Friday, May 24, 2013

 

The 2013 National Community Games Festivals kick off this weekend in Athlone with a full program of Events for children aged6 to 15. Events taking place this weekend include Swimming, Gymnastics, Talent, Cross Country, Choir , Chess and draughts. County Kildare are well represented with 199 children representing twenty-one areas taking part in over thirty events. This year the new indoor sports complex is available to Community Games . This will add to the carnival atmosphere with most of the events in close proximity to each other than the Swimming and Handball

The Swimming Finals takes place in the Regional swimming pool over two days starting Saturday afternoon.

Representing Kildare are

Girls

Freestyle U8 Alison Mahon (Twomilehouse),

Freestyle U10 Amelia Philips (Maynooth East),

Freestyle U12 Aisling Nolan (Kill),

Freestyle U14 Ellen Crean (Confey),

Freestyle U16 Laoise Collins (Leixlip),

Backstroke U11 Bronagh Kennedy (Clane),

Backstroke U12 Gretta Martisauskaite (St Brigids),

Backstroke U14 Holly Curtin (Kilcock),

Backstroke U16 Lauren Dooley (Leixlip),

Breastroke U12 Eike Curtin (Kilcock),

Breastroke U14 Orla Tallon (Celbridge South),

Butterfly U16 Siobhan Loughlin (Leixlip)

Boys

Freestyle U8 Ben O’connor (St Brigids),

Freestyle U10 Matthew Walsh Hussey (Clane),

Freestyle U12 Matthew Gardiner (St Conleths),

Freestyle U14 Conor Lynch (Maynooth East),

Freestyle U16 Enda O’connell (Clane),

Backstroke U11 Jack Mcgann (Celbridge South),

Backstroke U12 / Johnny Owens (Celbridge South),

Backstroke U1 Squad Thomas Sia (Clane),

Backstroke U/17 Ronan Tallon (Celbridge South),

Breastroke U12 Scott Curtin (Kilcock),

Breastroke U14 David Mckeone (Leixlip),

Butterfly U16 Thomas Mckeone (Leixlip),

Squads

Boys Under 13 Ciaran Mulvey,Cian Comeford,Ethan Comerford , Cathal O’Connor , Alan Sourke (St Brigid’s)

Boys Under 16 Enda O’Connell, Thomas Sia, Peter Doyle, Brian Corbett, Eoghan Maguire (Clane),

Girls Under 13 Gretta Martisauskaite, Millie Case, Hannah Rasmussen, Leah Delaney, Naoise McBride (St Brigids),

Girls Under 16 Laoise Collins, Lauren Dooley, Siobhan Loughlin (Leixlip), Cliodhna Nicshuibhne (Leixlip),

The Gymnastic take place in the new Sports centre from 2pm daily

Kildare competitors are Girls U9 Aishlinn Murtagh (Kildare Town), U11 Eadaoin Murtagh (Kildare Town), U13 Naoise McBride (St Brigids) , U15 Robyn Kennedy (St Brigids)

Boys U9 Patrick Mcrath (St Conleths), U11 Cian Leahy (St Brigids), U13 Cathal Hyland (St Brigids) and U15 Tadgh Murtagh (Kildare Town)

 

Confey’s Edgaras Kucinskas  will represent Kildare in 30kg Judo competition

 

The ever popular Talent Events takes place in Douglas Hyde Theatre and Multipurpose Hall

 

Solo Modern Dance Leah Boland (St Brigids),

Solo Music Sean Conlan (St Conleths),

Solo Singing Elliot Nolan (St Conleths),

Recitation Molly Aspell (Kilcullen),

Group Moden Dance (Leah Boland, Grace McDermott, Kate O’toole, Rebecca Donoghue ,Shauna Walsh) St Brigids

Group Drama / Comedy ( Sarah Kelly, Alannah Newton, Megan Boyle, Ellen Kenny) Carbury

Group Music (Niall Regan,Conor Noonan, Ian Cully) Carbury

Group Singing (Sean Conlan Jodie Flemming, Jade Hogan, Ciara Taheny, Jack Monaghan (St Conleths),

Group Dance Irish Contempory (Emma Doonan, Kayla Taitz, Karolina Kucinskaite, Eve Brady, Beatrice Rakos, Fainche Grimes (Confey),

 

Kildare Cross Country teams are

Girls Under 12 Mixed Distance Relay Hazel McLoughlin (Eadestown), Molly Aspell (Kilcullen), Faye Dervan (Eadestown), Mary Enright (Suncroft), Leah Doran (Balyna), Leah Quinn (Balyna),

Mixed Under 13 Cross Country Team-Lauren Carey (Naas),Megan Troy (Suncroft), Anna Young (St Brigids), Maria Naughton (Naas), Jessica Byrne (Carbury), David Cudmore (St Brigids) Evan Doran (Balyna) Tom Hawkins (Prosperous), Cormac Slattery (Confey), James McNamara (St Brigids),

