New floor for Community Centre hall

The original floor revealed.

Work has started on replacing the floor in the Community Centre sports hall, revealing the original floor and its markings still notably clear, writes Brian Byrne. The installation of the new floor will be finished within the next two and a half weeks. 

The project has been enabled by a €66,000 grant from Pobal. Heating in the hall has also been upgraded with four new high-efficiency fan heaters powered by the centre's sustainable wood-pellet system. 

Looking at the original tiled floor markings — it's believed the floor just removed was installed in the mid-90s —  centre manager Enda O'Neill notes that, in addition to basketball and badminton, it was also used for indoor tennis. He also recalls playing soccer on the floor, which he said could become very slippery from sweat and was hard to fall on. 

When the new sprung wooden floor is laid, there will be additional court markings for pickleball, which has become very popular, and along one side, for skooch. 

The wooden floor that has just been removed will be recycled as flooring for storage and other areas in the centre.

The existing flooring being taken up, revealing the original.

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