclists pass Clogherrevagh.

After some strenuous peddling and climbing the cyclists will be rewarded with views of Lough Colgagh and the distant Calry mountain range. On arriving back to Sligo town the cyclists will pass by Hazelwood eventually crossing the N16 to arrive back at the Institute of Technology.

100km Route Event Sign In: Sat 29th April: 5.00pm to 7.00pm Sunday 30th April at 10.00am Sun 30th April: 8.30am to 9.30am Event Headquarters/ Start & Finish: Knocknarea Arena Sports Centre, Institute of Technology, Ballinode, Sligo (10.00am to 5.30pm) The 100km Innisfree Tour shares part of the same route as the 60km and 160km events.

The 100 km Innisfree Tour sets out over Hughes Bridge and turns right towards Finisklin and onwards in the direction of Strandhill along the R292.

Cyclists will witness spectacular views en route of the Atlantic Ocean and Coney Island while the iconic mountain range of Ben Bulben will be visible over their right shoulder while the imposing sight of Knocknarea and the Queen Maeve Tomb will be on their left as they peddle along.

The cyclists will be afforded a water stop at Ransboro (18km) before they continue onwards

towards Ballisodare Bay. On arriving at Ballisadare village the 100km cyclists will split from the 60km Lough Gill Circuit by taking the second exit at the Ballisadare village roundabout similar to the 160km event. On leaving Ballisodare the cyclists will travel along the N59 for a short distance before taking a left turn to head into the Ox Mountains for a challenging climb up Ladies Brae which rises to a height of 240 metres which is a NEW CLIMB for 2017.

Towards the top of the climb cyclists will be rewarded with spectacular views in the distance of the Atlantic Ocean and the various Sligo mountain ranges. Cyclists will descend off Ladies Brae through rugged mountainous terrain eventually arriving at a T junction and on taking the left turn will follow quiet county roads towards the village of Coolaney where they will have their first Foodstop at Coolaney Development Centre Community Park at 56 km.

Cyclists will head onwards in the direction of Sligo passing along the outskirts of Collooney before rejoining the 60km Lough Gill Circuit at Ballysodare.

The cyclists will pass Union Wood and the scenic Ballygawley Lough along the R284 before turning left at Ballygawley village. Following the R287 the cyclists will arrive in the village of Ballintogher where a second food and water stop awaits at St. Michaels GAA Clubhouse 79 km. Following the foodstop the

route will take the cyclists in the direction of Killanummery along quiet roads in County Leitrim before arriving in the village of Dromahaire. On leaving the village cyclists will follow a new route section of road for 2017 straight back to Sligo along on the R286 cycling along the shores of Lough Gill and passing

Parkes Castle.

Cyclists will eventually cross the N16 to arrive back at the Institute of Technology in the knowledge that they have completed a great days cycling. A warm welcome home, refreshments and a massage for those most in need awaits !

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160km Route Event Sign In: Sat 29th April: 5.00pm to 7.00pm Sunday 30th April at 9.00am Sun 30th April: 7.30am to 8.30am Event Headquarters/ Start & Finish: Knocknarea Arena Sports Centre, Institute of Technology, Ballinode, Sligo (9.00am to 5.30pm) 160km Route Description 2017 Please Note 160km Cut Off Time will be clarified shortly: Cyclists undertaking the 160km event must reach the 50k distance by 11.30am at the very latest, otherwise you will be strongly advised to turn left at this point and join the 100km event. The event will be finishing at 5.30pm.

The 160 km Ox Mountain Challenge sets out over Hughes Bridge and turns right towards Finisklin and onwards in the direction of Strandhill along the R292. Cyclists will witness great views en route along the Atlantic Ocean and Coney Island while the iconic mountain range of Ben Bulben will be visible over their right shoulder while the imposing sight of Knocknarea and the Queen Maeve Tomb will be on their left as they peddle in the direction of Ransboro and onwards towards Ballisodare Bay. On arriving at Ballisodare

village the 160K cyclists will split from the 60k Lough Gill Circuit by taking the second exit at the Ballisodare village roundabout. On leaving Ballisodare the cyclists will travel along the N59 for a short distance before taking a left turn to head into the Ox Mountains for a challenging climb up Ladies Brae which rises to a height of 240 metres.

Towards the top of the climb cyclists will be rewarded with spectacular views in the distance of the Atlantic Ocean and the various Sligo mountain ranges. Cyclists will descend off Ladies Brae through rugged mountainous terrain eventually arriving at a T junction and on taking the right turn will follow quiet county roads towards the village of Cloonacool where there will be a water stop at Cloonacool GAA Pitch 59 km.

From here the cycle takes on a whole new section of route for 2017through rural countryside and villages.

In Cloonacool the cyclists will take a left turn heading in the direction of Tubbercurry and arriving at a T junction for the N17 will take a right turn to arrive in Tubbercurry and onwards to the village of Bunninadden for the first foodstop at Bunninadden Community Centre at 76 km.

The onward journey will take

the cyclists to Ballymote where they will continue on the R293 to the T junction at Clarkes Bridge where they turn right onto the N17 and travel for a very short distance along it before taking a left turn into Collooney through the town before taking another left turn which takes the cyclists back

to Ballisodare.

On leaving Ballisodare the cyclists will pass Union Wood and the scenic Ballygawley Lake along the R284 before turning left at Ballygawley village. Following the R287 the cyclists will arrive in the village of Ballintogher where a second foodstop and water

stop awaits at 111 km at St. Michaels GAA Clubhouse.

Following the foodstop cyclists will head into County Leitrim travelling in the direction of Killanummery and onwards through Killargue before arriving in the village of Dromahaire where they make a right turn on arriving in the village. On leaving Dromahaire cyclists will travel along the R288 and will be treated to some spectacular scenery as the cycle takes them along the shores of Lough Gill for a few kilometers before taking a sharp right turn onto the R286 to commence a significant new climb for 2017 known locally as ‘Sriff’. However, cyclists will be rewarded with some further spectacular scenery as they head back towards Sligo along by the scenic Doon Lough and the Leean and Keelogyboy mountain ranges.

For the last 14km cyclists can breathe a sigh of relief as the climbing is over and involves some nice downhill sections which will afford participants a chance to enjoy and reflect on a great sense of achievement that can only come from surviving the Ox Mountain Challenge.

Cyclists will eventually cross the N16 to arrive back at the Institute of Technology in the knowledge that they have overcome a mighty challenge. A warm welcome home, refreshments and a massage for those most in need awaits !

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LATE ENTRIES: can be made from Thursday 20th April until Tuesday 25th April 2017. A late entry fee will apply

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THE KEVIN EGAN CARS PREMIER LEAGUE 2016/17 The opening fixtures of the ‘Margaret Callaghan Memorial Cup’ 2017 Mon 6th March 9pm Cornview Celtic vs Ballymote Celtic Astro #Ref Ian Colburn Tues 7th 9pm Calry Bohemians F.C. vs Boyle Celtic FC #Ref William Burke Wed 8th 9pm Village Inn FC vs The White Gorillas #Ref M.Farrell Thurs 9th 8pm Arrow Harps vs Foleys Bar FC W.Burke Thurs 9th 9pm Bald Eagle’s FC vs It Sligo FC Keith McDonagh

The Final Table in this years Kevin Egan Cars, Sligo Premier League 2016/17 Congrats once again to Cornview Celtic with the #PerfectSeason Played 20 Won 20 Eamonn McDonagh & Darren Kearns men will go down in Sligo Astro Leagues Knocknarea Arena history #HatsOffLads Also congrats to our Runners up Boyle Celtic FC under Padraic O Dowds leadership this young squad pushed the champions all the way and have a lot to be proud of

Cornview Celtic 5 - 1 Ballymote Celtic Astro Another hat trick from that man again Gareth Kelly plus 2 for 2nd half sub David Martin see’s the league Champions through to the cup quarterfinals against the winners of Arrow Harps vs Foleys Bar FC next Wednesday night.

Farrys young side gave it their all and found themselves 2-1 down at halftime but just ran out of steam before the end and were punished for mistakes in the back line.

Top Scorer Congratulations to the leagues Top Scorer 2016/17 Gareth Kelly with an incredible 40 goals for Cornview Celtic with Connor Deery runner up with 18 for Boyle Celtic FC

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Great turnout of members for the first build day of 2017, Tunnel Vision now has an exit that runs parallel to the fire road, which with the aid of a new berm, helps to set you up for the long climb back up the hill! And makes the exit safer on to the fire road. Plenty more ideas for future days too!

Now accepting new members! Our membership runs from January to January, in line with Cycling Ireland membership. If you fancy trying out one of the fastest growing sports over the last few years, on some of the best allnatural trails in the country check out our facebook page

Congratulations to the 3 1st year hockey teams who played the Bower in Athlone today. 5 matches played - 3 wins & 2 draws, 7 goals scored and only 1 conceded!

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Success at the Mugendo Open for Collooney Kickboxing club

With 30 fighters in 57 divisions coaches des leonrard and Áine Conlon were hoping for some podium finishes and they weren’t dissopointed with the full team stepping up to their delight. The clubs elite fighters are in full preperation for THE IRISH OPEN in Citywest in March. This is the most attended Kickboxing competition in the world, and Colloney is top ten ranked

Republic of Ireland Soccer Supporters club North West The Republic of Ireland Soccer Supporters club North West are getting ready for the world cup campaign with Martin O'Neills Republic of Ireland team. The club are planning travel to our home games V Wales on the 24th March followed by a Friendly V Iceland on the 28th March and games during the year V Uruguay, Austria, Serbia, Moldova, Georgia away in September and Wales away in October of this year.

The club run bus's to all home games in the Aviva and are planning on taking in away games in the World cup campaign.

The bus departs Quay Street car park near the City Hotel and on to Carrick on Shannon via Longford to Dublin om Match day.

The Club can arrange tickets to all games except the upcoming game V Wales in the Aviva as this game is a sell out at present.

The club promotes the FAI season tickets which are great value and the season ticket covers the FAI cup final which we hope will involve Sligo Rovers who have a great record down the years in the cup.

The club can be contacted by phoning Alan on 086 1683351 or Padraic on 089 4068845 or the Clubs facebook page which is ' North West Ireland Soccer Supporters club'.

The Supporters club are open to new members.

We currently have members of all ages both Female and Male. Any one wishing to travel to any of our home games, Bus Seat booking is essential to guarantee a seat on the bus to the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Match days.

The Sport Ireland Yeats Tour of Sligo Family Fun Day Saturday 29th April 2017 The Sport Ireland Yeats Tour of Sligo (formerly the An Post Tour of Sligo) will return to Sligo on the May Bank Holiday Weekend

2017 The Sport Ireland Yeats Tour of Sligo Family Fun Day returned popular demand for 2017.

Regardless of age or cycling experience, this wonderful event gives families and new commers to cycling the chance to get on

their bikes and discover the simple pleasures of cycling in a fun and enjoyable environment.

A Festival of Cycling entertainment ranging from fun cycling challenges to face painting and the choice of either a 10km or 2Km cycling spin will be on offer. It promises to be an exciting day for young and old alike !

Registration will take place on the day of the Event (Only €3 entry per person) • 1.30pm – 2.30pm: Registration opens at Institute of Technology Sligo Knocknarea Arena • 2.00pm onwards: Fun activities including Cycle Skills Challenge and more • 3.00pm: 10km Hazelwood Spin for All (9yrs+, under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult) • 3.00pm: 2K Bike Trail at IT Sligo grounds (4 – 8yrs, must be accompanied by an adult who may cycle or walk along with

the participant) • Goody Bag for All entrants 10km Hazelwood Spin for All (9yrs+) 10km Hazelwood Spin for All is about fun, enjoyment and participation, with safety a key priority. The cycle is along a flat route from IT Sligo to Half Moon Bay Hazelwood and back with a water/fruit stop. This cycle will have lead and trail cars and all cyclists will travel within the zone of the two cars.

