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"It couldn't have happened to a nicer woman!" Said Niall Murphy of Wexford Motors as Breda Ryan got the keys to her new KIA Stonic, sponsored by KIA Motors Ireland. Breda was absolutely thrilled to have her name pulled out of the drum at the Aldi Community Games National Area, Volunteer and Media Awards after buying a €10 raffle ticket to support her local Community Games Area - Glynn/Barntown, Co. Wexford. Breda Murphy who is from Castlebridge collected her stunning 191 Kia Stonic 1.4 K2 in Wexford Car Centre last Tuesday. Wexford Car Centre Kia Brand Manager Niall Murphy said “ I’m delighted for her, Breda has been a long-time customer of Wexford Car Centre and it couldn’t have happened to a nicer woman.” Gerry Davenport, President of Aldi Community Games said, "I'm thrilled to be here today to help celebrate this fantastic win with Breda. I'd like to thank KIA Ireland for their support throughout the years in helping create awareness about Community Games and help Areas fund raise. I look forward to seeing Breda take this beautiful car for its first spin!" Aldi Community Games in association with the HSE, Health Promotion & Improvement, along with special guest Dublin GAA star James McCarthy, hosted an event on Saturday January 19th. in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel, to recognise the 39 Aldi Community Games Areas who took part in the 2018 ‘Steps to Health’ initiative. ‘Steps to Health’ is a quality standard administered by Aldi Community Games in conjunction with the HSE, Health Promotion & Improvement. It is a community-led health promotion initiative where Aldi Community Games Areas promote healthy active lifestyles in their Communities under the following categories: Nutrition, Mental Health, Sun Safety, Physical Activity, Substance Misuse, Health Promotion Strategy, Youth Empowerment, Health and Safety, Equality and Inclusion and Child Protection. Speaking at the event James McCarthy, 6 times All-Ireland winner, Dublin GAA footballer said “It’s uplifting to see so many Community Games Areas take part in this health promotion initiative. Community Games is unique in all it has to offer young people in terms of sport and cultural activities and is an ideal antidote to the pressures of technology and social media that young people have nowadays. I’m delighted to support this very worthwhile event” Fergal Fox of the HSE commented, “The Steps to Health initiative recognises the vital role all Community Games volunteers play in encouraging young people to make positive lifestyle choices in all aspects of their lives. The initiative offers an incentive to all areas to adopt a more holistic approach to health promotion by rewarding those areas who promote different aspects of healthier living such as healthy eating, physical activity and mental health among others.” Lisamarie McCooey of Carrickmacross-Corduff Community Games (Steps to Health Gold winner) said, “Our area are delighted we took part in Steps to Health again this year and were surprised to see just how achievable it was as we were already doing so many of the steps. Steps to Health really made us focus our attention on what is really important for both the children and the volunteers in our organisation, such as physical activity, mental health and equality & inclusion. It was amazing to see how small simple steps created such big smiles for the children. It helped place a stronger emphasis on all Community Games has to offer, and took the focus away from the competitive elements. It's a very worthwhile event to get involved in and we would definitely recommend it to all areas. We're looking forward now to 2019 to continue with this programme and see what other small changes we can make to further enhance Community Games in our area.” How to engage in ‘Steps to Health’ To take part the Area must register on the Community Games website using the online portal. The Area must then submit their entry with supporting information on how they promoted the various elements of ‘Steps to Health’ across the year. Entries are judged by the HSE and Aldi Community Games. Successful Areas will achieve a Gold, Silver or Bronze standard in ‘Steps to Health’. Once an Area achieves any of the above standards they receive the following - The Area can display their Steps to Health Standard logo on all promotional activity.
