Great Success for Boyle in Ballaghadreen and Ballyleague

Boyle competitors bring home the medals as Summer Calendar of events draw to a close

The summer calender of Community Games events came to a close for Boyle competitors last night. The final event was gymnastics and this was held in Ballaghadreen just last night. This event was preceeded by a very busy and successful weekend of athletics in Ballyleague, where 35 young people from Boyle took part in various track events including relays. The Under 12 girls relay team did themselves proud by taking Gold and securing their place in the National Finals in Athlone in August. The team was made up of Sinead Glennon, Aoife Valentine, Mary Ellen Halligan and Ruth Cox. Mary Ellen's sister Sarah will be joining them in Athlone as she also took gold in the Under 16 girls 1500 metres. Ruth Cox also recieved a medal in her individual race, a silver medal in the under 12 600 metres.

Many of the competitors did very well in their heats and qualified for the finals on the day. Again a huge thanks to Jackie Valentine and Boyle Athletic Club for not only coaching the young people for the event but also working tirelessly on both days making sure every child was where they were meant to be for their race. No easy task!

Boyle featured very strongly in Ballaghadreen's gymnastics event. This is just the second year that Boyle has participated in gymnastics and they will be back for more!

Kate Murphy under 8 girls, Orla Keville under 14 girls and Enda Carr under 12 boys all received gold medals and will now represent Roscommon in the National Finals.

Aisling Feely under 8 girls, Katie Simon under 10 girls and Sinead Glennon under 12 girls all won silver medals.

Roseanna Callan under 10 girls, Shane Carr under 10 boys and Ciara Sherrin under 12 girls all got third place and bronze medals.

Well done to all the participants who have spent alot of time and effort training for this event it has certainly paid off.

Well Done to local Swimmers!

Eight swimmers represented Boyle in last weekends county finals. With some very steep competition Boyle faired very well, with all the entrants doing themselves proud.

Tara Duggan was placed second in Under 12 Breaststroke. David Boles receieved a silver medal in the Under 14 Freestyle and Max King brought home a bronze medal in the Under 10 Freestyle.

Well done to all of the competitors and many thanks to Siobhan Duggan for helping to coordinate this event.

Boyle athletes prepare for Ballyleague.

The County Athletic Track Finals, one of the Community Games major events, will be held this week in Ballyleague. It will be run over two days with relays and heats of longer distances taking place on Saturday the 18th June and finals of the longer distances and short

distances being run off on Sunday 19th June.

Thirty five young people from Boyle will be travelling to Ballyleague, marking Boyle's presence at this event. Under the guidance of coach Jackie Valentine and her team the competitors have been training on Wednesday evenings with Boyle Athletic Club.

Many thanks to Jackie for coaching and co ordinating this event which takes alot of time and effort. The very best of luck to all the young people.

Good Luck to Boyle Swimmers.

The following are local swimmers who will be representing Boyle in the County final in Roscommon Town on Sunday the 12th June.
This is the first year that Boyle wil be represented in Swimming in the Community Games. Many thanks to all of the parents who have been very supportive in organising this event.

Keavy Duggan U-10 Freestyle
Nicole Reily U-10 Freestyle

Oisin Sheerin U-10 Freestyle
Max King U-10 Freestyle

Kate Harrington U-10 Backstroke

Tara Duggan U-12 Breaststroke

Cian King U-12 Backstroke
Jonah Tighe U-12 Backstroke

David Boles U-14 Freestyle

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Boyle Gymnasts prepare for County Finals

The County finals for Gymnastics wil now take place on the 21st June and not on the14th as previously advertised. The venue will be the Phoenix Centre Ballaghaderreen this is a change of venue from previous years.

This evening Boyle Community Games Gymnastics event was held.
Many thanks to Orla and Aoife from the local gymnastic club for coordinatimg this event.
The following are results from this evenings event.

U -8 Girls
1. Kate Murphy
2. Aisling Feely
3. Niamh Brogan

U-10 Girls
1. Katie Simons
2. Roseanna Callan
3. Heather Keirns

U-10 Boys
1. Shane Carr

U-12 Girls
1. Sinead Glennon
2. Ciara Sherrin
3. Chloe Mc Dermott

U-12 Boys
1. Enda Carr
2. Ultan Shannon

U-14 Girls
1. Orla Keville
2. Yvette Shannon

Well done to all of the participants. 1st and 2nd place will represent Boyle in the County Final.