2km Bike Trail (4-8yrs) The 2km Bike Trail will take place inside the grounds of the IT Sligo.

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HALF TIME ACTION AT THE RECENT SLIGO V LAOIS GAME

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YEATS COUNTRY CYCLING CLUB Yeats Country Cycling Club had some of our younger stars attending the Connacht Cycling Medal Presentations last night in Castlebar!

In attendance where Matthew Devins whom scooped his 2nd place medals in both Road Race & Time Trial & 3rd Hill Climb TT in the U14 category respectively. Pauric Maxwell took home 1st place in the Hill Climb Time Trial U16’s, Pauric has only been with the club a few months and is already showing promise for the future.

Not in attendance on the night was our Connacht Champion Lady in the Road Race, Ericka Murray and 2nd place A2 in the Connacht Road Race Champs, Derek Bowyer.

This tops off a very successful 2016 season for Yeats Country Cycling Club.

Great turnout today for the launch of the Sport Ireland Yeats tour of Sligo. The green was to the fore by our very own Yeats Country Cycling Club! Members young and old turned out in large numbers on a fine day.

Some of the Yeats Country cycling club lads headed away for some warm weather miles, they couldn't have picked a better week to go

Adult Swimming Lessons for Beginners and Improvers Wednesday evening at 7pm €80.00 for eight week classes Childrens swimming lessons from Little ducks (in armbands) beginner, level 1 & 2, lane swimming Tuesday & Wednesday 3.50 and 4.25, Saturday morning 9am lane swimming, Saturday other classes 10am, 10.35am, 11.10am,11.45am,12.20 pm, Childrens classes run for 7 weeks @ €56.00 and 8 weeks €64.00

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U14 BOYS INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL

The All Star U14s who played against Mulroyhoops Basketball club Donegal Sligo All-Stars are delighted to announce the lineup for our annual U14 Boys International Invitational on the 10,11 & 12th of March. Coming back for a 3rd year and hopefull of taking the overall honours again Manchester Magic lead the way, followed by the cream of U14 Boys teams Ireland has to offer. Dublin Sonics make their debut in the tournament and are blazing a trail in

the Dublin league. Titans of Galway make their 3rd appearence and always bring their A game. Blue Demons from cork bring huge tradition and have been at the top table of Irish basketball for generations. North West rivals Ballyshannon 88’rs always punch above their weight and were delighted they’ve committed to the tournament. Lastly our own U14’s

have worked ever so hard in recent years and have lots of talent, we’re hopefull some of these players will eventually go on to play National League basketball in the future. So to everyone who enjoyed our men’s team return to national league this year, come along and see the next generation of Sligo All-Stars and the cream of underage basketball on these isles.

Sligo County Darts Association Following the last games played on Friday this is the final standings of the J & S Premier League..

The top eight will compete for the cup while the bottom eleven will contest the shield competition...

Finals night takes place on Friday 24th March in The Crozon Inn

The draw for the J & S Shield competition on finals night..

A lot of lads unlucky to miss out on the top eight will be looking to win this very competitive competition..

Some excellent throwers in the field!!

Goodluck to all..

We would love if your club could submit pictures and reports on what is happening in your organisation on a regular basis and we will be sure to include it. It is important that we get as much involvement from clubs such as yours from the get go so any info you have please send it to seamus@sligosport.ie or feel free to contact me on 085 2498067.

The draw for the last 8 of the J & S Premier League Cup..

Some cracking ties in store..

Goodluck to all eight players!!

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BETTER SURFING DEVELOP A MOVEMENT PRACTICE

I

t’s not a single exercise. It’s not a 3 week plan. It’s not just one trip to the physio, or 1 exercise program that will fix all your woes.

Years of neglect have often lead to people being unhappy with how their body can move.

Aches, pain, a gut, lack of mobility, realizing their body is incapable of surfing.... whatever it may be, it didn’t happen over night.

It’s not a singular action that will undo all that. It’s a series of choices, an ongoing commitment to learn more about your body. To do better with your food. To rebuild and repair yourself.

It’s not a week. It’s not a month.

It’s a process. Ongoing, and never ending. It’s a movement practice.

Do you want to stay capable well into the later decades (surfing, healthy, cognitively sharp? Then you need to start making choices (habits) that will keep leading you in that direction.

Surf Better: Movement Practice & Surfing

This is absolutely not a list of the 3 exercises that will boost your surfing, or the 1 thing you need to do to boost your health, or any of that pervasive fitness clickbait. I’m going to do the opposite of that. I’m going to give you a template to build a Movement Practice.

There are no magic pills.

There is no 1 specific exercise that is going to suddenly make you rip.

There is no 10day cleanse that is suddenly going to make you happy and supermodel-esque.

Movement Practice. Long term consistent application.

The focus needs to be on developing this movement practice. Not a quick fix. Not a bootcamp fat blaster, new year new you, superfood power shakes, super cleanse abblaster. A movement practice to reorient yourself with your body, improve the way you move, make you stronger, and continuously improve.

Western society has come to expect immediate gratification in all aspects of life, which has been pretty damn detrimental.

When it comes to the body,

there is no quick fix. It’s ongoing, consistent application, and an understanding that your body needs some love. If you treat it like shit, what do you expect the result to be? Employ some adult rationality here. I see a lot of folks treat their car, or their stupidly expensive purses better than their body. That’s a heavy disconnect.

Movement Practice. It’s not exercise, it’s movement practice. Get rid of the smash yourself into a puddle of sweat and vomit, “exercise must hulksmash my body” mentality. It’s useless. There’s that quick fix immediate gratification western mentality again. Slow it down man. Put down your red bull monster pre-workout pump drink and drop the hair gel, the world doesn’t need more gym-bros.

There are times to go hard, and push your limits, but that needs to happen more sporadically than most people think.

Ongoing refinement, skill acquisition, 3-dimensional movement, and interaction with your own body needs to become the priority. Develop a

deeper understanding of your own movement capacity, and your body. Get clear on what you want your body to be capable of in life, and set the foundations to make sure you stay capable. Develop your Movement Practice.

What’s Movement Practice Even Mean?

If you want to stay active, apply some effort towards doing that.

If you don’t, but still want to fully participate in some type of athletic endeavor, it’s more than likely that you’ll have a breakdown somewhere.

Conveniences of modern life have done away with the need to move in the manner our bodies are designed to move.

Instead, we succumb to gravity and soft chairs, rounded postures and immobile joints.

We sit too much. We stare at screens all day long. We eat inflammatory foods and foodlike products. We hurt our backs picking up shoes. We have chronic shoulder pain from no acute injury. We don’t use our bodies the way they’re physiologically designed to.

Couple that list, which is basically the antithesis of what we should be doing, and mix in some surfing, (or any other 3dimensional high output activity). Problems will arise at some point. We’re essentially self-limiting, and setting ourselves up for failure, pain, frustration, and health issues.

At the end of the day, we maddeningly love surfing, want to keep doing it, and want to do it better. Wake the f*** up and realize that you need to be an active participant in your health, and making sure your body moves well. Develop a movement practice. It will help your surfing, but really what I’m trying to convey is that it will help your life.

What’s a Movement Practice Have to Do With Surfing?

First, some brief clarity. Surfing is a skill. You improve your skill in the water. Bottom line. What you do outside of the water builds the foundations to allow you to improve your skill. For example, if you’re lacking adequate flexibility, it’s going to limit your movement, maybe

prevent you from having a clean pop up, and ultimately limit your skill / surfing. Your movement practice will take the brakes off, so you don’t impede your skill / surfing.

So for anyone that chimes in with “surfing is the best training for surfing”, yes I hear you and mostly agree. It is the best way to work on and practice your skill. There really is no other way to practice the dynamic equilibrium changes and wave intuition other than surfing. But the mindset that training is useless is absolute stupidity. Stop being stupid. If you’re stronger, healthier, more powerful, more mobile and flexible, you have larger foundations to improve your skill in the water. Stop selflimiting, and develop a movement practice…. so you can keep working on the skill in the water (cause that’s really fun).

What to Include in a Movement Practice.

This is a path, not a finite goal. It will be ongoing and change over time, so go at this with an explorative mindset. The following list is not definitive… just some of what I think will be highly beneficial for you.

Your goal is to keep yourself efficiently capable. Maintain yourself so you’re a human being that can kick some ass in life, and not be plagued by unnecessary injuries, immobility, and being a sedentary bag of skin.

as “self-myofascial release” in the health circles. Add in some stretching protocols, mellow yoga (not the bastardized stinkingly hot room sweat pool yoga), and some mobility drills.

These tools will be life-long. Get familiar with them, apply them, and you’ll see some huge benefits down the road.

Develop a routine that you can use several times per week. I have a 10-30minute AM routine, and a 10-30minute PM routine. I would suggest that you do the same.

Get off the booze. I’m all for a bit of the sauce now and then, but nightly drinking is doing your physiology no favors. I have yet to have a client report negative effects from getting off the sauce. Crazily enough, the human body doesn’t like to be consistently poisoned.

Yoga 1-2x’s per week. Like I mentioned in the Mobility section, some good yoga practice can be exceptionally beneficial, especially for the inflexible fellas. I do however feel it needs to be concurrently practiced with some quality strength training. That is especially true for the hyper mobile women. Yin and Yang.

Some strength balance to that large movement flexibility.

Fundamental strength training.

Lifting some weights. This could be a book, but I’ll try to keep it

to a few paragraphs. I may be biased, being a strength and conditioning coach and all, but being strong, and strong in dynamic movements is a really good thing. Forget what you learned in the gym in the 80’s, or when you were in high school.

No spandex workout shorts either (guys, that’s really creepy and pervy).

Develop skill in the fundamental strength movements, and you’ll have a strength base in place that you could take in a number of directions. Deadlifts, Squats, Lunges, Pushups, and Pullups / Chinups. This list is far from complete, but if you can nail these lifts with precision, strength, and power, you exhibit high quality movement, proficient joint range of motion, and you’re a stud or a babe.

High quality strength training is reinforcing proper mobility. It’s teaching you to control your joints effectively under load, and teaching you to be strong.

When training the primary strength movements, you’re essentially training movements that are critical to movement through life (and surfing): bending, squatting, lunging, pulling, pushing, and twisting.

People that have hurt themselves lifting in the past, it’s very likely they were training with abysmal form. Heavy load, lifted with bad mechanics and faulty joint alignment will tear things

apart. Tearing things apart hurts. That’s why I say develop “skill” in the fundamental lifts.

Deadlifts, squats, pushups, lunges, and chin-ups should be worked on with the goal of precision. Clean it up. Get a quality coaches eye on your form. It’s very rare that I work with a client and don’t have to completely tear apart and then build back up their major lifts.

This strength base will allow for more complexity, more speed training, and more dynamic movement. All the fancy shit you see us health and fitness pros doing on instagram, it’s founded on these basic lifts.

Squats- You know that low crouch position when surfing, that compressed barrel stance, and getting low into the hips for a bottom turn…. it’s a variance of a squat pattern. If you can’t squat, you can’t stay low.

Ankles, knees, hips, and spine all need good mobility and strength to squat well. This is a really good thing for surfing. Basic squats lead to weighted front squats, lead to bulgarian split squats, lead to plyometric jumps, lead to rotational jumps. That complexity pathway could continue, but it starts with a fundamental squat pattern.

SQUAT TECHNIQUE Basic pull-ups lead to ring chinups, lead to skin the cats, lead to front levers, lead to one arm chin-ups. Developing that strength in complexity is not only

Aqua: Start with drinking more water. Clean water. A quality filtration system is a good idea. Most folks are chronically dehydrated. Who would have thought that chronic dehydration can adversely effect human physiology!??!

What a crazy concept. Drink more water.

