With all eyes on the brewing trouble that hurricane Lorenzo may cause in the coming hours and days, plans are well afoot for Run Galway Bay to storm ahead this Saturday 5th October. With the predicted weather over the next 48 hours not making things easy for organisers of Run Galway Bay and their key partners Tesco, they are continuing to prepare and take precautions to plan … [Read more...] about Run Galway Bay to Storm Ahead this Saturday
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Fierce As Female’s Successful European Week of Sport
Fierce As Female’s first two events took place this past weekend in Salthill, Galway, as part of the European Week of Sports, in association with Galway Sports Partnership, supported by GMIT and NUIG, and were a resounding success. The first event, FierceAF: Boxing Edition was the largest women boxing class in Ireland, attended by over 50 women and girls, where … [Read more...] about Fierce As Female’s Successful European Week of Sport
Former Olympic Champion to take on Run Galway Bay this Weekend
This Saturday 6th October almost 5,000 runners, joggers, walkers and spectators will descend on Galway City for the annual Run Galway Bay 10k, Half Marathon and Marathon which starts and finishes at Nimmo’s Pier, The Claddagh. The popularity of the event has surpassed all expectations with the full marathon selling out in July, followed by the 10k and Half Marathon, … [Read more...] about Former Olympic Champion to take on Run Galway Bay this Weekend
Bike through Galway City on a guided children’s cycle tour for World Car Free Day
A Free organised by An Taisce Green-Schools, Connemara Greenway Alliance, Galways Westend, Galway City Council and An Garda Siochana will take place on World Car Free Day in Galway. The event called Kidical Mass 2018 will kick off at 10:30am on Saturday 22nd September. The cycle will begin and end at 2pm in Galways westend at Fr. Burke Park. Cycle on the streets of … [Read more...] about Bike through Galway City on a guided children’s cycle tour for World Car Free Day
Galway Bay Swim sees 146 swimmers cross the bay for Cancer Care West
The annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim took place on Saturday 21st July, now in its 13th year the swim has become one of Irelands biggest and longest one day swims. The swim which sold out saw 146 swimmers beginning their swim in Aughinish in Co. Clare and finishing at Blackrock Diving Tower in Salthill, the swim is a distance of roughly 13 kilometres (if you swam … [Read more...] about Galway Bay Swim sees 146 swimmers cross the bay for Cancer Care West