Milltown/Listry Community Games

WEEKEND ONE

The national finals commenced last weekend and it turned out to be a memorable weekend for most of our area competitors who were participating. Pride of place goes to our under-14 draughts team who won the gold medals. They narrowly beat Meath on Sat morning and then had comprehensive wins over Roscommon on Sat evening and Donegal on Sun morning. This is a great reward for these players for their dedication over the past few years. Special praise must go to their coach Pat O’Sullivan who has been with them all along and has overseen the improvements over that period.

Team: Patrick O’Sullivan Aaron O’Donoghue Peadar Whelan Brendan Casey Edward O’Sullivan Cian Spillane and Cian O’Connor.

Besides winning gold in the draughts, Cian Spillane was also a member of the victorious Kerry under-12 boys cross country team. This is their second consecutive year winning this event and Cian has been an integral member of both teams Shauna McCarthy represented us on the Kerry under-13 girls team. She ran a fantastic race to come fifth and very unlucky not to get in the medals.

We also had Saibh O’Brien representing Kerry in swimming and Cathal O’Donoghue in the handwriting but unfortunately neither were in the medals.

They both have done fantastic to get to Athlone in very competitive events. We congratulate all our participants and thank their families for travelling in such support.

I’m sure the memories will remain for years to come.Weekend two the second weekend of the national finals is coming up this weekend and we will have two of our athletes in action. No rest for Cian Spillane who after his exploits of last weekend will this time have his own individual event of the under-12 600m.

Also representing us and Kerry will be Leanne Cronin in the under-16 discus who has been very dedicated in training for this event