Mobility: For the dudes over 30, mobility is the word. I’m referring to the ability to control your body through ranges of motion. It’s being flexible, but with strength in that range of motion. If you can drop into a gnarly yoga pose, but not be strong in that range of motion, it’s essentially useless, except to maybe impress some hot yoga babes. Immobile shoulders, hips, and spines are the norm amongst the dude over 30 crowd. This is exceptionally limiting, and setting you up for pain in the future. If you can’t move you can’t surf, a simple concept. Get into some tennis ball love or foam rolling, known

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fun, but it provides a huge buffer for what your arms have to do in the surf.

Deadlifts, or a proper hip hinge, leads to single leg deadlifts, leads to kettle bell swings, leads to pistol squats, leads to one-arm rotational kettle bell swings.

Again, basic skill, leading to strength, leading to complexity.

If you can dial in this type of hip power, not only will you have a hugely strong back, but you’ll be able to produce a load of force through the lower body. That force and control can really help holding through massive turns and hacks.

This process of fundamental movement moving towards complexity is done for all the major lifts.

I’m not implying you need to become a meathead, in fact it’s quite the opposite. I am heavily implying that high quality strength training should be a part of your movement practice (high quality being the truly important point). Get into it. If you don’t know how, I have multiple resources out there, and there’s that thing called the internet with a bit of info on it.

Better yet, hire a coach… find a really qualified one, as there’s a bunch of nut jobs in the fitness world. Two strength oriented training sessions per week can do wonders for body composition, bone density, hormonal balance, looking better naked, and being stronger.

BETTER SURFING DEVELOP A MOVEMENT PRACTICE

I

t’s not a single exercise. It’s not a 3 week plan. It’s not just one trip to the physio, or 1 exercise program that will fix all your woes.

Years of neglect have often lead to people being unhappy with how their body can move.

Aches, pain, a gut, lack of mobility, realizing their body is incapable of surfing.... whatever it may be, it didn’t happen over night.

It’s not a singular action that will undo all that. It’s a series of choices, an ongoing commitment to learn more about your body. To do better with your food. To rebuild and repair yourself.

It’s not a week. It’s not a month.

It’s a process. Ongoing, and never ending. It’s a movement practice.

Do you want to stay capable well into the later decades (surfing, healthy, cognitively sharp? Then you need to start making choices (habits) that will keep leading you in that direction.

Surf Better: Movement Practice & Surfing

This is absolutely not a list of the 3 exercises that will boost your surfing, or the 1 thing you need to do to boost your health, or any of that pervasive fitness clickbait. I’m going to do the opposite of that. I’m going to give you a template to build a Movement Practice.

There are no magic pills.

There is no 1 specific exercise that is going to suddenly make you rip.

There is no 10day cleanse that is suddenly going to make you happy and supermodel-esque.

Movement Practice. Long term consistent application.

The focus needs to be on developing this movement practice. Not a quick fix. Not a bootcamp fat blaster, new year new you, superfood power shakes, super cleanse abblaster. A movement practice to reorient yourself with your body, improve the way you move, make you stronger, and continuously improve.

Western society has come to expect immediate gratification in all aspects of life, which has been pretty damn detrimental.

When it comes to the body,

there is no quick fix. It’s ongoing, consistent application, and an understanding that your body needs some love. If you treat it like shit, what do you expect the result to be? Employ some adult rationality here. I see a lot of folks treat their car, or their stupidly expensive purses better than their body. That’s a heavy disconnect.

Movement Practice. It’s not exercise, it’s movement practice. Get rid of the smash yourself into a puddle of sweat and vomit, “exercise must hulksmash my body” mentality. It’s useless. There’s that quick fix immediate gratification western mentality again. Slow it down man. Put down your red bull monster pre-workout pump drink and drop the hair gel, the world doesn’t need more gym-bros.

There are times to go hard, and push your limits, but that needs to happen more sporadically than most people think.

Ongoing refinement, skill acquisition, 3-dimensional movement, and interaction with your own body needs to become the priority. Develop a

deeper understanding of your own movement capacity, and your body. Get clear on what you want your body to be capable of in life, and set the foundations to make sure you stay capable. Develop your Movement Practice.

What’s Movement Practice Even Mean?

If you want to stay active, apply some effort towards doing that.

If you don’t, but still want to fully participate in some type of athletic endeavor, it’s more than likely that you’ll have a breakdown somewhere.

Conveniences of modern life have done away with the need to move in the manner our bodies are designed to move.

Instead, we succumb to gravity and soft chairs, rounded postures and immobile joints.

We sit too much. We stare at screens all day long. We eat inflammatory foods and foodlike products. We hurt our backs picking up shoes. We have chronic shoulder pain from no acute injury. We don’t use our bodies the way they’re physiologically designed to.

Couple that list, which is basically the antithesis of what we should be doing, and mix in some surfing, (or any other 3dimensional high output activity). Problems will arise at some point. We’re essentially self-limiting, and setting ourselves up for failure, pain, frustration, and health issues.

At the end of the day, we maddeningly love surfing, want to keep doing it, and want to do it better. Wake the f*** up and realize that you need to be an active participant in your health, and making sure your body moves well. Develop a movement practice. It will help your surfing, but really what I’m trying to convey is that it will help your life.

What’s a Movement Practice Have to Do With Surfing?

First, some brief clarity. Surfing is a skill. You improve your skill in the water. Bottom line. What you do outside of the water builds the foundations to allow you to improve your skill. For example, if you’re lacking adequate flexibility, it’s going to limit your movement, maybe

prevent you from having a clean pop up, and ultimately limit your skill / surfing. Your movement practice will take the brakes off, so you don’t impede your skill / surfing.

So for anyone that chimes in with “surfing is the best training for surfing”, yes I hear you and mostly agree. It is the best way to work on and practice your skill. There really is no other way to practice the dynamic equilibrium changes and wave intuition other than surfing. But the mindset that training is useless is absolute stupidity. Stop being stupid. If you’re stronger, healthier, more powerful, more mobile and flexible, you have larger foundations to improve your skill in the water. Stop selflimiting, and develop a movement practice…. so you can keep working on the skill in the water (cause that’s really fun).

What to Include in a Movement Practice.

This is a path, not a finite goal. It will be ongoing and change over time, so go at this with an explorative mindset. The following list is not definitive… just some of what I think will be highly beneficial for you.

Your goal is to keep yourself efficiently capable. Maintain yourself so you’re a human being that can kick some ass in life, and not be plagued by unnecessary injuries, immobility, and being a sedentary bag of skin.

as “self-myofascial release” in the health circles. Add in some stretching protocols, mellow yoga (not the bastardized stinkingly hot room sweat pool yoga), and some mobility drills.

These tools will be life-long. Get familiar with them, apply them, and you’ll see some huge benefits down the road.

Develop a routine that you can use several times per week. I have a 10-30minute AM routine, and a 10-30minute PM routine. I would suggest that you do the same.

Get off the booze. I’m all for a bit of the sauce now and then, but nightly drinking is doing your physiology no favors. I have yet to have a client report negative effects from getting off the sauce. Crazily enough, the human body doesn’t like to be consistently poisoned.

Yoga 1-2x’s per week. Like I mentioned in the Mobility section, some good yoga practice can be exceptionally beneficial, especially for the inflexible fellas. I do however feel it needs to be concurrently practiced with some quality strength training. That is especially true for the hyper mobile women. Yin and Yang.

Some strength balance to that large movement flexibility.

Fundamental strength training.

Lifting some weights. This could be a book, but I’ll try to keep it

to a few paragraphs. I may be biased, being a strength and conditioning coach and all, but being strong, and strong in dynamic movements is a really good thing. Forget what you learned in the gym in the 80’s, or when you were in high school.

No spandex workout shorts either (guys, that’s really creepy and pervy).

Develop skill in the fundamental strength movements, and you’ll have a strength base in place that you could take in a number of directions. Deadlifts, Squats, Lunges, Pushups, and Pullups / Chinups. This list is far from complete, but if you can nail these lifts with precision, strength, and power, you exhibit high quality movement, proficient joint range of motion, and you’re a stud or a babe.

High quality strength training is reinforcing proper mobility. It’s teaching you to control your joints effectively under load, and teaching you to be strong.

When training the primary strength movements, you’re essentially training movements that are critical to movement through life (and surfing): bending, squatting, lunging, pulling, pushing, and twisting.

People that have hurt themselves lifting in the past, it’s very likely they were training with abysmal form. Heavy load, lifted with bad mechanics and faulty joint alignment will tear things

apart. Tearing things apart hurts. That’s why I say develop “skill” in the fundamental lifts.

Deadlifts, squats, pushups, lunges, and chin-ups should be worked on with the goal of precision. Clean it up. Get a quality coaches eye on your form. It’s very rare that I work with a client and don’t have to completely tear apart and then build back up their major lifts.

This strength base will allow for more complexity, more speed training, and more dynamic movement. All the fancy shit you see us health and fitness pros doing on instagram, it’s founded on these basic lifts.

Squats- You know that low crouch position when surfing, that compressed barrel stance, and getting low into the hips for a bottom turn…. it’s a variance of a squat pattern. If you can’t squat, you can’t stay low.

Ankles, knees, hips, and spine all need good mobility and strength to squat well. This is a really good thing for surfing. Basic squats lead to weighted front squats, lead to bulgarian split squats, lead to plyometric jumps, lead to rotational jumps. That complexity pathway could continue, but it starts with a fundamental squat pattern.

SQUAT TECHNIQUE Basic pull-ups lead to ring chinups, lead to skin the cats, lead to front levers, lead to one arm chin-ups. Developing that strength in complexity is not only

Aqua: Start with drinking more water. Clean water. A quality filtration system is a good idea. Most folks are chronically dehydrated. Who would have thought that chronic dehydration can adversely effect human physiology!??!

What a crazy concept. Drink more water.

Mobility: For the dudes over 30, mobility is the word. I’m referring to the ability to control your body through ranges of motion. It’s being flexible, but with strength in that range of motion. If you can drop into a gnarly yoga pose, but not be strong in that range of motion, it’s essentially useless, except to maybe impress some hot yoga babes. Immobile shoulders, hips, and spines are the norm amongst the dude over 30 crowd. This is exceptionally limiting, and setting you up for pain in the future. If you can’t move you can’t surf, a simple concept. Get into some tennis ball love or foam rolling, known

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fun, but it provides a huge buffer for what your arms have to do in the surf.

Deadlifts, or a proper hip hinge, leads to single leg deadlifts, leads to kettle bell swings, leads to pistol squats, leads to one-arm rotational kettle bell swings.

Again, basic skill, leading to strength, leading to complexity.

If you can dial in this type of hip power, not only will you have a hugely strong back, but you’ll be able to produce a load of force through the lower body. That force and control can really help holding through massive turns and hacks.

This process of fundamental movement moving towards complexity is done for all the major lifts.

I’m not implying you need to become a meathead, in fact it’s quite the opposite. I am heavily implying that high quality strength training should be a part of your movement practice (high quality being the truly important point). Get into it. If you don’t know how, I have multiple resources out there, and there’s that thing called the internet with a bit of info on it.

Better yet, hire a coach… find a really qualified one, as there’s a bunch of nut jobs in the fitness world. Two strength oriented training sessions per week can do wonders for body composition, bone density, hormonal balance, looking better naked, and being stronger.

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Strength is good, but only if you apply that strength to your life and sport.

Cardio / Endurance: You need to be able to express some energy output. Paddle your ass off for an extended period of time. Make sure your cells can produce energy, both aerobically and anaerobically.

Those terms refer to how your cells produce energy, either with oxygen, or without. We need both as surfers. Those long slow paddle outs, that’s hitting mostly the aerobic system. The high speed, paddle as hard as you can, scratch into that wave energy output, that’s the anaerobic system. This is most easily done with surfing. There’s nothing quite like surfing to boost your surf fitness! Other aspects of training that I find to be really beneficial for folks are swimming and sprint work variations (running).

