End of year celebrations for Cavan Community Games
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County Cavan Community Games Committee with all the national Gold medal winners. Missing from picture is Bobby Gibney. Back (from left): Sarah Parge, County PRO; Pauline Duignan; Cllr Philip Brady, cathaoirleach, Cavan County Council; Joe O’Reilly, chairman; Patricia Galligan, secretary; Mary Bridget Duffy, assistant secretary; Caroline O’Brien, treasurer; Abby and John Joe Brady, honorary presidents.PHOTOS: SEAN MCMAHONImage 2 of 12
Andzejs Urtans, All-Ireland Gold Medal in Handball under 13 and Cllr Philip Brady, Cathaoirleach, Cavan County Council.Image 3 of 12
National Silver Medal winners in U12 Girls GAA, Under 14 Girls GAA, U14 mixed distance relay and U10 swimming with Cllr Philip Brady and Joe O’Reilly.Image 4 of 12
All Ireland bronze medal winners in various sports and disciplines. The photo also includes County Community Games Chairman, Joe O’Reilly and Cllr Philip Brady, Cathaoirleach, Cavan County Council.Cavan won 12 All-Ireland Gold titles, 41 silver medals, 21 bronze medals, and 74 national fourth place medals.Image 5 of 12
Tegan Rhea Clerkin, All-Ireland Champion and Gold medal winner in Girls U13 Handball with Cllr Philip Brady.Image 6 of 12
Mark Kearns, All-Ireland Champion and Gold medal winner in the Boys U16 1,500 meters with Cllr Philip Brady.Image 7 of 12
Dylan O’Reilly, All-Ireland Champion and Gold medal winner in the U12 Boys 600 metres, with Cllr Philip Brady.Image 8 of 12
Miks O’Flaherty, All Ireland Champion and Gold medal winner in the U14 , 50 metre backstroke (swimming) and Cllr Philip Brady.Image 9 of 12
Mixed Throw Ball All-Ireland Champions from the Erne Valley Club.Image 10 of 12
Cavan Community Games National Fourth place medal winners at t an evening of Celebration by County Cavan Community Games in the Cavan Crystal Hotel on last Sunday.Image 11 of 12
Community Games Drama - Arva, Killeshandra and Cornafean - All-Ireland Drama u16 Bronze medal winners performing at the celebration evening in the Cavan Crystal Hotel last Sunday.Image 12 of 12
Clodagh Monaghan from Kingscourt, who was a 4th place national medal winner in the Under 12 Solo Singing.Cavan Crystal Hotel hosted a Cavan Community Games end of year celebration evening last Sunday, November 12.
Welcoming everyone, chairperson Joe O’Reilly complimenting all involved in another successful year before handing over to Cllr Shane P. O'Reilly who acted as MC for the evening. A minute's silence was help to remember one of Cavan Community Games' most valuable stalwarts, the late Rose Mary O'Reilly, who served as county secretary for 37 years.
Cathaoirleach Philip Brady was also on hand to present all recipients on the evening as they were called out for certificates of achievement.
First up were the national fourth place medal recipients for disciplines including swimming, cycling, athletics, solo singing, model making, badminton, soccer, rounders, chess, indoor soccer and tag rugby. Clodagh Monaghan, who came 4th nationally in an extremely tough u12 solo singing competition, wowed the crowd with her rendition of ‘Good Morning Baltimore’.
Next, bronze medal recipients were honoured for achievements in drama, handball, dance, marathon, and rounders; while silver medalists were acknowledged in swimming, model making, gymnastics, mixed distance relay and girls GAA.
There were 12 Cavan participants crowned All-Ireland Champions over the course of the year, each receiving a personalized wooden keepsake. Andzejz Urtans and Teagan Rhea Clerkin both claimed gold in U13 boys and girls handball competitions respectively.
Dylan O’Reilly from Lurgan, although in a different age group and distance than last year, was crowned national champion for the second year in a row.
Miks O’ Flaherty claimed a swimming gold medal for the U14 backstroke; whilst Mark Kearns, having won bronze for marathon earlier in the year, capped off his year with National Gold in the 1500m.
Final recipients to be recognised on the night were the U10 mixed throwball team from Erne Valley. Throwball was a new competition introduced this year and the ‘super seven’ combination of Aoife Harten, Clíona Galligan, Lauren Reilly, Sarah Madden, Bobby Gibney, Louis Fitzsimons and Rían O’Reilly from Erne Valley entered the history books to be crowned the first ever All-Ireland U10 Throwball Champions.
The talented drama crew from ACK - Róisín Duignan, Ellen Creegan, Darragh Geoghegan, Tomás Duignan, Tom Creegan and Aodhán Duignan showcased their drama ‘You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks’ , which was composed by some of the cast, before food was served to all participants.