Keith Lynch, Delvin, on left, the gold medal winner in the Under 10 Art competition, is pictured with bronze medallist, Jarlath Feeney from St. Munnas/Taughmon/Turin.

Summer Games Finals almost completed

Published: Thu 6 May 2010, 10:00 AM

Westmeath Community Games News -- The last of the Summer Team Games County Finals are coming to a successful conclusion and we would remind all county winning teams who have qualified for Leinster that they must send a copy of their competitors birth or baptismal certificate before May 7 in order that their team is registered with Leinster. Some Area Managers/Secretaries are slow to send in these certificates and we must remind them that their teams cannot go into Leinster unless we have these certificates, so its of vital importance to get them in straight away. The line-up is as follows.Boys Soccer under-12 county final: Moate v The Downs on Thursday, 6th May in Mullingar Athletic Soccer Club, Gainstown at 7 p.m..Tag Rugby Under-11 Blitz will be played on Tuesday, May 11 and Under-14 and Under-16 on May 12 in the Mullingar Rugby Club. Teams should check in at 6.30pm each evening.Hardcourt Tennis Under-13 county final: The Downs v Ballinea/Brotenstown to be played this week. Girls Gaelic Under-12 - Kinnegad/Coralstown are county winners after defeating Tyrrellspass in the final.Hockey County Final - Beechpark/Coosan defeated Tubberclair/Glasson to become county winners.Mini Rugby County Final - Beechpark/Coosan defeated Moate to become county winners.The date set for Pitch and Putt County Finals had to be postponed and will take place on an evening to be arranged next week. Teams will be notified.Gymnastics County Finals will take place on Friday evening, June 11 at 6.30pm in the Educate Together School, Mullingar.WestmeathTops AvailableIt has been suggested to us that every child should be able to purchase a Westmeath Community Games top (with hood) which is navy in colour with the Westmeath logo on front and "Westmeath Community Games" on the back. The price is reasonable, €20 for children and €25 for adults. It would be great to see all the children and adults wearing these tops especially those taking part at provincial and national finals.We are now in a position to take orders and you can place yours by calling Brid at 087 2584691 now.National Fees Now DueWe must appeal to all the Area Secretaries who have boys and girls in their Area who have qualified for the National Finals in Athlone on the weekend of 28th/30th May, to send in the €25 fee for their competitors immediately.We at county level must collect this fee and send direct to the National Headquarters before any competitor can take part in the finals, we would greatly appreciate it, if you could get it in to us immediately.Final Call For National AssistanceThis is the final call for volunteers who would like to assist at the National Finals in Athlone A.I.T. on May 28/29/30 to send in their names to Michael O'Grady, National Community Games. Volunteers are needed to help with administration, finance (gate collection), car park attendants, stewards, security personnel, co-ordinators and referees. Don't leave it to the last minute, make contact now.Local Area Sports DayWe are now into the month of May when all local Areas should be holding their Annual Sports Day where families can come together for a fun day out. All qualifiers from the Area to the county must be registered with the County Secretary on or before May 30Dates For Your 2010 DiaryGymnastics - County Final on Friday Evening, 11th June at 6.30 p.m. in Educate Together School.First Weekend in Athlone A.I.T. - Fri., Sat., Sun. 28th to 30th May.Closing date for summer programme teams to Leinster is the 7th May.Athletic County Finals - Sunday, 13th June. Field Events Monday, 14th June. Closing date for entries, Saturday, 30th May.National Finals in Athlone A.I.T. - 2nd Weekend - August 21st / 23rd. Third Weekend - August 28th / 30th.Only panel forms properly filled out and received by the closing date will be accepted - No Late Entries.Progressive 25Our thanks to everyone who supports our weekly card game in the Community Games Centre, on Monday nights. The winners on Monday night: Jimmy Rickard, Nora Ryan, Jack Doolin, Peter Whelan, Lizzie Lynam, Martin Glynn. Raffle, P. J. McTeague, John Kelly, Mary Maher. Last Game, Peggy Egerton, Seamus Lyons. See you all on Monday night at 9pm.The Downs Community GamesMany congratulations to all who participated in the Art and Model Making and swimming county finals The Downs did very well at both of these events.In model making Niamh Staunton got gold, Mark Conneely got silver and Daragh Tone, Shauna Conneely and Ciara Conneely all got bronze. In swimming Rebecca Kelly got gold, Richard Kelly got silver and Eimear Tone and Aoife Rhatigan both got bronze.Sports DayOur sports day is due to be held on Sunday, May 16 at 2pm sharp with athletics, hurdles and novelty races on this day.Field events will be held on Monday, May 17 at 7pm, that is,shotputt, longpuck, high jump and bicycle races for over 10 and under 12 and over 12 and under 14. Looking forward to a good turnout for these events.