With both swimming and running, most folks I consult with are just doing the LSD. Not the fun stare into the eye of god type either, the Long Slow Distance type. Trudging away on a jog at a slow pace for 45minutes or same with a swim is the general norm. I’m not implying that it’s not good for the body, but I am implying it’s not necessarily always the most efficient. Mix up the output.

Swim as hard as you can for a lap or two, then recover.

Repeat Sprint as fast as you can for 50-100meters, then rest for a bit. Repeat. Make sure you warm up really well prior to doing these as well, and make sure you can move well (review the mobility portion above).

Tap into that high energy anaerobic output. You can play with the rest periods and shift towards more endurance output (aerobic) or more high energy strength / power output (anaerobic).

Example: Swim 1 lap at 90%100% effort, rest for 2-3minutes, repeat 8-10times.

Or, Swim 2-3 laps at 75-85%% effort, rest for 30-45seconds, repeat 8-10times.

Those two variations are playing with different energy system demands. The first with high output and longer recovery is tapping into the anaerobic systems, which take more time to recover. The second is tapping more into

that endurance output. Either way, you’re working on some variations of energy requirements, rather than just going for the usual 45minute swim.

Here’s a good SurfLine article with a good swim workout: Surfline Swim Workout You can do the same with sprinting. Jumping rope or a row machine are really great tools to boost your “cardio” capacity as well. Working in these ranges of higher energy output have also been shown to have favorable effects on body composition, and anabolic hormone pathways.

LSD running…. I get why people like it, but I find it ridiculously boring. Add to that, most runners do nothing other than run. Running beats up the body when done inefficiently, and ask any running technique coach if most people run efficiently. I’m willing to put a big wad of cash wager on that answer being a massive No. If you want to run long distance, often, you need to put the work into keeping your body moving well. Kelly Starrett’s book Ready to Run offers some great insight.

Calisthenics: The gymnastics oriented training has blown up in the fitness world in the past few years, and for good reason. Combining strength, body awareness, control, mobility, and an endless supply of complexity and variation, it’s good stuff. And it’s fun. Back bridges, mannas, skin the cats, pancakes, all these movements are incredible combinations of strength and full body mobility, that can pay dividends in movement potential, if you get to them (it’ll take a bit of effort). Olympic ring work can do wonders for upper body joint health, and strength. I make it a goal to get nearly all of my clients proficient at olympic ring chin-ups or pullups. I will point out that this type of training is highly demanding, and generally folks have to start at the very beginning, baby on the teet stages. That can be hard for the ego and the western mindset of going headfirst into the deep end of the pool, but it will pay off in the long run.

What this style of training really highlights for people is their immobility and their basic body

THE PERFORMANCE PYRAMID SKILL SPORT-SPECIFIC

PERFORMANCE

Endurance, Strength, speed, power, agility

MOVEMENT

movement quality influenced by mobility and stability control weakness. Your average desk-jockey has a long path of undoing tight joints and stiffness to get into a pancake or a back bridge. But if you can get there, you’ll find an incredible change in how you can move through the world, and it’ll be a fun yet challenging process.

Breathing: Get into some type of breath work. The fundamentals start with learning how to breathe efficiently. This can then extend to meditation. deep water breath hold training, and CO2 tolerance training. If you’re not working on some variation of breath work, you’re missing a big piece of the health puzzle. Some good resources for breathing are Nam Baldwin with Breath Enhancement Training, and Wim Hof the good-crazy Ice Man. Posture and Alignment: This is a hole of various modalities all aimed at getting you out of that gravitationally loaded slouch. Rolfing, Egoscue, Pilates, Corrective Exercise…. there’s a lot out there. The premise is that when your posture is “off”, or out of orthopedic ideal, it changes your capacity to move through a joint complex. When that happens, and you throw movement into that joint (surfing), things can begin to hurt and breakdown. A lot of

these issues can start to be addressed by simply working on mobility and being aware of not slouching. Some professional assistance can really speed up this process. A resource that I find exceptionally valuable, and goes far deeper than simply improving posture is FOUNDATION TRAINING. I personally find Foundation Training a critical piece to my Movement Practice.

Play: Rock climb, slack-lining, hike, Indo-Boards, skateboarding, dance, do some fun stuff that requires you to move, preferably outdoors.

Breath some fresh air and get in the sun.

Recovery. Yin and Yang again. It’s not all about output when it comes to health.

Going hard requires you to put some work, nutrition, sleep, and recovery back into your body.

Take some time out, chill, meditate, read, eat good food, get a massage, do nothing for a bit. The older crew, this recovery aspect is exceptionally important and often over looked. You need to put some gas in the tank, and preferably it’s some premium fuel.

WHAT’S THIS LOOK LIKE This is where some professional guidance, a willingness to learn and explore, and patience come into play.

Maybe your Movement Practice looks like really good sleep, high quality foods, 2 yoga sessions per week, and 2 swim sessions. Add in some mobility work a few evenings a week, and some meditation…. you’re sweet!

Maybe it’s 1 yoga class with your significant other, 2-3 strength sessions, meditation daily, tennis ball release work and stretching several evenings per week.

Personally, mine looks something along the lines of 2 strength training sessions, 1 sprint session, 1-2 calisthenics sessions, daily stretching, daily breath work, and lots of good food and sleep. This varies with work schedules, travel, listening to my body, and how often I’m surfing.

The point is you need to make sure you’re a highly efficient human being, because surfing well, surfing pain free, and surfing past your 50’s requires you to be a highly efficient human being.

This is a process, not a 30day bootcamp, not a 10day cleanse, but a process of loving your body, making sure you can move, and finding out what you’re capable of. I’m giving you the tools that I think will give you the biggest payback for your time investment. Make some tweaks, look at your recovery, scale back your training when you’re surfing, and enjoy the process.

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EJ SLIGO ALL-STARS

The U12 girls who lined out against Mulroyhoops

Ej Sligo All Stars victorious U12 Boys after defeating Letterkenny Blaze Basketball at the North West Regional League playoffs in IT Sligo

Well done to all our u10 Boys and Girls who played a series of games against Sligo Allstars today. Great fun, great support and lovely hospitality by Sligo. Basketball was the winner today.

EJ SLIGO ALL-STARS CLUB 300 DRAW UPDATE After a very busy few months tonight we got around to do Decembers 300 Club Draw and before we detail the winners we, the club, would like to thank each and everyone who contributes to the draw.

Without this funding it would be extremely difficult run our club on memberships alone so

again we are very grateful and appreciate everyone’s contribute to the draw (perfect oscar speech ;) ) !

To keep building on what we have we are accepting new members to the draw all the time and will have applications available at Saturday’s game or please ask any of the

committee members at any stage throughout the year.

Winners are as follows €1,000 - Olivia Roberts €500 - Conor Nally €250 - Enda Gibney €250 - Padraic & Caroline Oates €100 - Tina Beirne €100 - Rosario Gallagher

€100 - Bridget Coen €100 - Toni Brady €100 - Don & Lilian Gillen €100 - Michael O’Hara €100 - Thomas Carrolll €100 - Noel White €100 - Sinead McTiernan Kaylim Recognised for his on court performances for the

second time this season Congratulations to our American Kaylim Noel on winning the Basketball Ireland Division 1 player of the month award for January. This is Kaylim’s second such award this season after scooping the November award also.

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CONNACHT INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Well done to all the Sligo AC athletes who competed at the Connacht Indoor Track & Field Championships last weekend in Athlone.

The Race Walkers performed very well. Ryan Roberts won the Boys U17 1500m in 7:38 while Ruth Monaghan emerged victorious in the Girls U15 1000m in 5:13.

Good day also for the Morgans. Michael was 2nd in 4:32 in the Boys U16 1500m while Ailbhe won the Girls U17 1500m in 5:17 and was 2nd in 2:35 in her U17 800m. The Caddens also had a good Championship. Lauren ran 25 seconds to win the Girls U18 200m while Aaron was 3rd in the Senior Mens 200m in a super 22:66.

Meanwhile Daragh Williams was 2nd in the Boys U17 800m in 2:09 while Jack Cawley ran 2:21 in the same race to finish 4th. Ross Doherty was 4th in 2:29 in the Boys U14 800m. Leo Doherty ran a great 2:04 to win the Boys U18 800m.

Congratulations to double winner J.P. Carty. J.P. won the 3000m Senior in 8:09 and also the Senior 1500m in 4:14. Also in action in the 1500m was Kevin McGloin who finished in 4:48. Zak Irwin claimed victory in the Senior Mens 200m in a blistering 22:03.

Donadea 50K Race Report The beautiful, but bitterly cold, surrounds of Donadea Forest Park in Co. Kildare, Ireland was the venue for the annual Dondea 50KM race. This race is an IAU Bronze Label race and is the Irish 50KM National Championships.

The mens race was very competitive but the overall winner was Brian McMahon from Clonliffe Harriers in 3:11:26.

Brian is no stranger to Sligo as he is a double winner of the Warriors Run. North Sligo’s Donal Egan was 14th in 3:44.

Sligo AC runner David Kearins was making his 50K debut and finished 15th in 3:47 and 2nd F45. Paul Higgins, though no stranger to ultra marathons, was also debuting in Donadea and he ran 4:09. Another Sligo AC athlete on her maiden 50K was Aishling Kennedy and she ran a super 4:44.

Well done and fantastic achievement!

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IT SLIGO ANNOUNCE 22 NEW SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS F

ormer Stoke City footballer Ryan O’Reilly and multiple sprint athletics champion Zak Irwin were among 22 new recipients of IT Sligo Sports Scholarships for 2017, which were announced by the Institute on Monday.

The awards provide financial and mentoring support to athletes of outstanding talent, many of whom may have already represented IT Sligo, their county or Ireland in their respective sports.

Recipients are supported by IT Sligo in keeping up their sporting commitments at the same time as pursuing their educational commitments and goals.

Cavan native O’Reilly is one of two ‘Gold’ sports scholarship recipients this year. He spent five seasons with English Premier League club Stoke before opting to return to Ireland and continue his education at IT Sligo where he is studying for a degree in business. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at every underage level. “Coming back to Ireland, I wanted to continue my education and to keep playing football,” said 21-year-old Ryan. “IT Sligo has given me the opportunity to do that.”

The other ‘Gold’ scholarship recipient for 2017 is Sligo sprinter

Zak Irwin who is a first year international marketing student.

He is a multiple national title winner both indoors and outdoors and has previously represented Ireland at the World Junior Athletics Championships in 2014.

The list of recipients also includes Donegal Gaelic footballers Andrew McClean, Jamie Brennan and Michael Langan. The trio recently made their senior intercountry debuts for Donegal in the Dr McKenna Cup competition in Ulster.

Sligo Rovers U19 footballers Shay Doherty from Sligo and Gary Higgins, a native of Ballyhaunis in Mayo, are also new scholarship recipients.

While GAA and soccer provide the bulk of the 22 new scholarship students, this year, basketball, equestrian and karate also feature with the awards spanning eight different sports in total.

Nine-time Irish boxing champion and former world junior championship winner Ciara Ginty from Geesala in Mayo is also recognised.

Congratulating the new sports scholars on their awards, Dr Brendan McCormack, president of IT Sligo said: “One of Institute’s core missions is to develop and nurture rounded graduates and individuals. It is

why we place a strong emphasis on the extracurricular element to higher education, through programmes like our sports scholarship scheme.

“Each of our sports scholarship recipients has excelled in their chosen sports activity and in so doing they have enhanced IT Sligo’s reputation as an academic setting that values and rewards sporting prowess.”

In addition to the first-time recipients, a further 28 students had their existing sports scholarships renewed. These include Northern Ireland women’s soccer international Catherine Hyndman, IT Sligo Sigerson Cup captain Daragh McConnon and Irish international surfer Ronan Oerzten.

