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Finalists in the Girls U-15: Casey Luther(carlow) Runner-up and Stephanie Ryan (Dublin) winner.

Carlow hosts Junior Open

CARLOW LTC Squash alongside Carlow Sports and Social Club hosted the largest Junior squash open of the season when over 100 young squash players from all over Ireland took part in the Leinster Junior Squash Open.

Fun and fitness to go hand in hand

IF YOU'RE one of the people who hasn't joined a gym in 2012 to shed the Christmas poundage don't worry.

Gymnasts make Irish team

THREE Carlow gymnasts have reached the pinnacle of success in their chosen sport of acrobatic gymnastics.

Dylan lands national title

CARLOW boxer Dylan Carr showed his absolute class when he clinched the lightweight title in the Open Youths national boxing tournament held in the National Boxing Stadium over the last two weekends.

Angling club

MEMBERS AND friends of the Carlow Coarse Angling Club descended on the river Barrow system at the weekend and despite the cold weather and rising water levels managed to get bags of fish topping the scales at 50 lb. plus. The bags of fish that are being produced from the Barrow are not being matched anywhere in the Country at the moment.

Huge catches on the Barrow

MEMBERS and friends of the Carlow Coarse Angling Club decended on the river Barrow system at the weekend and despite the cold weather and rising water levels managed to get bags of fish topping the scales at 50lb plus.

Kirwan races to county success

BRIAN KIRWAN of the St Laurence O'Toole athletics club ran a fantastic tactical race to sensationally overhaul 12-time consecutive winner Pat Byrne in winning his first Carlow Senior Mens Cross Country Championship over 10km in Ballaghmore, Myshall on Sunday last.

Athletics -- full results

SENIOR Men 10km: 1st - Brian Kirwan (LOT) 34:25; 2nd - Pat Byrne (Tin) 34:42; 3rd - Colin Payne (LOT) 36:00; 4th - Tommy Payne (Tin) 36:29; 5th - Dwayne Farrell (Tin) 36:46; 6th - Danny Lawlor (LOT) 36:50; 7th - Graham Power (LOT) 37:49; 8th - James Griffin (LOT) 38:17; 9th - Mick Kehoe (Tin) 38:33; 10th - Larry Murphy (Tin) 38:55.

BRIAN O'DONOGHUE

AS MOST of you will remember, my fitness column is over. I spent six weeks working the backside off myself. To be honest I was looking forward to a couple of week's slight relaxation, maybe a couple of runs down the road.

Let the battle begin!

By BRIAN O'DONOGHUE

HAVING seen these guys in action on Friday night I now cannot wait for the white collar boxing night on the 30th of December.

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Pictures: Week in pictures

In Pictures

Historic postcards Over 6,000 photographs, political prints and portraits from days gone by form part of a project launched at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. To view collection and buy the images, visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/postcards.