List of Awardees Askea - Carlow Athenry - Galway Aughrim/Annacurra - Wicklow Ballaghaderreen - Roscommon Ballon/Rathoe - Carlow Ballymahon/Forgney - Longford Ballynacally/Lissycasey - Clare Ballyshannon - Donegal Baltinglass - Wicklow Boardsmill - Meath Bohola - Mayo Bruree/Rockhill - Limerick Cappagh - Limerick Carrickmacross/Corduff - Monaghan Castlebridge/Crossabeg - Wexford Clonbroney - Longford Clonea/Rathgormack - Waterford Cranford - Donegal Doora Barefield - Clare Drumcliffe - Sligo Duagh/Lyre Community Games - Kerry Duleek - Meath Dunshaughlin/Culmullen - Meath Erne Valley – Cavan Ferbane - Offaly Lisdoonvarna, Doolin, Kilfenora and Killshanee - Clare Long Tower - Derry Longwood - Meath Lusk - Dublin Murroe/Boher - Limerick Portlaw/Ballyduff - Waterford Quin/Clooney - Clare Ratoath/Rathbeggan - Meath Riverstown - Sligo Rosses Point - Sligo Shinrone/Coolderry - Offaly St Marys - Sligo St Senans - Limerick Tulla - Carlow Community Games Steps to Health Awards Luncheon, The Shamrock Lodge Hotel, Athlone Saturday Jan 19th 2019
Aldi Community Games with special guest Dublin GAA star James McCarthy, will host an event on Saturday January 19th at 1.30 p.m. in the shamrock Lodge Hotel, to recognise the 39 Aldi Community Games Areas who took part in the 2018 Aldi Community Games ‘Steps to Health’ HSE initiative. ‘Steps to Health’ is a quality standard administered by Aldi Community Games in conjunction with the HSE, Health Promotion & Improvement. It is a community-led health promotion initiative where Aldi Community Games Areas promote healthy active lifestyles in their Communities under the following categories: Nutrition, Mental Health, Sun Safety, Physical Activity, Substance Misuse, Health Promotion Strategy, Youth Empowerment, Health and Safety, Equality and Inclusion and Child Protection. Format of the day
How to engage in ‘Steps to Health’ To take part the Area must register on here using the online portal. The Area must then submit their entry with supporting information on how they promoted the various elements of ‘Steps to Health’ across the year. Entries are judged by the HSE and Aldi Community Games. Successful Areas will achieve a Gold, Silver or Bronze standard in ‘Steps to Health’. Once an Area achieves any of the above standards they receive the following -
Visit the Community Games Steps to Health webpage for more information A super night for our Volunteers was celebrated in the Cavan Crystal Hotel at our annual National Area, Volunteer and Media Awards on 2nd December 2018.
The 4 Provincial Winners were: Leinster - Ballymahon Forgney Community Games Munster - Doora Barefield Community Games Ulster - Carrickmacross Community Games Connaught - Ballahaderreen Community Games Overall winners on the night were Ballaghaderreen Community Games in Co. Roscommon. Each of the 4 Provincial Winners were also recipients of a Steps to Health Standard and this contributed to their overall score. Youth Nominees Carlow Caoimhe O'Neill Cavan Amanda Brady Clare Mark Nestor Cork Anna Kellegher Donegal Roisin McGongle Kerry Ciara Hudson Laois Eddie Allen Leitrim Peter Winters Limerick Eleanor O'Brien Longford Ollie Duffy Mayo Meabh O'Shea Meath Niall Durkan Offaly David Gavin Roscommon Omar Jaffar Tipperary Denise Cullagh Waterford Danni Cunningham Wexford Kate Byrne Adult Nominees Carlow Eddie Corcoran Cavan Dympna Sheils Clare Brendan Cusack Derry Monica Jarvis Donegal Manus O'Donnell Dublin Margaret Bourke Galway Kevin Larkin Kerry Owen Stack Kildare Tom Cross Laois Mary Dwyer Leitrim Joe Giblin Limerick Larry Roche Longford Mark Leonard Louth Deirdre McTeggart Mayo Liz Chambers Meath Mary T Durkan Monaghan Leo Marron Offaly Carmel Doyle Roscommon Darren Traynor Sligo John Walsh Tipperary Jim Ryan Waterford Therese Connolly Wexford Mary McDonald Wicklow Maura Reid Small Area Nominees Clare Feakle Donegal Clonmanny Dublin Phibsboro Kerry Valentia Island Kildare Confey Laois Killeshin Leitrim Lough Allen Limerick Bruree/Rockhill Longford Dromard Meath Longwood Roscommon Aughrim/Kilmore Tipperary Mullinahone Wexford Kilanerin Large Area Nominees Carlow Askea Cavan Erne Valley Clare Doora/Barefield Derry Longtower Donegal Ballyshannon Dublin Lucan Galway Athenry Kerry Duagh/Lyre Kildare St Brigids Newbridge Laois Stradbally Leitrim Carick-on-Shannon Limerick Caherdavin Longford Ballymahon/Fornegy Louth Drogheda South Mayo Breaffy Meath Ratoath/Rathbeggan Monaghan Carrickmacross Offaly Ferbane Roscommon Ballaghadereen Sligo Rosses Point Tipperary St Flannans Bournea Waterford KCK Wexford Castlebridge / Crossabeg Wicklow Aughrim/Annacurra Well done to all our Media Award Winners as well and to Ballaghaderreen Community Games who won a Special Achievement Award for their work with children in the Direct Provision Centre and for being shortlisted for an EU Be Inclusive in Sport Award in Brussels in November. On Saturday 20th October all County Secretaries, Children Officers and Treasurers are asked to attend the Aldi Community Games Training Workshop. To confirm your attendance please email admin@communitygames.ie Agenda - Saturday 20th October - Shamrock Lodge Hotel, Athlone
The AVM awards will be held in Cavan Crystal Hotel on Saturday 1st December.