IT Sligo allocates a €50,000 fund for the Sports Scholarships Scheme each year and all students are entitled to apply.

Since its introduction in 2003, the IT Sligo sports scholarship programme has benefited students involved in a wide range of sports including soccer (ladies/men), Gaelic football (ladies/men), athletics, basketball, surfing, boxing, camogie, hurling, golf, equestrian, lacrosse and martial arts.

List of new IT Sligo Sports

Scholarship recipients 2016/17 County-by-County breakdown: Sligo 9, Mayo 6, Donegal 3, Westmeath 2, Cavan 1, Leitrim 1.

Abigail Adams – Karate Aghamore, Ballyhaunis Co Mayo Year 1 in BA in Creative Design Fola Aryionde – GAA & Soccer Mullingar, Co Westmeath Higher Certificate in Science Jamie Brennan – Gaelic Football Bundoran, Co Donegal Human Nutrition – Year 1 Tobi Brockman – Basketball Ballisoda re Co Sligo Year 1 Mechatronics Shay Doherty – Soccer Strandhill, Co Sligo Health Science & Physical Activity Kevin Gallagher – Equestrian Ballygawley, Sligo BA Hons Accounting Year 1 Ciara Ginty – Boxing Geesala, Co Mayo Studying Health Science & Physiology Damien Golden – Hurling Mullingar, Co Westmeath Final Year BA Hons Accounting – Year 3 Philip Hamilton – Basketball Carney, So Sligo BSc Hons in Computing – Year 1 David Hanley – Gaelic Football Mulranny, Westport, Co Mayo Year 1 Agri-Food Science Degree 19

Gary Higgins – Soccer Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo Health Science & Physiology Zak Irwin – Athletics Sligo Year 1 International Marketing Niamh Kerins – Soccer Grange, Co Sligo Occupational Safety & Health – Yr 1 Grange in County Sligo Scott Kilker – Gaelic Football Belmullet Co Mayo Health Science & Physiology – Yr 2 Michael Langan – Gaelic Football Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal Quantity Surveying Amber Lynch – Soccer Sligo Higher Cert in Accounting Brian Mahon – Gaelic Football Collooney, Co Sligo Health Science & Physicality – Yr 1 Andrew McClean – Gaelic Football Kilcar, Co Donegal Mechanical Engineering – Year 1 Niall McGoven – Gaelic Footballers Ballinamore, Co Leitrim Mechanical Engineering – First Year Denise McGrath – Soccer Ballymote, Co Sligo Health Science & Physiology – Second Year Ryan O’Reilly – Soccer Cavan Bachelor of Business – Year 1 From Cavan Laura Regan –Soccer Balla, Co Mayo Human Nutrition Level 8– First Year.

Senior Indoor Championships

Cloonacool 5K

The National Senior Indoor Championships took place over the weekend in the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown.

One of the early events on the first day was the 3K Walk and Orlaith Delahunt performed well to finish 6th in 15:27.

Also in action was Zak Irwin who won his 200M heat in 21:79. On Day 2, the IT Sligo student was 4th in the Final running 22.19.

Emmet Dunleavy ran a brave 4:08 in the 1500M heats despite falling and cracking his collar bone. All in the club wish the popular Dromore West athlete a speedy recovery.

J.P. Carty continued his great form by finishing 12th in the 3K with 8:42. This sets him up nicely for the Connacht games next weekend.

Well done all!

In the Cloonacool 5K, Donore Harriers’ Anthony Flannery claimed victory in 16:07. Seamus Somers ran strongly to finish 2nd in a new PB of 16:14. Leo Doherty, in 16:58, held of the challenge of Kevin McGloin who ran 17:06. Domhnall Melly finished in 18:03 to finish 7th with Fintan Whelan next in 18:15.

Calry AC’s Zola Flynn followed up her Tuam 8K victory by winning the Senior Lady title in 19:06 with Audrey Colreavy 2nd in 19:16. Mari Johnston was 3rd Lady in 20:03.

Other Sligo AC runners were Jack Cawley 19:05, Eoin Carty 19:46, Rory Connor 19:48, Martin Feeney 19:53, Brendan Ward 20:07, Joe Davey 20:35, Karl Boyce 20:50, Roy Mitchel 20:52, Roseanne Mitchell 21:07, Tariq Sho 21:45, Brendan McCarrick 21:51, Eimear Joyce 22:17, Enda Whelan 22:50, Noreen Joyce 23:25, Sara Jane Boyce 23:33, Hugh McGowan 24:22 and Kayla McGowan 24:32.

Well done to all the runners and the race organisers.

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28 Medals for North Sligo Junior Athletes at the County Sligo Indoors in Claremorris

Well done to all the 41 North Sligo athletes who competed in the County Sligo Indoors on Sunday, 5th February in Claremorris. There was a great turnout by all clubs, North Sligo AC, Corran AC, Sligo AC , South Sligo AC and Tireragh AC. There were some great performances, lots of team spirit and a lovely day out! A total of 28 medals were brought back to North Sligo.

Winners included Rian Callaghan, 1st U13 Boys 60m, Nicola Dunleavy

3rd U14 Girls 60m, James Donlon, 3rd U14 Boys 60 m, Jack Carroll, 2nd U16 Boys 60m, Anna Currid, 3rd U12 Girls 60m, Tara Casserly, 2nd U13 Girls 60m, Philip Gillen, 3rd U13 Boys 60m, Luke Casserly, 1st U15 Boys 60m, Jack Carroll, 3rd U16 Boys 60m, Gemma O’Callaghan, 1st & Dearbhla Kivlehan, 3rd U11 Girls 600m, Daragh McGee, 3rd U11 Boys 600m, Anna Currid, 2nd, Saoirse Lawley, 3rd U12 Girls 600m, Tara Casserly, 1st, Maeve Donlon, 3rd U13

Girls 600m, Rian O’Callaghan, 2nd U13 Boys 600m, Nicola Dunleavy, 3rd U14 Girls 800m, James Donlon 2nd U14 Boys 800m, Jack Carroll, 1st Paul Cleary, 2nd U16 Boys 800m, Jasmine Dunleavy, 3rd U12 Girls Long Jump, Tara Casserly, 2nd U13 Girls Long Jump, Philip Gillen 1st, Conor Gillen 2nd U13 Boys Long Jump, Nicola Dunleavy 3rd U14 Girls Long Jump, James Donlon 3rd U14 Boys Long Jump and Jack Carroll, 3rd U16 Boys Long Jump.

Connacht Schools Cross Country The Connacht Schools Cross Country finals were held on Tuesday in Calry with Sligo AC runners prominent. As always, the event was expertly managed by Tommy Craddock.

The Minor Girls opened the proceed-

ings. The Ursuline team with Sligo AC runners Cliona Walsh, Kayla Breheny, Caoimhe Connor and Maeve Casserly, along with Ella McDaid (North Leitrim AC), won the team event. In the Boys, Ross Doherty finished 6th

overall.

In the Junior Boys, Michael Morgan earned a Connacht silver after a fine run. In the Inter Girls Ailbhe Morgan was 4th. Jack Connor was part of the Summerhill team that won Silver in the Boys event. Leo Doherty from Summerhill College was 6th overall in the Boys Senior race. Leo and Conor Melvin were part of the Summerhill Senior team that earned a bronze.

Well done to all the Sligo AC runners who participated. All the named athletes will now qualify for the All Ireland Schools Cross Country and Inter Varsities on Saturday 11th March in Mallusk Playing Fields, Newtownabbey.

Minor girls that won the Connacht Schools Cross Country. Ella Mc Daid North Leitrim.

Maeve Casserly Sligo AC. Caoimhe Connor Sligo A.C. Clionadh Walsh Sligo A.C. Kylagh Breahony Sligo A.C.

Seville Marathon

Big congrats to Andrew Duffy who went sub 3 for the first time with a smashing run of 2-58-39

AAI Indoor games Sligo AC athletes competed well today (Sunday) at the AAI indoor games.

In the 3000M Emmet Dunleavy finished 3rd with a strong run of 8:24. Well done also to J.P. Carty who was 9th in 8:42. Raymond Byrne also had a good run with a time of 9:35 in his race.

James Callaghan ran well to finish 4th in his heat in 2:11 for 800M. In the 400M Zak Irwin was 5th in his race in 50:14. Good running also from Aaron Cadden who was 2nd in his heat in 52:84.

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NORTH SLIGO MEN WIN MEDALS IN NATIONAL MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

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he North Sligo masters mens team made the long journey to Waterford last weekend to run in the the national masters cross country at the magnificent facilities at the IT Waterford.The masters competition for men over 7k and the women’s over 4k was run on a course which was tough but fair with long drag uphills , flat sections and downhills,conditions were very cold but dry.The masters competitions nationally are the most competitive and difficult to win medals in, there are almost three times as many athletes in the over 35 categories as there are in the 20 to 35 category competing, and it is where the competition is at at the moment in Ireland.The North Sligo men’s

team were boosted by their exploits in the National Intermediate cross country in Tuam three weeks ago when they won the first ever senior mens national team medals in cross country for the club when winning the bronze medals.Craig Brennan and Tommy Kelly had a superb runs, coming from the mid thirties early in the race they ground there way through the field picking off runners working hard as they dug deep into their reserves to finish 16th for Brennan and 17th for Kelly,Craig Brennan won his first national individual medal when he finished 2nd in his over 40 category a just reward for this very determined athlete.Eamon McAndrew put in another stellar performance fighting fatigue

from his huge efforts early in the race he showed true grit and great determination by finishing 22nd in this top quality field.Eamon McAndrew had the great satisfaction of claiming his second national individual medal when he won bronze in his over 40 category having won an individual silver medal in the half marathon last August.Conor McCann put in his best ever performance in cross country when he ran a very good tactical race, coming from the mid for-

ties going into the last lap he dug deep to pass several runners to finish a great 38th and secure the silver medals for the team with 93 points .It was McCanns huge effort in the last lap that secured the silver medals as East Cork finished with 93 points also but their 4th scorer finished 44th and its the 4th scorer that determines the destination of the medals in the event of a tie.Raheny won the gold medals with 72 points North Sligo silver with 93 points and East Cork

bronze with 93 points also .This team now have won team medals in the last 4 national championships they have contested, gold medals in the national half marathon, bronze in the national marathon, bronze in the national intermediate crosscountry and silver in the national masters .It was great to see Corran athlete Sarah Doohan finish 2nd in the womens master competition she ran a superb race to clinch the silver medal in the last 200m.

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the ancient stone walls and ruins which dominate this romantic landscape. Golf at Castle Dargan is available to members, residents and visitors alike and will appeal to golfers of all abilities.

A significant investment program is currently underway on the course with extensive drainage and sanding taking place on the

fairways to enhance the playing conditions through this harsh Irish weather. The Green Team are working diligently to implement the program and we are excited to already be reaping the rewards and seeing the results. The course coupled with our 4 Bay flood-lit Driving Range, Pitching Area and Putting Green gives our keen golfers, both members and visitors, lots to enjoy.

Golf Club Membership Castle Dargan Resorts Darren Clarke designed Golf Course offers 18 spectacular holes, with a short game putting facility, a putting green, driving range, golf shop and much more. Join now with a Full Membership and enjoy unlimited Golf as part of a lively respected golf club at Castle Dargan Resort for ONLY €399. Or if you are new to golf or want to learn, why not avail of

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SOUTH SLIGO WELL REPRESNTED AT CONNACHT CHAMPSIONSHIP Sligo Athletic Clubs Orna Murphy ran 8.9 in the girls 60m and Nadia Udo Obong from South Sligo Athletic Club is the Connaught Champion, storming over the line in 8.5 seconds, a phenomenal time!

