Well done and congratulations to Kate Murphy who won the Bronze Medal in Gymnastics at The National Finals of The Community Games held in Athlone last weekend. Kate participated in the Girls U-8 Gymnastics Floor Event.

She was one of three children from Boyle who represented Roscommon in Gymnastics. Enda Carr took part in the Boyls U-12 and Orla Keville - Girls U-14 events.

Well done to all participants, it is indeed an honour to have local children representing Roscommon at National level.

National Community Games Finals 2011

The National finals for many community games events will take place this coming weekend in Athlone and all the remaining events will then take place the following weekend - 20th & 21st August.

Over both weekends, eight young people from Boyle will represent Roscommon and travel to The John McCormack Centre on the campus of Athlone IT. Three young gymnasts, this weekend will be competing in the National Finals, Kate Murphy in the Under-8, Enda Carr in the Under-12 and Orla Keville in the under-14.

The following weekend one of the main community games events, Athletics, will also take place in the Athlone. The Boyle girls Under-12 relay team, who won gold at county level, will be representing Roscommmon. The relay team comprise of Mary Ellen Halligan, Aoife Valentine, Ruth Cox and Sinead Glennon.

Finally, Sarah Halligan will be representing Roscommon in the Under-16 girls 1500 metres.

We would sincerely like to wish all of the participants the very best of luck. Many thanks for all of your effort and hard work in reaching the National finals, we really hope that you enjoy the expierence.

Church Gate Collection

€840.00 was collected at the annual Community Games church gate collection last month. Many thanks for all the collectors who helped out on the day and sincere thanks to all who generously contributed on the day.