Dear Member,

I wish to advise that the 50th Annual General Meeting of  Community Games CLG will take place virtually via Zoom on May 29th 2021 at 12 noon.

All Company Members are entitled to attend the AGM. Each County may select three Company Members as delegates to the Virtual AGM. One of these members must be the County member of the National Executive Advisory Committee for 2020.
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Nominations will be done via the On Line Registration System (ORS).  Closing date for the nominations is 28th April.  There will not be any Motions or Recommendations for discussion at this year’s AGM.
  
Thank you for your co-operation.
  
Yours sincerely,
  
Shirley Maloney
Company Secretary
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It is with deep regret that I inform you of the untimely passing of our esteemed Deputy President, Tony Lee.  Our sincere and heartfelt condolences to all his family and his wide circle of friends and Community Games family.
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Tony Lee was an integral and valuable Board member for over a decade and a volunteer at grass roots level for over 40 years.  His hard work, devotion and commitment to Community Games was outstanding and he will be missed the length and breadth of the country but most of all in his native Galway Community Games.
 
Tony was a great friend and an engaging and dedicated Board Member.   He was never too busy to help or advise, and his counsel was always very sound and well founded. He was a charming man and had a great enthusiasm for community and family and an incomparable knowledge of all things Community Games. 

 Ar dheis de go raibh a anam dilis.
 
Gerry McGuinness
 
President
Aldi Community Games 

Well done to all our winners at the Active Communities Event in August.  Fantastic to see every county represented from the thousand entries we received from both our Creative and Active Communities Events! 

Everyone who took part receives a Digital Certificate.

Well done to everyone who took part in our Move competition as part of our Active Communities Event!  In total collectively we ran/walked  15,433 virtual "Laps" of the UL Track or 6,173km!

We gave away €50 Aldi Vouchers each day to one lucky winner, see our list of winners below : 

• Brian Sheedy 
• Cian McLoughlin
• Liz Twomey
• Isabelle Browne
• Sheetal Utekar
• James Gregan
• Juthika Bathka
• Lisa Donoghue
• Moira Horgan 
• Lorraine Broderick
• Mary Durkan 
• EllenMcGinnitty
• Sinead O Leary
• Aleida Soto
• Sidra Tul Muntaha Muntaha
• Orla Conneely

Take a bow everyone and keep your eyes on your inbox over the next week or so as we will be sending out Digital Certificates to everyone who take part!

Great to see everyone staying in the games and keeping active!

Yours in sport

Gerry McGuinness
President 
Aldi Community Games

Aldi Community Games wish to congratulate everyone who came together while also staying apart by taking part in our recent ‘Creative Communities’ events which took place from May 15th to May 29th. We had a huge response to our appeal to all of the children and adults in Ireland to get creative with nearly 2000 fantastic entries flooding in.

Winners of each event were announced on our Facebook page last Sunday and each winner will receive a special commemorative medal. Everyone who entered will receive a digital certificate which can be framed and kept forever. There were lots of prizes handed out by our partners Aldi Ireland and Bus Éireann throughout the competition and lots of encouragement and engagement from Síle Seoige who helped us launch the competitions.

Overall this was a huge success with over 1 million people reached through our Facebook posts alone which allowed everyone to stay creative and most importantly “stay in the games”.

As Covid 19 restrictions still remain in place in Ireland and plans for mass gatherings still a distance away, we must inform you now that the August Festival in UL will not be taking place this year. This also extends to all Community Games events at Area, County and Provincial which will need to remain on hold for the foreseeable future. This is disappointing news for our participants, families, communities and volunteers but as always the safety of everyone connected to Community Games and their extended families is our key concern at all times.

While we cannot come together yet in a physical manner, the ‘Creative Communities’ competitions have demonstrated we can come together virtually and with that in mind, we are now working on exciting new plans for August which will showcase activity. Therefore, we are delighted to let you know a new online ‘Active Communities’ event with a host of activity based competitions will take place in August. Please do keep an eye out on our social media channels and our website for updates.
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For now, please continue to follow the Government and HSE guidelines in relation to Covid 19 and we encourage you to remain healthy and active both physically and mentally as much as you can. 

Statement from Aldi Community Games (12th March 2020) regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the impact on all planned Community Games events Nationwide.

The health and safety of our participants, volunteers and their extended family members is our key priority at all times.


With this in mind and in the interest of safety, please note: ALL Aldi Community Games events Nationwide have been suspended with immediate effect and until further notice.


We will continue to closely monitor the Coronavirus outbreak and take the advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team, the HSE, and the WHO while deciding on further updates.
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Thank you for your understanding at this time.
The Board of Directors
Aldi Community Games

The Community Games AGM will take place on 6th March 2020 in the Radisson Blu, Sligo.

Nominations for positions are as below