Girls Under 14 Mixed Distance Relay Aimee McGrath (St Conleths), Grace Dervan (Eadestown), Lucy McCann (Clane), Sarah Stewart (Naas), Eaibhin Grimes (Confey), Lara Curren (Milltown),

 

Boys Under 12 Mixed Distance Relay Tom Martin (Suncroft),Michael Troy (Suncroft), Peter Hamilton (Milltown), Fiachra Galvin (St Conleths), Ben Mcinerney (Suncroft), Eoin Richards (Maynooth East),

Boys Under 14 Mixed Distance Relay Mark Glynn (St Conleths), Daniel Reilly (Clane), Eoin O’Connor (Kildare Town), Cian Prendergast (Suncroft), Ronan Downey (Twomilehouse),

 

Monastrevan’s Aoife Siney andFionn Kavanagh are competing in the Duathlon (an event consisting of Running and Cycling)

 

In the Art and Model Making each Competitor has three hours to produce a Pporting Theme masterpiece, Representing Kildare are

Girls Under 8 Julia Hawkins (Prosperous),

Girls Under 10 Aisling Lennon (Nurney),

Girls Under 12 Art Amy Coleman (Suncroft),

Girls Under 14 Art Roisin Hobson (Leixlip),

Girls Under 16 Art Clodagh Curley (Kilcock),

Boys Under 8 Art Cody Smyth (Suncroft),

Boys Under 10 Art Alex Murphy (Monasterevan),

Boys Under 12 Art Leon Cullen (Kilcullen),

Boys Under 14 Art Sean Goode (Leixlip),

Boys Under 16 Art Tommy Smyth (St Brigids),

Girls Under 10 Model Making Niamh Jenkins (Carbury),

Girls U/12 Model Making Ceola Donlon (Kill),

Girls Under 14 Model Making Emma Horgan (Kill),

Boys Under 10 Model Making Liam Donlon (Kill),

Boys Under 12 Model Making Christian Carroll (Monasterevan),

Boys Under 14 Model Making Patrick Donoghue (Carbury),

 

Representing Kildare in Handwriting are Sophie Baker (Leixlip) and Piotr Chodup (St Conleths),

 

Newbridge St Brigid’s are Kildare’s representive in U13 Indoor Soccer

Daniel Madaghjian, Cian Mchugh, Jamie Lyons, Cian Butler, David Higgins, Oisin Sherlock, Dane Hegarty, Alan Sourke

 

Kiill will represent Kildare in both U11 and U13 Project – Lorna Stenson, Jaime Diez-Daly and Liam O’Carroll in Under 11 with Ribh Pakenham and Ceola Conlon in U13

Newbridge St Conleth’s and St Brigid’s will represent Kioldare in the U13 and U16 Choir Events

 

St Conleth’s U13 Choir Blessing Oladimeji, Ellie Kendrick, Emer Sommers, Lily Dowse, Keeva May O’hagan, Lucy Pearson, Clodagh Cox, Faith Oladimeji, Eimear White, Amy Wynne, Emily Haughton Reg, Caoimhe Brady, Precious Deremo, Jessica Dimaku, Elena Okojie, Tina Ismail, Olivia Keogh, Trisha Kave, Phillippa Kave, Rose Kibutha

St Brigid’s U16 Choir Melanie Ronayne, Doireann O’donovan, Kathleen Reddy, Amy Kinsella, Kellie Tyrell, Kirsten Dignam, Emma Begley, Aoife Byrne, Sophie Donoghue, Kym Kearney, Louise Whyte, Niamh Carey, Katie Collins, Holly Hughes, Ciara Egan, Valerie Mccrory, Holly Gannon, Caoimhe Cummins, Grace O’brien

 

Milltown will have all the answers in the Unnder 14 Quiz where there face two seasions of 100 questions

Team Peter McHale, Oisin Heffernan, Tom Hamilton, Ciara McDermott, Oisin Hickey and Niamh Lawlor

 

The Pitch and Putt ievent s being held in The Acres Ballinallee Co Longford where Kildare atre represented by the Girls of Kill and the Boys from Clane and St Brigid’s

Kill (Lauren Walsh, Clodagh Walsh, Nicole O’Hagan, Cliona Lenehan and Laoise Lenehan)

St Brigid’s (Lee Burrell, Ryan Brady, Ross O’Toole. Conor Kavanagh andCalum Sourke)

Clane (Adam Donovon, Mark Doylle, Colm O’Sullivan, Owen O’Loughlin and Daniel Halin)

 

Leixlip Girls will travel to Ballygar Co Galway to represent Kildare in One Wall Handball

Team Leah Doyle, Ciara Harrington, Molly Dagg, Leah Smyth, Emma Browne, Hannah Slyvester