Games group renews commitment

The Kilcullen Credit Union Athletics team proved to be a huge success this year. The foundation for the success commenced with training on Monday evenings for all those who qualified from the Kilcullen community events.



The finishing touch was applied thank to Kilcullen Credit Union who kindly sponsored tracksuits for all team members, which resulted in the team doing the community proud both on and off the field.

For all those that took part it was a great day for team and community spirit with all team members enthusiastically supporting and cheering on their fellow team members during the two-day even held in Newbridge.

The event was such a success the Community Games Committee has expressed a renewed commitment to repeat the the effort again next year, and with the experience achieved this year the expectation is for even greater success as it was the first time for all the Kilcullen team to compete at county level.

The winners from Kilcullen at the County Athletics final were:

Jack Dooley U 8 Boys 80m: Bronze
Kelly Gaynor U10 Girls 100m: Bronze
Katie Berney U10 Girls 200m: Silver
Emily Vaughan U14 Girls 800m: Bronze
Laura Pearson U16 Girls 100m: Certificate (4th)

The big prize of the day, "The best presented Team", was won by the Kilcullen team and the County Cup is on display in the Kilcullen Credit Union.

This was the last event to be held at County level this year with Kilcullen winning 12 County medals in all events during the year.

The games has proved a huge success during the year and all involved hope to be able to do at least as much again next year. Community support is the critical ingredient to allow us achieve success at county level.

Nick Aspel.