Both ... serious runs for 11yr

olds!! Corran AC’s Ciara Kelly was just pipped for 4th in the same event! #talent Orna went on and won the long jump and Nadia took the victory in the the 60m hurdles having never jumped a hurdle before! #watchthisname

Ben Clavin from Corran has a stormer of a race in the 600m placing 2nd in the U13 boys serious performance!

Cian Flynn had a solid day placing 4th - in hurdles and long jump and 5th in a blanket finish in the 60m but came away with

a well deserved Gold with his team mates in the 4x100m relay - well done Corran AC Champs - Cian, Herman Ahanda, Tom Cassidy and Keilan Hannon.

Special mention to Sarah Conheady who ran an eyecatching race in the girls U13

600m and Leah Kerins from South Sligo AC and Sarah Cassidy who had super races and laid nice markers in the 60h and long jump. The ultra consistent Robert Hosey ran a great 60m and jumped a PB in the Long Jump.

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How to Fuel for Triathlon Training

Article by Aoife Clancy

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raining for triathlons can be demanding on the body therefore it is important to fuel the body by eating a sufficient amount of nutritious foods, consuming enough fluids and allowing for recovery between each training session. Athletes who fail to meet their daily nutrient and fluid needs run the risk of poor recovery, fatigue and unwanted weight loss.

A diet high in carbohydrate is essential for maintaining adequate levels of glycogen in the liver and muscles. This in turn ensures that fuel stores in the body are topped up all the time which is essential for maintaining good energy levels. Daily requirements range from 8-12g of carbohydrate per kilogram of body weight for athletes depending on the intensity and frequency of training. Protein is required in higher amounts for athletes to ensure daily requirements are met and to help with muscle repair. Daily requirements range from 1.4-1.7g of protein per kilogram of body weight for athletes. It is important to include at least five portions of fruit and vegetables in the diet to ensure daily requirements of vitamins and minerals are met.

Training is a good time to experiment with the type of food that suits you best for you begin your session. Timing of food is also important with regard to how long before training you intake food. You should leave a sufficient amount of time to allow for adequate digestion and to avoid gastrointestinal disturbances. Food should be consumed 2- 4 hours before training but this varies in different athletes.

It is vital to maintain hydration levels when training as we lose fluid through sweating. Loss of electrolytes through sweating may lead to dehydration which can cause fatigue and impaired performance. Fluid losses need to be replaced by drinking water or isotonic sports drinks to ensure electrolyte and carbohydrate levels are sufficient. Fluid replacement should be put to practice in training to ensure optimal hydration status for competition. Fluid intake requirements are 30-40ml per kilogram of body weight for the sedentary adult. This should be increased when training.

Good carbohydrate sources include bread, wraps, rice, potato, pasta, cereals, fruit, jam, scones, crackers, sports drinks and gels. Good protein sources include meat, fish, eggs, dairy, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds. Foods eaten in between training sessions should ideally contain both protein and carbohydrate, for example, nutty cereal bars, yogurt with nuts and/or fruit, slice of bread with peanut butter, sandwiches or a wrap containing a protein source.

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CONNAUGHT INDOORS REPORT All Smiles at Super Sunday after a Successful Saturday!

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he day got off to a winning start for Sligo AC’s JP Carty who won the 3000m, although running a lap short, posted a fast time of 8.08 solo. This was followed up by a brilliant success by the Corran AC U16 girls Relay with Orlaith Connolly anchoring the fabulous four. Immediately after this the Corran boys U16 finished a superb 2nd in the relay. There was no medal joy in the U14s relays both both teams represented themselves well.

Kicking off the sprints, the girls U16 60m, Ellen Kilcoyne placed a close 4th and Orlaith Connolly 5th. In the boys, Adam Walsh was 4th. This was followed up by a brilliant gold in the U15 girls by Erin Taheny. The boys U14 60m saw Josh McNulty get his name on the National Program with a close 4th place. There was also wins for Sligo ACs Lauren Cadden with a new PB of 7.83 and his brother came home with the win also in the senior 60m!

On the outer track Ellie McGeough made her 400m debut, sailing to victory in 60 seconds. JP Carty made it a double with a pillar to post victory in the men’s 1500m. Whilst these B&A athletes were claiming their Connaught victories John McNulty was at it again claiming bronze in the boys U14 Long Jump.

After the break Erin Taheny placed 4th in the girls U15 hurdles and this was followed up by the Performance of the day when Orlaith Connolly placed 2nd in the U16 60m Hurdles to the reigning outdoor All Ireland champion.

On the outer track Dion McLoughlin had a near miss in the boys U16 800m

placing 4th and South Sligo Athlete Caitriona Mooney ran an eye catching 5th place in the U16 girls 800m.

Back at the field events, Ellen Kilcoyne claimed a brilliant bronze in the U16 girls Long Jump matched by her South Sligo club mate Adam Walsh were he also came home with bronze in the U16 boys Long Jump.

On the inner track the U14 girls 60m hurdles saw Elizabeth Tighe claim a brilliant bronze with her training partner Fiona Whitehead a close 4th behind.

Back at the pit the U15 girls Long Jump saw the most improved athlete this year Kate Hosey of Corran AC claim gold with a massive jump of 4.71 and the talented Taheny also qualified for Nationals in her 3rd event.

In the 200s Orlaith Connolly led off coming home 4th in the U16 girls, matched by Adam Walsh an impressive 4th for South Sligo. In the U18 girls, we witnessed a bloodless victory by the defending All Ireland Indoor and Schools Champion Lauren Cadden in 25.1. Craig McLoughlin went close also and placed 4th in the U19 boys. In the senior men’s 200m, Sligo Sprint Sensation Zak Irwin won in 21.9, with his teammate and training partner Aaron Cadden just behind in 3rd.

Last up for Believe and Achieve for the day were the girls U15 Relay and we saw Eimear Connolly hold her nerve anchoring the girls to a brilliant silver.

There are too many star performances to mention with so many top finishes today by Sligo Athletes but the future is definitely bright and all clubs are going from strength to strength.

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Great to see this boat after all these years

National Cross Country Championships

On a recent trip to Sri Lanka Adrienne Harding spotted this boat that was bought from funds raised by Sligo Yacht Club. After the St. Stephen’s Day tsunami in 2004, Gus Henry organised a fundraiser in SYC to pay for a boat. It is fantastic to see the boat in such good condition Adriennes’ grandfather was Cormac Sheridan late of Rosses Point so it was very poignant for her to see a piece of Sligo so far from home

Well done again to Corran AC athletes The National Cross Country Championships took place today at Waterford IT arena, Carriganore.

They was a big field in it and a very tough course very hilly muddy conditions , weather was freezing . In the first race our very own Sara Doohan pipped for 2nd place overall but Sara got gold in o35 category today in masters xcountry in Waterford and 2nd place overall!

Delighted with the result Sara is glad leaving the Baltic east coast for day and another victory behind her. Looks like 2017 will be Sara’s year with her in top form for now !!!

Aaron Brenann came 13th, Barry Clavin came 11th , in today’s connaught x country for secondary schools in Calry.

Both boys have now qualified representing St.attractas and Colaiste Mhuire schools, for the All Irelands in Belfast in March

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7 IN A ROW FOR SLIGO

Rainey Old Boys RFC 13 • Sligo RFC 17 Sligo's Ulster Bank League winning streak continued with an excellently crafted win over a strong Rainey outfit at Hatrick Park in Magherafelt on Saturday. With both sides on equal points in joint second place prior to the match a win was vital to the title aspirations of each club.

Despite the heavy rainfall which caused the postponement of all but two of Saturdays games in division 2C the pitch in the excellent Hatrick Park facility was in excellent condition as Sligo's Conor Kerins kicked the match off. Sligo started the game at a terrific pace , shifting the ball wide at every opportunity and putting tremendous pressure on the home defence.

A promising early foray into the Rainey 22, with Shane O'Hehir, Diarmuid O'Dowd-Hill and Kuba Wojtkowicz all carrying well, almost yielded the opening score but unfortunately for Sligo the move broke down at the final stage. Sligo continued to press with their high tempo game and were finally rewarded with a Jack Keegan penalty from the 22 after 15 minutes.

Sligo continued to dominate particularly at scrum time where Conor Mitchell, O'Hehir and Wojtkowicz were giving their opposite numbers a torrid time.

Sligo moved further ahead on 20 minutes with an excellently taken try.

Scrum possession in midfield was cleverly switch from right to left by outhalf Michael Wells allowing Keegan the

space to break into the Rainey 22.

The full back was hauled down 10 metres short. Scrum Half Ryan Feehily moved the ball to the powerful Jamie Bowes who edged closer to the line.

O' Dowd-Hill continued the charge before Feehily fed Wells whose fast hands released Kerins and the winger touched down in the corner. With 25 minutes gone Sligo further increased their lead. A scrum on the 10 metre line was marched to the Rainey 22 before the inevitable penalty was granted. Keegan bisected the uprights and Sligo were in an 11-0 lead.

Rainey responded and in a rare foray into Sligo territory earned a penalty which was converted by Scott Mc Clean.

Sligo moved Sligo regained the 11 point lead just before the break with another well struck Keegan penalty to put the half time score at 3-14.

The second half kicked off with Rainey determined to get back into the contest. The play ebbed and flowed with both sides looking to make a breakthrough and it was the home team that struck next. A poorly orchestrated exit strategy from the Sligo 22 gave McClean the chance to run back at the Sligo defence and the young full back linked up with outhalf Martin who jinked his way in under the posts for a well taken score.

McClean added the extras to narrow the gap to 4 points.

Another McClean penalty with 15 minutes remaining put the narrowest

of margins between the teams and a nervy finish was in store for both sets of supporters.

Sligo held their nerve however and Keegan tacked on another 3 points on 78 minutes with another well struck penalt ensuring that a try was needed for Rainey to catch Sligo. The kick off was secured and Sligo retained possession until Wells put the ball into touch for the final play of a momentous Sligo win.

This was another excellently worked team performance from a hard working Sligo unit. Based on a super strong scrum and a well functioning lineout in which O'Dowd-Hill and Shane Boyle were prominent. Centre's Daire Byrne and Mark Rooney caused a lot of trouble for the leagues tightest defence and speedster Callum Goddard looked dangerous when afforded space.

Sligo host Bruff next Saturday and will be looking to continue their winning run against a team whose recent from has seen them climb from the bottom to fifth place in the table.

The match kicks off at 2.30 at Hamilton Park.

Sligo: Jack Keegan, Callum Goddard, Mark Rooney, Daire Byrne, Conor Kerins, Mike Wells, Ryan Feehily, Kuba Wojtkowicz, Shane O'Hehir, Conor Mitchell, Ciaran Cassidy, Jamie Bowes, Simon Coulter, Diarmuid O'Dowd-Hill, Shane Boyle (Capt) reps Matt Davey, Tom Gormaley, Enda Gavin, Michael McMorrow, James O'Hehir

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Calling on all Sligo GAA fans to Back Our Boys in Black by attending this year’s players’ fundraiser event Kieran Quinn presents Theme Night 17, Music in Sport, at the Knocknarea Arena IT Sligo on March 24th; promising a fantastic night with an amazing line-up!

Tickets €25 with all proceeds going towards the Sligo Senior Football team Stayed tuned for the line-up release - you won’t be disappointed!! For tickets see www.sligogaa.ie #BackingOurBoysInBlack Tickets available from the Sligo GAA Office, Centre of Excellence, Scarden, Strandhill Road, Sligo. 071 9168750 administrator.sligo@gaa.ie Online at www.tickets.ie and www.sligogaa.ie Tickets also available from the following Stores; Centra, Enniscrone Maloney’s Supervalu, Ballina Surlis’ Supervalu, Tubbercurry Supervalu, Ballymote Tansey’s Centra, Gurteen Whiteside’s Supervalu, Ballisodare Whiteside’s Centra, Collooney Mullaney’s Supervalu, Grange Kelly’s Supervalu, Boyle Cosgroves Centra, Maugheraboy, Sligo

Collooney Handball Club Well done to Vincent Harte who won his Connaught singles semi-final at the weekend.

