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County Championships

ATHLETES FROM ALL THE CLUBS IN COUNTY were out in force at the County Track & Field Championships at the RSC on Friday last. The clubs are Ferrybank AC, West Waterford AC, Waterford AC, Tramore AC, An Gaeltacht from the Ardmore/Old Parish area and KCK from the Killrossanty / Colligan/ Kilbrien area. Two athletes had four wins each, Lisa Houlihan U15 and Patrick Palmer U17, both from West Waterford. Trebles went to the following from Ferrybank AC: Conor Giles Doran U9; Stephen Murphy U16; Alan Corcoran U18; Orlaith O’Brien U9; and Kate Daniels U12.

Numerous athletes recorded doubles with Marcel Drita, Waterford AC winning the senior shot putt and discus. Billy Ryan, Ferrybank AC won the 100 Metres senior title and took the Liam Power Memorial Trophy. While Ferrybank were the dominant club at the fixture Tramore AC

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Imagine if a local lad from Waterford was playing with one of the top football clubs in the world. Picture him in the dressing room before games, receiving his instructions from the most successful manager the game has produced. See him stand shoulder to shoulder with the cream of European and world players before doing battle with gallacticos from the best leagues around. Wouldn’t that make us proud?

This isn’t Roy of the Rovers stuff. This is the reality for John O’Shea. And he doesn’t get the accolades he deserves. Forever berated by the “he’s not a great player” jury of Giles and Dunphy. Rebuffed by 50% of the Irish soccer public because he doesn’t play in the red of Liverpool. Snubbed by critics because he can’t lock down a single position. Enough. 8 years a professional with Manchester United.

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It’s almost palpable, that feeling of things happening for so many different Waterford bands. That they make music that is better than anywhere else in the country makes for a wonderful vibe around and about little ole Waterford. That any one of them would get to deliver their no bullshit message from the national stage, and beyond, would be fantastic. Just last week exciting Waterford outfit, Saviours Of Space won the Student Music Awards in front of a unanimous and ecstatic set of judges who were quite simply overwhelmed. More importantly for SOS is the fact that the mark that the band left was more than a routine competition victory. A sense that something special had happened permeated Dublin’s Village and that ‘something special’ was Saviours Of Space.

The prize itself consists of five days recording in Religion music, €1000

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ELECTRIC AVENUE has given live music fans loads of incentive to hit John Street on Fridays over the past few months with some cracking gigs by Ireland’s best new bands, including Waterford’s finest. Now the bar has decided to give the night it’s very own name, “The Friday Club”. It does exactly what it says on the tin !

The Friday Club will always feature 2 (and sometimes 3) exciting live bands plus the Friday Club DJs John Fitz, Katie Kim and Mick, playing the very best of alternative rock, pop & dance tunes. Having played the best Waterford gig of 2006 (in our humble opinion), The Frank & Walters are back at Electric Avenue to launch the club this coming Friday 4th May. They are ably supported by the power pop of We Should Be Dead who have been

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DJ SNEAK was forced to cancel his Easter Sunday gig at The Forum due to an illness that hospitalized him for a short period. The good news is that the BIG man is now fully recovered and gave his first available Saturday in Europe to Waterford as he loves playing here and was gutted to miss out at Easter. The rescheduled date at The Forum is 19th May and it brings local dance music promoters Resistance and Republik together for the first time, to present arguably the World’s greatest House music DJ with support from Warren Sauvage and Kenno. Tickets for this exclusive Irish date are on sale now at The Forum, BPM Records, Sinnotts, Ticketmaster Outlets, 0818-719300 and www.ticketmaster.ie.

In 1983, Carlos Sosa AKA DJ Sneak, moved to the city of Chicago from the island of Puerto Rico, where

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"The Stacks" take to the stage in ‘The Park Hotel Dungarvan’ on Thursday 3rd May in their first ever Féile na Deise performance. The recent W.L.R. fm Sony Star Search winner, John Stack, together with his brothers Ken and Cyril and their cousin Ross, with special guest Sinead Kiely, promise an entertaining show. Their wide range of musical styles, have enthralled audiences in sell-out shows throughout the county from ballads and blues to bluegrass and back again. Having recorded their debut album "Down To The Black" earlier this year, "The Stacks" have chosen to launch the CD at the concert.

This concert and CD launch is certainly a night not to be missed. Well known television personality Micheál O Muircheartaigh will be MC on the night and will launch the CD.

Tickets from The Park Hotel (058-42899) and CDs will

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Europe's No.1 AC/DC Tribute Band to play Forum Sarah Dennison Katrina Brophy Aoife McCarthy "Miss Waterford" heats are hotting up Pictured here are the 3 of the lucky contestants who successfully quali- fified for next months Miss Water- ford competition last Friday night in Harvey’s. According to Christy Leonard, Har- vey’s Manager, "the third heat was fantastic". The judges gave away 3 wild cards on Friday night, such was the high standard of the entries. Speaking on behalf of all the judges at Harvey’s, Christy remarked "We put 5 girls through to the fifinal, such was the calibre of last weeks entries". Anyone who has not entered yet is urged to come along to the last heat to be in with a fifinal chance to qualify for this years Miss Waterford be sure to be in Har- vey’s between 10

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