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The launch of the Marathonkids Ireland 2021 Programme took place on Wednesday, Sep 8th at Morton Stadium in Santry. Over 12,500 students from the administrative areas of Fingal County Council, Dublin City Sport and Wellbeing Partnership, South Dublin County Council, Galway (more…)
Sunday turned out to be a great day as the Balbriggan Beach & Water Sport Festival kicked off. The many activities on offer included beach football, kayaking, orienteering, beach cricket and swim Ireland’s open water swim races. Swim Ireland put on two excellent races the 750m (more…)
Fingal Rowing Club was delighted to welcome their new traditional handcrafted skiff which was funded by the allocation of a Sports Capital Grant in 2017 as well as club fundraising efforts. There is a long proud history of these boats along the East Coast of Ireland. The club now has (more…)
Balbriggan FC U14 team are delighted with their new kit which is kindly sponsored by local Balbriggan business Techrete. The team are very proud to wear their new kits and would like to thank Techrete for their support. In these difficult times, we ask that all players, parents and club (more…)
Swim Ireland are planning an open water race at Balbriggan beach. The inaugural Balbriggan Swim Races are now open for entries! Book your place for the Balbriggan 750 metre or 1800 metre races, part of Swim Ireland’s Summer Series Swim. Each participant will receive a swim hat, bag and (more…)
Congratulations to Andrew Coscoran from Balbriggan who came in 10th in the semi-finals of the men’s 1500m in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Andrew ran a time of 3:35.84, which was just outside his personal best of 3:35.66. Andrew you did our country proud and we are sure this is not the (more…)
Having left for Tokyo yesterday Andrew is due to arrive today and this will give him 11 days to acclimatize before the heats begin. Andrew is representing Irelaand in the 1500 meters on Tuesday 3rd August and we look forward to seeing him compete. Best of luck Andrew we are all rooting for you! (more…)
On Saturday morning Star of the Sea Athletics Club presented cheques to the value of €5,524.96 to two very deserving causes. Balbriggan Cancer Support Group received a cheque for €2,838.48 and Andrew Coscoran Olympic Fund Training fund received €2,686.48. (more…)
Balbriggan teen Sara Burke (13) will represent Team Ireland at the WAKO European Kickboxing Championships in Budva, Montenegro later this year. Sara has been training in Karate and Kickboxing since the age of 6 starting off in Fleming Community Centre and is now currently training with (more…)
Fingal County Council’s Sports Office are looking for clubs to set up walking and running groups to encourage more people to get active in their community. The challenge is open to all sports clubs and we want them to assist in mobilising their members and indeed all residents in (more…)
Cricket Leinster in partnership with Fingal County Council’s Sports Office has added 20-year-old Ireland international Lara Maritz to its Cricket Development Team, to support the expansion and development of programmes in the North County Dublin area. (more…)
In a year when even sport took a backstep, Transition Year students in Loreto Balbriggan decided to celebrate the achievements of sportswomen everywhere by interviewing three of their most accomplished teachers. Ms Sarah Rowe (Mayo LGFA and Collingwood AFLW), Ms Michelle (more…)