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Congratulation to Nell Staunton from Balscadden and her excellent achievement in Friday night at Irish Sailing Awards in the RDS. Nell was awarded Youth Sailor of the Year 2018 and the award was presented by Irish Sports Council chief executive John Treacy. Nell is one of the standouts of (more…)
This morning nearly 150 parkrunners and walkers took part in a very festive parkrun. Many of the participants wore Santa hats but some must have been up very early as they looked like they had come straight from Santa’s grotto. A big well done to all the participants and especially the (more…)
A joint initiative between the Fingal County Council Sports Office and FAI took place over a four week period in Balbriggan recently. Walking Football aims to get men and women aged over 50 playing football, staying active and meeting new people. Some may have played the game (more…)
On Sunday 16th December, Balbriggan Golf Club encountered some extraordinary wild life on the front 9 Fairways. How can this be you may ponder – there were Santa’s, snowmen, turkeys (non running ones) several elves, some of them on shelves! Jumpers also came in all shapes (more…)
Josepha Madigan, TD, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is delighted to announce that Hurling has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. At a meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding (more…)
As you may already be aware, RTE’s Operation Transformation is going to be based in Balbriggan for the 2019 series which starts in January. As part of the series they are looking to get as many Balbriggan clubs and groups involved in the Ad Break Challenges as possible. They are (more…)
Balbriggan Community Sports Hub in conjunction with Fingal County Council Sports Office, FAI & Balbriggan ETNS are delighted to offer a new Walking Football programme. The programme is for men & women aged 55+ and is FREE to take part. The programme will run for 4 weeks on (more…)
Balbriggan junior parkrun was host to ghouls, ghosts, witches and other creatures this morning as the young parkrunners donned their Halloween costumes to take part in this weeks junior parkrun event. The young runners were treated to squishy eyeballs, wriggly worms and spider (more…)
Teams from United States of America, Canada, England, Spain and Ireland battled it out at the Irish Breaking Championships in Balbriggan on Saturday 13th October. Blue Dragon Iron Fist in association with Fighting for Autism, United States Breaking Association, Chinese Martial Arts (more…)
Congratulations to Sam McCurdy on making it on the TG4 show The Underdogs. The team will take on All Ireland champions, Dublin in Parnell Park tomorrow night and the good news is you can watch the match live on TG4 tomorrow evening with coverage starting at 7.20pm. (more…)
David Gillick, the former Olympian and sports personality spoke at the launch of a brand new Community & Sports Office in Balbriggan, which was opened officially today by Deputy Mayor Cllr Gráinne Maguire. He spoke passionately about the positive effects of community on people’s lives (more…)
Today Glebe North FC U11 team popped up to Specsavers in Millfield Shopping centre to thank them for sponsoring their new jerseys. The team will be playing a match on Sunday morning at 10am at the Pump lane pitch against Mount Merrion in the Irish Daily Mail Cup. The team are pictured (more…)