THE popular Mallow's Got Talent competition is back with a bang in Fitzy's Bar in O'Brien Street. The first heat of the talent show commenced last Friday evening and continues every Friday at 9.30 pm where each night up to seven competitors get the chance to compete in later rounds. The competition is the brainchild of Johnny Bottles Griffin and Jimmy Mahony who cohost the event. The final will be held later in the year where money and prizes will be up for grabs for the winners and guest judges will have the tough task of picking the outright winners. wishes to congratulate the Mallow Tidy Town group for their great clean-up work around Mallow which is all on a voluntary basis. She is happy that the group is now receiving much deserved recognition for their concerns on cleanliness and the removal of refuse and rubbish from various parts of the town including roads and estates. The group received a runner - up prize of a cheque to the value of €300 from Muintir Na Tire for their work on Mallow Bridges and Margaret says the area around the Ten Arch bridge is now immaculate due to the efforts of the Mallow Tidy Town group. People are also asked to drop their cans and bottles in to the recycle drop sites in Mallow and not to leave them discarded in public places. BTEI: The Back To Education Initiative are running a short FETAC Level 3 Art & Design course in Mallow on Monday, November 2 to service the increased demand for part-time education. This introductory course offers FETAC Level 3 Art/Design two nights per week (7 pm -9.30pm) Mondays and Wednesdays over 7 weeks, which aims to give participants an understanding of the basic elements of Art and Design. Anyone who has left full-time education can take part in a BTEI course. Free courses are given to those who have left school early, those in receipt of Social Welfare payments and Medical Card holders. All others are charged a fee. Anyone interested in this Art/Design course should contact BTEI, Mallow Return to Education Centre, Lower Beecher Street on 022 - 55452. GAA 45: First, Mick O'Callaghan, Stephen Moylan, Mick Walsh and Jackie O'Sullivan. Second, John O'Flynn and Dan Hanley. Ladies, Noren Barry, Mary McDonnell, Molly and Maureen, Bridget and Margaret O'Brien, Ellen Lane and Margaret Buckley. Mix, Sheila Walsh, Sean O'Callaghan, Kathleen Walsh and Gerry Cronin. Gents, Mattie Sheehan and Pat Kearney. Raffle, Molly and Maureen, Norman Bolster, Hugh Murphy, James O'Hanlon and Dan O'Sullivan. Cards every Wednesday in Carrigoon at 9 pm.

- with Eugene Cosgrove