AFC gets Sports Grant after appeal

Kilcullen AFC's Greg Curran, and Minister Martin Heydon.

Kilcullen AFC has received a grant of €44,729 towards the development of a grass pitch, writes Brian Byrne.

The club is one of five sports clubs in Kildare which have shared €308,000 in Sports Capital Grant aid following appeals against being excluded under the 2020 round announced last February.

The news has been welcomed by Minister Martin Heydon, who worked with Greg Curran and his officers at the Kilcullen Club through the appeals process.

"“It can be very disappointing for a club and its officials to be excluded from the list of successful applications when Sports Capital Grants are initially announced," he said today, "so this appeals process is a god-send, giving clubs the opportunity to adjust areas of their applications where possible."

The other clubs who successfully got through the appeals were Athy Golf Club, Coill Dubh AFC, Leixlip United AFC, and Suncroft Community Development Ltd.

The Kilcullen Club set out plans last year to turn its one-pitch space on the Kilcullen Community Centre campus into two pitches, to help the club cope with demand for junior player places. There are currently approximately 200 underage members, as well as around 20 Senior players.

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