Underage coaching in Collooney on Saturdays at 11 am , all welcome.

Bingo next Thursday at 9 p.m , the jackpot is €3,600 in 40 numbers , please come early.

40 x 20 ladder round 4 continues this week , details and results to S. Harte on 086 2478586.

Good luck to all Sligo handballers playing doubles over the coming weeks.

We would love if your club could submit pictures and reports on what is happening in your organisation on a regular basis and we will be sure to include it. It is important that we get as much involvement from clubs such as yours from the get go so any info you have please send it to seamus@sligosport.ie or feel free to contact me on 085 2498067.

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HAVIN’ A LAUGH ADVENTURE FEST June 30th – July 2nd - Sligo charity adventure festival to raise funds and mental health awareness

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ickets for the Havin’ a Laugh Adventure Fest, which will take place in Sligo on June 30th – July 2nd, went on sale today (Wednesday, March 1) The charity event brings together the most exciting and diverse range of adventure and wellness activities happening in one county over one weekend.

The festival is run by the Rennafix Group, a local not-forprofit organisation, which pays for people in mental health counselling to carry out lifeenhancing activities.

Both the event and the charity were inspired by the death of much-loved Sligo adventure enthusiast, Paul Rennick. Paul, who was a well-known figure in Sligo, took his own life in August 2011 while living in Australia.

On the first anniversary of his death, his fiancée, Blaithin Sweeney, established the Havin’ a Laugh Adventure Fest in his memory. She wanted to do something to mark Paul’s

anniversary, but also create an event which might help others struggling with mental health issues.

Activities — from beach horseriding and freediving to surfing and yoga — will be happening all over the county and the weekend culminates in an outdoor live music event at the festival’s permanent site at Annaghmore estate on Saturday, July 1. Speakers at Annaghmore will include legendary local surfer Easkey Britton, with the full line-up to be announced closer to the time.

“The festival is a weekend of fun, sport and adventure that has a light focus on mental health. Its aim is to raise awareness of the positive benefits that living a healthy and engaged life can have on your mental health,” says Blaithin.

“We believe that taking part in wellness and adventure activities are of huge benefit to people who have mental health issues. This festival aims

to showcase the amazing range of adventure and wellness activities available in Sligo and the North West as well as allow people to discuss

mental health in a relaxed and open environment.”

Havin’ a Laugh is a not-forprofit event and all proceeds go back into the community through the Rennafix Group, which provides adventure and wellness vouchers to people in therapy for mental health related reasons.

“The event could not take place without the amazing work of so many volunteers and the very generous donations of time and activities by a range of activity providers across the North West,” Blaithin added.

Weekend adventure and wellness packages are available (see below) with a family afternoon taking place on Saturday, July 1 at Annaghmore. Costing just €10, with children U12 free, it which will include guest speakers, Reiki, Salsa, Seaweed foot massage, Yoga, Drumming, Wikderness Trails, Superslide and children’s games.

Saturday evening will see a number of live bands and special guests take to the purpose-built outdoor stage with an evening outdoor cinema taking place in the family campsite. Tickets, which include camping, are €20.

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from the Riverside Hotel to the festival site all day on Saturday.

Some of the packages – which all include entry to the outdoor live music entertainment - now on sale on www.rennafix.com include: ·Digital Detox Adventure Challenge: Friday June 30 – Sat July 1. An overnight adventure challenge which features a 5km evening hike, shelter making, storytelling and overnight camping followed the next morning by a 70ft abseil drop; another hike and a cross-country mountain bike.

Valued at €180; Festival Price €120 with early-bird prices of €80 before April 30.

Positive Vibes Saltwater Package: Sat July 1. Earlymorning beach yoga at Strandhill followed by breakfast at Shells, meditation, a twohour surf lesson and foot massage.

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Event inspired by death of local adventure enthusiast Diverse range of adventure and wellness activities Surfer Easkey Britton among speakers.

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SLIGO CITY BADMINTON PLAYER CLAIMS THREE NATIONAL BADMINTON TITLES

Adam and the 3 Cups

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dam McAllister from Sligo City Badminton Club won all three titles at the Under 17 National Championships which took place recently in Waterford.

Adam had won two titles at the Leinster open earlier in January went one better when he claimed the treble at the National u17 Championships.

Adam started off with the singles easily steamrolling through the competition to face off against his Doubles partner Brian O’Mahony, Brian tried his best to reverse his fortunes against his partner who had beaten him the month previous. With both players knowing each other’s game so well points were hard to come by. After an intense final McAllister came out on top with a hard fought 2-0 victory (21-15, 21-16).

Adam and Brian joined forces for the Boy’s Doubles where they blew away any opposition.

Winning 21-11, 21-10 in the Quarter Finals and then 2111,21-11 in the semi Finals.

David Barton and Oisin Dwyer faced off against Adam and

Brian in the finals. Adam and Brian continued their domineering ways taking the first set 21-9. Oisin and David fought bravely in the second set but just came up short as Adam and Brian took the set 21-19.

Adam partnered with Rachel Woods of Lisburn in the mixed doubles. In the semi-finals they faced off against Brian O’Mahony and his partner Clodagh Dunne. Brian again had no luck against his doubles partner as Adam and Rachel saw them off 21-18, 21-15. The final of the U17 Mixed Doubles had a special feeling about it.

On one side you had two players attempting to complete a clean sweep of trophies (Rachael Woods & Adam) and on the other side of the net you had two players that had impressed throughout the nationals (Rebecca Woods & Des Duggan). Both sets of players were showing their full abilities and this led to a very entertaining game. In both games the points were close and lead changes would regularly occur.

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Adam McAllister and Rachel Woods with their 6 cups However in both games the winning mentality of Rachael and Adam were able to pull away late in both sets to cruise to victory winning (21-14, 21-

Adam McAllister

14). Both Adam and Rachel claimed Treble wins after Rachel had already taken the Girls’ Doubles and Girls’ Singles Adam’s coach and mentor

Sligo’s Jonathan Dolan who travelled to Waterford to offer support was delighted for his protégé. International Player and Coach Jonathan Dolan had this to say, “Adam is a hard worker and his dedication to training is really paying off. He’s a huge talent and I look forward to helping him progress” This brilliant success comes shortly after the announcement of Adam’s selection to play on the Irish Under 19 Team travelling to France for the Junior European Championships in April.

A delighted Adam had this to say “I would like to thank Paul Lynch for introducing me to badminton and coaching me for years in Ballaghaderreen.I would like to thank Jonathan Dolan for all his coaching and belief in me. Paul Dolan and all the Sligo City Badminton players who have given me such a great club in which to play and enjoy Badminton. My family for their support, especially my mother for driving all around the country for matches and training.

St Nathys College and all the people of Ballaghaderreen for the support & encouragement.

George Fitzgerald of Health Quarters Gym in Ballaghadarreen for the strength and conditioning training. Emer Tansy for all the physio work.

Having all these people behind me helping me on has

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Here is wishing Adam and the Irish Team every success !

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MASSIVE WIN FOR SLIGO AGAINST CORINTHIANS LEAVES THEM TOP OF THE LEAGUE WITH ONE GAME REMAINING

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ligo Development Squad faced Corinthians in Strandhill for what will probably be seen as the League Cup Final this season .After days of heavy rain the prospect of any game of rugby going ahead was slim .Coach Pearson believed it was critical to play this game at home so a group of Sligo RF.C members went out early on Sunday morning to do some work on the pitch to ensure the game could go ahead removing excess water ,scattering sand where necessary and with no rain that morning the referee gave the go ahead .

The game kicked off at 2.30 after the pitch had been bathed in some much needed sunshine for the previous hour though this was not forecast to continue and a deterioration in weather was probably required given Corinthians would try to power run the ball wide .

Sligo kicked off but gave away an early penalty which much to the delight of a very large home crowd was missed .

Sligo were first to score with a penalty from Enda Gavin ,14 minutes into the game ,Sligo ahead 3-0 .

Sligo's powerful pack were already showing how they have developed a name for themselves in this league as they began to boss a

surprised Corinthian pack at every set piece .The Sligo front row of Thomas Gormley,Ross O Boyle and Craig Adams were to the fore of all such encounters .

Against the run of play Corinthians after some fine handling and a testing kick into the corner scored a try by their quick thinking winger but missed the conversion leaving the score 5-3 to Corinthians .

Sligo now quick to respond urged on by Captain McMorrow moved up the field and camped on the Corinthians try line which was eventually breached after a number of pick and drives that involved David Bergin,David Cawley ,James O'Hehir ,finishing with the power house Matt Davey going over for a well earned try which was converted by Enda Gavin leaving the score at half time 10-5 to Sligo .

Sligo began the second half knowing that this win could lead them on to a final championship game next week and so the battle continued with all players giving everthing .Coach Pearson used the subs bench to his advantage making numerous changes bringing on Arron Tansey ,Gary Conneely Jake Sexton , Stuart O'Brien and Carl Vansrenburg as rolling subs are now allowed in this league .

The strength of this team is most evident in the quality of the bench .The Sligo back line was immense marshalled by Gary O'Hehir supported by Enda Gavin ,Sean Mullin, Clive Morris ,Matt Kavanagh and the Peter Pan of the team Gavin Foley .Full back Graham Kerr showed why he will be a force to be reckoned with in seasons to come making some incisive counter attacks .

Corinthians sensing a challenge with time running out attemted to move the ball wide with more urgency but unfortunately not only had they met a resilient Sligo outfit but also the weather gods were now against them and as planned a heavy shower swept across the pitch . Corinthians now rushing and under pressure mistakes were coming and Sligo were awarded a further penalty for offside which Enda Gavin duly converted 13-5 to Sligo .

Corinthians rallied again but were unable to cross the Sligo line and the last 10 minutes were spent in the Corinthians half who finally gave away another penalty allowing the sure footed Enda Gavin to score leaving the final result 16-5 .Sligo win This was an immense victory especially as The Corinthian team had a number of Connacht Academy Players present but despite their pedigree they were unable to score anything in the second half .

Coach Paddy Pearson and Burrows praised all Sligo players for their courageous efforts ,and identified everyone of them as 'a Man of the Match ' .As always the cautious Pearson reminded all present that there was still one match left in order to gain the title of League Champions and said 'enjoy the moment but we must focus from Monday on the game next Sunday in Strandhill v Lougrea 2.30pm otherwise all this will have been for nothing "Next weekend History beckons this exceptional squad of players .

Team : Thomas Gormley .Ross OBoyle ,Craig Adams , Capt Michael McMorrow ,David Bergin ,David Cawley ,Matt Davey ,Aaron Tansey, Carl Vanrensburg,Jake Sexton,Gary Conneely ,James O'Hehir,Gary O'Hehir,Enda Gavin,Stuart O'Brien,Clive Morris, Sean Mullin,Matt Kavanagh,Graham Kerr,, Gavin Foley

St Johns GAA Club Notes St Johns Lotto There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot prize in the draw that took place on March 4th. The numbers drawn were 4, 16, 27, 28. The winners of the consolation prizes were Aisling Benson, Carraroe; Christina Simon, Boyle; Michelle Kelly,21 Ferndale; Eugene Toolan, Drumuiscebole. The next draw with the Jackpot standing at E10,400 will take place on Sat March 18th . Lotto tickets can be purchased in Mc Morrow’s Shop, Cairns Rd.; The Blue Lagoon, Riverside; Clifford Electrical, Carraroe; Molly Fulton’s Restaurant, Carraroe; Canning’s House and Garden, Cornageeha and The Crozon Inn or from club members. Thanks to all patrons who support our club lotto.

