Club Bua recipients

REPRESENTATIVES FROM eleven G.A.A. clubs in Leinster - including two from Wexford - had the honour of receiving €1,500 of free equipment and a special memento at Croke Park on provincial football final day as winners of a Beko ‘Club Bua’ award.

The club officers were introduced to the crowd at half-time in the Senior final between Dublin and Laois.

Ballinastragh Gaels and Taghmon-Camross were the Wexford recipients, along with St. Fechin’s (Louth), Skryne (Meath), Hollywood (Wicklow), Hunterstown Rovers (Louth), Confey (Kildare), Eadestown (Kildare), St. Vincent’s (Longford), Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney (Wicklow) and Kilbeggan Shamrocks (Westmeath).

Now in its second year, the Leinster G.A.A. Beko Club Bua Award is a club accreditation and health check initiative, which all clubs in the province are eligible to participate in.

Clubs have been invited to take part in an assessment that promotes best practice in areas such as coaching, management and development, in an effort to encourage and recognise clubs that are striving for excellence on and off the field.

The presentations were made by Shane Kelly, Sales and Marketing Manager with Beko, and Jim Bolger, Chairman of Leinster G.A.A.

And another Wexford club was honoured at the hurling final on Sunday, with Rapparees-Starlights among the latest batch of recipients.

There is still a chance for clubs to enter as another draw will be held for clubs later this summer. Check out leinstergaa.ie/clubbua for more details.