County Mayor Thomas Welby launches this year’s Charity Ball.
Saturday Night November 24th @ 8pm
Test your General Knowledge you could walk away with €1000
Sharon Shannon launches the “Who wants to be a Thousandaire” on November 24th @ 8pm in the Oughterard Community Centre
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Thank you to everyone who supported us on Sunday the cake sale Easter Egg hunt and the tea and chat was great.
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Joint us tomorrow East Sunday after 11.30 Mass Oughterard for a funtastic Cake Sale, Raffle and Easter Egg Hunt . The Parish Office of the Church of The Immaculate Conception.
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Rás Chonamara is a 3 day event running from the 7th to 9th of April 2012. The Rás Chonamara 3 day will feature a challenging route that will consist of 3 road stages and an individual time trial. Rás Chonamara will be open to the following categories: A2 & A3 only. Rás Chonamara is a pre-register race.
Details for Rás Chonamara 3 Day 2012Prizes
The overall Winner will Receive the Gerry Clancy Memorial Trophy and the Yellow Jersey.
There will be 3 Jerseys on offer:
– The Leaders jersey
– The Sprinters jersey
– The King of the Hill (KOH) jersey.
Stages
There will be four stages:
– Two 95 km road stages
– One 10km Time Trial stage
– One 50km road stage.
On stage 1, stage 2b and stage 3 there will be an opportunity to receive points for the Sprinters jersey and the KOH jersey. The points will be for the first 3 riders over the line. There will be no points available on stage 2a as it will be a time trial. There will be one KOH prime on stages 1, 2b, and 3, with two opportunities to receive points for the Sprinters jersey.
The final stage will be held on a circuit comprising of 5 laps. There will be a sprint prime and a Koh prime on the 3rd lap and then on the final lap there will be sprint points available.
The points will be as follows:
– 1st place: 3 points
– 2nd place: 2 points
– 3rd place: 1 point
Sign-on Location:
Connemara Gateway Hotel (It’s located on the left hand side of the road on the Galway side of Oughterard).
Time: 8:30am to 10am.
Race HQ
The Connemara Gateway Hotel
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Start Location
All stages will start at Race HQ as a rolling start, with the exception to the time trial which will start at St Pauls School in the village of Outherard.
Time and Routes
Stage 1 (April 7th)
Start Time: 11am
95km Road Race
Race Route: Oughterard – Maam Cross – Recess – Kylemore – Leenane – Maam Cross – Oughterard
Stage 2A (April 8th)
Start Time: 9am
10km Time Trial
Location: Gleann Circuit
Stage 2B (April 8th)
Start Time: 12pm
95km Road Race
Race Route: Oughterard – Maam Cross – Leenane – Kylemore – Recess – Maam Cross – Oughterard
Stage 3 (April 9th)
Start Time: 10am
50km Road Race
Location: 5 Laps of Gleann Circuit.
Accommodation
If you would like to book accommodation, please go through the Oughterarard Tourist Office. Click here for their website or you can call them on 091 552 808 or fax 091 552 811.
Registration Fee: €50.00
Contact Details:
Tel: 087 902 2807 or 087 632 1167
Email: info@raschonamara.ie
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Mark your diaries! On Sunday the 29th April there will be a 10km run for the Clann Resource Centre in Oughterard. Starting 12pm at the GAA pitch, participants will travel the Glann high road route, with beautiful views of the Lough Corrib, and back down the Glann low road onto Camp Street.
Walkers, joggers, runners, everyone is welcome to take part! Post-race refreshments are available afterwards at The Boat Inn.
To register log onto Run Ireland or contact Róisín Nee on 091 557633.
Entry Fee: €10
All proceeds go towards projects run by the Clann Resource Centre, Oughterard.
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Good luck to all our local boxers in the upcoming Connacht Finals! Hope you all make it to box in Oughterard on the 31st of March and 1st of April. For the latest boxing news in the Oughterard area, check out the Oughterard Boxing Club on Facebook here: Oughterard Bc
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Rás Chonamara is a 3-day cycling event running from the 7th to 9th of April 2012. Initially starting out as a one-day event, last year in 2011 it was made a 3-day event. The Rás Chonamara 3 day will feature a challenging route that will consist of 3 road stages and an individual time trial. Rás Chonamara will be open to the following categories: A2 & A3 only. Rás Chonamara is a pre-register race.
For more information on registering, the cycle route, the stages or just general information on Rás Chonamara, log on to
Rás Chonamara
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