Busy month for Community Games

Swimming medals winners.

Over the last month, a number of County Finals have taken place at various venues around the county, writes Papillon Rabbitte of Kilcullen Community Games. We would like to express our gratitude to all those who help in organising these events and also to the parents who give their time to volunteer, whether it is in training the children or in helping to run the events.

County Swim Gala
The county gala was held in K-Leisure, Athy, over the course of two days. Congratulations to all the boys and girls who competed in the various swim events. They did Kilcullen proud bringing home a haul of medals including nine county medals from individual events and a silver medal in the team event. Our three gold medallists — Seán Hoey, Tiarnan Donnelly and Ella-Louise Donnelly — now go forward to represent Kildare at the National Finals in UL in May. We wish them the best of luck.

Gold medal winners: U8 Girls Freestyle, Ella-Louise Donnelly; U10 Freestyle, Tiarnan Donnolly; U12 Breaststroke, Sean Dunne.

Silver medal winners: U12 Backstroke, Turlough Donnolly; U13 Boys Squad.

Bronze medal winners: U8 Freestyle, Conall Hoey; U12 Freestyle, Sean Hoey; U14 Breaststroke Leo Williamson.

Pewter medal winners; U14 Breaststroke, Ciaran McNally; U10 Backstroke, Xavier Mahon.

Gymnastics
The county gymnastics final was held in the Excel Gym in Celbridge earlier in the month. Well done to Molly Stone who came 3rd and Lily Norris who came 4th in the U9 competition.

Quiz
The quiz was held in Sarsfields GAA. We had two teams on the night and they both put in a great performance, with our U14 team finishing 4th in the final. We hope everyone enjoyed the evening.

Cross Country
Congratulations to Ryan Sheridan from Kilcullen, who braved the weather and came 3rd in the county final of the cross country competition which was held in Milltown GAA. Ryan has now qualified to represent Kildare in the National Finals in Limerick in May.

Rugby
After a successful county championship campaign, our U11 rugby team entered the Leinster Quarter Final stage of the competition where they met Dalkey. After a great game of rugby, Dalkey came out on top. We would like to say thanks to all the boys on the team, the parents who helped with refreshments and the team manager Terry for volunteering his time to coach the boys.

Handwriting
Well done to all the boys and girls who represented Kilcullen CG in the county final of the handwriting. Kilcullen did very well and won three county medals. Congratulations to Shantayan Banerjee who won silver and Jessica Sandall and Jamie Griffin who each took home a bronze medal.

We are always looking for volunteers to help out at events, if this is something you would like to do, please get in touch with us through Facebook or through any of the committee members (listed below).

Contacts for Kilcullen community games are as follows: Donna Hoey (Chairperson), Papillon Rabbitte (Treasurer), Yvonne Carey Tyrrell (Secretary), Geraldine Breen, Jean Mahon, Alma Donnelly, Neil Taylor.


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