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Balbriggan Golf Club ladies would like to thank the members of Ballinasloe Golf Club for their very warm welcome extended to the Ladies Club on their recent visit to the Galway Club. The visit was to say a fond farewell to one of our lady Members Amanda Williams as she relocates with (more…)
The Late Night League is run by the FAI in conjunction with An Garda Síochána and local county councils all over Dublin. It runs for 4 weeks on Friday nights and this year it was hosted by Glebe North FC. This year it started on 8th November and had a very good attendance. Over the four (more…)
On Friday 6th December Balbriggan CC hosted it’s annual 5k Frosty Fun Run. Students and staff participated in the event alongside some runners from the local clubs. It was a competitive race among teacher and students for the placings. Christopher Keeling (Balbriggan AC) was the overall (more…)
Old rivalries and new friendships was the theme for last Saturday’s Walking Football match between the Glebe Walkers and Drogheda Town. Walking Football is aimed at over 55’s to get back playing football. As the name suggests, players must walk while playing the match with a free (more…)
Fingal County Council has held a civic reception at County Hall in Swords in honour of boxing champion Niamh Fay who won gold at the European Youth Boxing Championships. A member of Swords Boxing Club, the Ballyboughal native won the gold medal when she defeated Croatia’s Nikolina (more…)
Independent Councillor, Tony Murphy has welcomed the Sports Capital Grants allocation to all the clubs in the Fingal area. The many volunteers who are the mainstay of support for many clubs have to be commended for their time and effort over the years. These grants will allow the clubs (more…)
Fingal County Council has awarded over €95,000 to 91 sports clubs throughout Fingal under the Youth Sports Grants Scheme. At this week’s full Council meeting, councillors approved the funding which will see €1,050 allocated to each of the successful organisations. The purpose of the Youth (more…)
On Sunday, Balbriggan Rugby Club Men’s team lined out in their new jerseys. The team have a new club sponsor, local business, EEC Homevalue (who themselves have just rebranded their business) and the team were delighted to present a jersey to the EEC’s owner Seamus Ennis. The men’s (more…)
Olympic runner David Gillick came to Ardgillan Community College yesterday to speak to 1st-3rd year students about the importance of being active and eating well for your overall well-being. He asked that each student take just one thing from his talk that meant something important to them. (more…)
On Saturday 28th September Man O’ War played against O’Dwyers GAA in the Dublin Junior Championship. Man O War GFC Ladies took the Dublin Junior Champions title with a final score of Man O War 1-10 : O’Dwyers 1-08. This is the first ever Ladies Championship title won by the club, (more…)
As part of the European week of sport, Balbriggan & District AC held their first ever 4 mile run on Sunday 29th September. The race was a sell out and runners took to the course with great gusto. The sun was shining as the runners set off with the 4 mile (6.43k) race/run will give runners (more…)
Ardgillan College continued their rugby winning streak with their senior rugby team winning all three of their games in Malahide on Thursday 26th September in the North County Dublin Schools Blitz. The team played Malahide College, Garrettstown and Castleknock CC. A big well done to the (more…)