Awards event to be expanded

The traditional annual local Tidy Towns Awards night is to be expanded to become a Community Awards event.

But for this year, because of time constraints, there will only be two 'outside' awards, one being for a Pitch & Putt Club involvement in a European Championship. The second is as yet not confirmed.

After some discussion at the recent Kilcullen Community Action meeting, it was agreed that all other clubs and organisations in the town would be invited to take part in next year's event.

There was also some consideration given to having a 'celebrity' to present the awards this year, with Eddie Hobbs and Claire Byrne being mentioned.

In the end it was agreed that a well known person involved with sport would be approached (ED: in fairness, the Diary feels it is inappropriate to name the person until the approach has been made).

The event is scheduled for 21 October in the Town Hall.

Brian Byrne.