St John’s Academy The indoor coaching for boys and girls will continue indoors next weekend in The Sligo Sports Complex, Cleveragh with the boys on Saturday with U8 and U10 from 4.00-5.00 and u12 from 5.00-6.00 and the girls on Sunday with U8,10and 12 from 4.00-5.00 and U14 from 5.00-6.00. So come along for lots of fun and good healthy exercise.

St John’s Magazine Memorabilia and articles about the life and times of St John’s over the last 30 years will be welcomed by the organising committee or if you would like to write an article about the GAA in general please contact us at 086 0793791.

Congratulations Congratulations and well done to St John’s star Charlie Harrison and the Sligo senior team on their hardfought, but well-deserved victory over Laois in the Allianz League on Sunday. This victory, coming after last week’s reverse to Antrim, leaves the team in joint second place with a good chance of promotion after a much-improved second half display. It was great to see Charlie back in the starting line-up and hopefully he will get an injury-free run for the rest of the year.

Events for your diary!

As part of WEC’s 20th anniversary celebrations!

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Dressage demo in May. Demo will show progression and training from the young horse to Grand Prix level.

Equestrian themed raffle. Refreshments. All proceeds raised will be donated to the Irish Horse Welfare Trust.

Then the big one! Saturday, 24th of June WEC’s 20th birthday bonfire party!

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STROLL AT THE TRACK- CHEQUE PRESENTATION

Sligo Rovers are delighted to name ‘Acquired Brain Injury Ireland’ as our chosen charity for 2017 This will be the clubs fifth year to partner a local cause and we hope this year will be as successful as our previous years.

Last year, the club worked with Sligo Cancer Support Centre to help raise funds for support services, for victims and families affected by cancer. Prior to that, the club also partnered with North-West therapy centre and Friends of Sligo Regional Hospital.

The aim of charity partners is to boost the profile of the charity, help raise awareness and to help raise much needed funds to support the excellent work carried out by these charities.

We would like to thank Sligo Cancer Support Centre for partnering with us last year; the partnership proved a great success and we wish them every success going forward.

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riday 4th February, the Stroll at the Track committee presented a cheque to North West Hospice following its hugely successful fundraiser. €27,000 cheque was presented to Cathryn O Leary, Community Relations Manager; North West Hospice.

Speaking following the cheque presentation Cathryn O Leary spoke of the "huge work of the committee

over the past number of weeks. She stated the Hospice would not survive without the incredible volunteers out there and we are deeply thankful. This was a tremendous event and we owe it all to you ".

At the presentation the Chairman of Stroll at the Track, Vincent Murray thanked all the sponsors, stewards, musicians, gate collectors and the

management and board of Sligo Racecourse for their support of the event. Each and everyone of the 3,500 people who came through that racecourse gate experienced a fantastic family day but a day of huge emotion and meaning. This figure we are presenting to Hospice today typifies that. As we speak I have just received more donations tonight."

St. Patrick’s GAA Club Supporters Club : St Pats have launched their new look supporters club. There are three levels to chose from with great prizes in quarterly draws including All Ireland tickets and vouchers for hotel breaks! Club officials will be promoting membership in the coming weeks.

Please contact Mark on 087 6183392 or any committee member for further details.

Joker Jackpot : St Pats Joker Jackpot now stands @ €2600 as their was no winner in the last weekends draw. Next draw takes place on Saturday 18th of March @ 10pm in Rafters Bar. Tickets available from all usual outlets. Thank you for your

continued support.Winners in last weekend draw were Caoimhe Rafter, Tom Mc Cann, and Frank Murray.

Injury Rehab Programme An injury rehab programme for young players who need help rehabilitating from medium to long term injuries takes place in the Centre of Excellence Scarden each Monday from 5pm till 6pm. Sessions cost €5 each. Contact Liam og Gormley for further details.

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ABI views each brain differently, and therefore views each brain injury as unique to each individual affected. Therefore, ABI champions the Individual Rehabilitation Plan (IRP).

ABI Ireland was the first organisation in Ireland to achieve international recognition for quality services, from the commission of accreditation of rehabilitation facilities. This confirmed that the services provided by ABI are aligned with international best practice.

ABI has a transitional living unit located in Tonaphubble Sligo and also operates a drop in centre located on Wolfe Tone street in Sligo Town.

Sligo Rovers Chairman, Martin Heraghty, spoke about teaming up with ABI for 2017 and said “The charity partner initiative has worked extremely well thus far for everyone concerned, and we are keen for this trend to continue.”

He also stated “working with local causes like ABI is very important to us as a club and supports our ethos. It’s important that we give back to the local community wherever possible.”

Noel MC Cloat, from the management committee of Sligo Rovers stated “We are looking forward to developing a partnership with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland throughout 2017, and we are proud that we chose ABI as our charity partner for 2017.”

ABI will hold a bucket collection this coming Saturday night in The Showgrounds, at our home game against Dundalk which has a 7.45pm kick off. Your support would be greatly appreciated.

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Irish Masters Indoor championships and looked after everybody so well.

Castleconnor also host the Connaught semi-finals next Saturday 04-03-2017.

JCS GALWAY (JAMES DEMPSEY) v SLIGO (DAVID HANNON)

A Mullen dft L Finn 20-21, 21-8, 21-14 in a battle royale. Laura needed an injury timeout after a bad twist on her leg resulting in calf injury. She refused to give up though showing great spirit but Mullen identified the weakness to push on and claim the win JCS GALWAY (JAMES DEMPSEY) v SLIGO (DAVID HANNON) David Hannon fell short in the Connaught Final against Galway’s James Dempsey losing out 2-8. The score line itself doesn’t do him justice for his performance against one of the stars of the future. Well done David and James.

The Sligo Juvenile B championship was played in Castleconnor on Sunday 26-02-2017, with 30 children competing across the age groups.

There were some masterful displays from the Sligo AC contingent in the Irish Masters Indoor Championships held in Athlone.

Masters legend John McDermott narrowly missed out on a treble in the M70 when finishing second in the 60m in 9.07 behind Brendan Dennehy (Rising Sun) who won in 8.88. John went on to win the 200m in 30.07 and the 400m in 67.08.

In the M35 800m Dermot McDermott claimed his first Masters title by winning in 2:03. Dermot led from gun to tape to claim a thrilling victory over Drogheda’s Kieran McGrath.

Another Master athlete used to success is M45 Kevin McGlone. The 1500m saw him finish 2nd in a thrilling sprint finish in which his 4:27 just edged out Derry’s Cathal McLoughlin.

Enda Whelan performed brilliantly in the M65.

Enda claimed 3 bronze medals by running 6:38 in the 1500m, 13:11 in the 3000m and 3:18 in the 800m.

Well done also to debutants James Callaghan and Ultan McNasser. James finished 7th in the M35 1500m with 4:32 while Ultan was 7th in the M40 3000m with 10:09.

The Great Ireland Run

A Mullen dft L Finn 20-21

Well done to Elaine Naughton, Castleconnor, won v Anna Fox , Collooney in girls U 13 and in boys, Clive Conway,Collooney, won v Colin Finn, Ballymote U 11 , Darragh Bourke,Castleconnor, won v Michael Ward, Collooney U 12 , Sean Donnegan,Castleconnor, won v Oisin Quinn, Castleconnor,U 13, Patrick Cooney,Castleconnor, won v Augustine Waters, Drumcliffe U 14 , and Gearoid Coleman, Collooney won v Sean Leonard, Drumcliffe U 15.

Medals were presented by the County Board Chairman, Francis McCann.Thanks to all the players , parents , supporters and the Castleconnor Club who hosted the

Trim 10 Miler - Sligo AC A group of Sligo AC athletes made the long trip to Trim for the 10 mile road race hosted by Trim AC. Seamus Somers raced well to finish 17th in 56:42, 4th in the M40 section with a mere 30 seconds separating the top 4 M40s. Damien Kennedy also had a good race with a time of 59:30 giving him 48th place.

Big run also by Fintan Whelan with a deserved PB of 60:59. Enda Whelan also ran well to record a time of 1:14:45. Well done also to Stephen Gilgan with his time of 1:22:03.

Pictured are Seamus Somers and Damien Kennedy with Irish Olympian Breege Connolly.

The Great Ireland Run, which is also the National 10k. Sligo AC club has had great success over the years in this event and are looking for senior and master members to compete in this team and individual event, Those interested are asked to contact the Secretary, Fionnuala Silke. The date of the event is Sunday 9 April

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SLIGO SPORT FEBRUARY, 2017

THE POLITICS OF SPORT

Industry experts will discuss ‘Sport and Politics’ at the 2017 GAA Museum Summer School, including internationally renowned activist and sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards

W

ho said that politics and sport should not mix?

The GAA Museum is hosting a fascinating series of talks at Croke Park this summer from Thursday 29th June to Saturday 1st July examining the theme of ‘Sport and Politics’ and the effects they have had on one another since the 1870s.

National and international leading experts in their field will discuss diverse topics including how the GAA suffered in the 1890s due to its support for Charles Stewart Parnell; the issues and divisions in Irish soccer that led to the establishment of two separate governing bodies in 1921; the struggle for an

Irish identity through the Olympic movement pre1922; how the Irish republican movement has viewed sport since 1923, and the cultural trauma felt by the people of Liverpool in the aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy.

Commenting, Mark Reynolds, the GAA Museum Archivist, said “The event will be of huge interest to anyone with a keen interest in sport, politics or history.

The broad overall theme of ‘Sport and Politics’ and the calibre of the speakers ensures that this will be an engaging and stimulating experience for all those who attend. We are honoured to have high profile speakers attending from all over the

world, including Doctor Harry Edwards, Professor John Hughson and Professor Alan Bairner. It is a unique opportunity to ask questions and interact with these speakers.”

The keynote talk from internationally renowned Doctor Harry Edwards, the former Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley is much anticipated. Doctor Edwards will speak on the history of sport and racial segregation in America from the 1960s.

Fifty years ago, in 1967, Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) through which he called for a Black athlete boycott of the United States

1968 Olympic team, in order to highlight the racial inequities and barriers that existed in sport and society.

The movement resulted in demonstrations by Black athletes across America and ultimately at the 1968 Mexico City games where the iconic ‘Black Power Salute’ was delivered by Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

Edwards, a scholar-activist who became spokesperson for what amounted to a revolution in sports, is now considered the leading authority on developments at the interface of race, sport, and society and was a pioneering scholar in the founding of the sociology of sport as an academic discipline.

Harry Edwards

GAA Museum Summer School itinerary: Day One. (Thursday 29 June 2017) Richard McElligott The collapse of the GAA in the 1890s (Parnell Crisis) Jarlath Burns The GAA and Politics Doireann Markham The Republican Boycott of the Tailteann Games Cormac Moore The Split in Irish Soccer John Hughson The Hillsborough Tragedy as Cultural Trauma Round Table Discussion Day Two. (Friday 30 June 2017) Kevin McCarthy The Struggle for Irish identity through the Olympic Games, 1896-1922 Mark Reynolds The GAA and the 1981 Hunger Strike Donal MacAnallen The GAA in Ulster 1946-1962 Brian Hanley Irish republican attitudes to sport since 1923 Alan Bairner Sport, Irishness and Ulster Unionism Round Table Discussion

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Day Three: (Saturday 1 July 2017) Sean Kelly MEP The GAA and Rule 42 David Hassan Sport in the North of Ireland Dr Harry Edwards Sport and Racial Segregation in America Round Table Discussion Round Table Discussion This really interesting combination of talks at the GAA Museum Summer School will have huge appeal to anyone with an interest in politics, sport or history and culture.

Tickets cost €45 per day or €120 for a three day pass. Lunch and tea/coffee are included in the price. Advance booking is required, and it is expected to sell out quickly, so secure your place today on https://crokepark.ie/summerschool

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