Hotel Accommodation can be booked by contacting Cavan Crystal Hotel 049 4360600 or email sales@cavancrystalhotel.com Hotel rates are as follows: Single rate: Bed & Breakfast - €75.00 Double/Twin – Bed & Breakfast - €120 Please mention Community Games when booking. Kilmore Hotel is the overflow hotel which is 4-minute drive from Cavan Crystal Hotel: Single: Bed & Breakfast - €99.00 Double/Twin - Bed & Breakfast - €140. Appointments can be booked in Cavan Crystal Hotel by contacting the following: Evita Hair - 049 4360660 Utopia Beauty - 049 4360675 Invitations / Tickets: Complimentary tickets will be allocated to each County (for the Volunteer’s/Area nominees who confirm their attendance) – they will be allocated as follows; one for the Area winners, one for the Youth Volunteer Recognition Award winner (there will be one extra Youth ticket available for purchase at half price), one for the Adult Volunteer Recognition Award winner and two for County Executive members. Extra tickets will be available for purchase from Community Games, they cost €50 each., this can be done via link on the website, details to follow. Each County nominates a person from their County Executive who will be responsible for confirming the number of Complimentary tickets and for confirming and paying for the number of purchased tickets. All members and nominees wishing to purchase extra tickets will contact this County representative directly. This total number of tickets will be final and each County will be invoiced directly for the amount of tickets they confirm by 5:00pm on the 16th November. Payment to be arranged in advance. No cash or cheques will be accepted on the night. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, and the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD, are pleased to announce that the 2018 Sports Capital Programme is now open for applications.
Applications are being sought from sports clubs, voluntary and community groups, national governing bodies of sport and local authorities. Third level colleges, Education and Training Boards and schools may only apply for funding jointly with sports clubs. Following a review of the last round of the programme it has been agreed that an even greater emphasis should be placed on applications for facilities in disadvantaged areas. Accordingly, any assistance you can provide in terms of raising awareness of the programme and increasing applications from these areas would be appreciated. THE CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION IS 5PM ON FRIDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2018. THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS IS 5PM ON FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER 2018. Click here to apply What a weekend it was in University of Limerick from 18th to 19th August. Thousands of kids came to Limerick to run, play and jump! Medals galore and some sunshine added to the smiles on everyone's faces. For the first time ever we live-streamed all our races and had a big screen on campus of 25m2 so that no one missed out. We also filmed most events and you can visit our Facebook page to relive your favourite moments. Paul O'Connell, Ciara Neville, Molly Scott and Michéal Donoghue joined us over the weekend to hand out medals and to support the children. We also had great interaction at our 3 sponsor zones - Aldi, HSE and Kia Ireland and we were delighted to see children of all ages eating and drinking healthy and wearing some very colourful Make a START t-shirts! All the results from the weekend are here. As usual Sportsfile were our go-to photographers on site as well as our volunteers Anthony Leonard, Michael Brophy and Joe Sheeran! Calling all Sports Clubs!
Athletics Ireland is currently recruiting stewards for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon on Sunday 12th August. They require course marshals to cover from 07:45-12:00 along the Dublin City Centre route. Grants of €30 per person will be paid to clubs for stewards provided so this can be a great fundraising opportunity for clubs. Clubs and organisations from all sports are welcome, and all clubs will be well briefed beforehand so no previous experience is required. Athletics Ireland require over 500 marshals for the event, so will be more than happy to take groups of any size (big or small!) All marshals will also receive a goody bag and tee-shirt. If your club or organisation is interested in helping out please contact Sliabh Wells at any time on 085-7638827 or email sliabhwells@athleticsireland.ie. Kind Regards, Sliabh Wells Recreational Running Manager Athletics Ireland |
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