Chairman Bert in good tune: Council Chairman at Active Arts launch Heritage boats create spectacle on the Erne: Barge boats from the 1800s will be on the Erne system this weekend as the Heritage Boat Association drops anchor in Belleek coinciding with the Belleek Water Festival. The oldest boat dates from 1846. The 34 boats will be on view over this weekend.

Teen takes part in life-changing trial: Enniskillen teen Sean Hamilton is participating in a new clinical trial which is sparking newfound hope of a brighter future for Cysctic Fibrosis sufferers.

Beckett:Unveiling the secret location: Perhaps where we fail to empathise with Beckett’s themes we are the lucky ones, and it would not be for want of trying on the part of Festival director, Sean Doran. His programme is not parachuted in but firmly grounded in the locality. For Fermanagh people these are familiar locations from new perspectives. Familiar accents with startling moods and message.

D list ready to tumble: Tumble is Saturday night’s sparkly new gymnastic talent show on BBC 1. Studiously ignoring the fact that they already have an incredibly successful show of this genre, the BBC has promoted Tumble as a daring new enterprise by tweaking the format just enough.

Mallards geared up for first home game: Ballinamallard United will have their first taste of home on Saturday when they welcome Eddie Patterson’s Glentoran to Ferney Park. Manager Whitey Anderson states that his players are looking forward to getting out on their home pitch on Saturday, a game which begins a run of four home league games out of the next five.

Replays needed to decide semi-finalists: Last weekend’s SFC and IFC quarter-finals threw up some well contested encounters including a draw in each with the replays set for Brewster Park on Friday night. Reports and reaction from all eight championship games inside.