The first of the two festivals will take place on May 25th and 26th at the University of Limerick.

Countdown to start of Community Games Finals

The official countdown to the 2019 Aldi Community Games National Festivals is underway. The first of the two festivals will take place on May 25th and 26th at the University of Limerick. Launching this year’s festivals were Limerick hurlers Tom Morrissey and Sean Finn, hurdle athlete Sarah Lavin and former Munster Rugby player Ronan O’Mahony.

 

Tom Morrissey said: My memories of Community Games are nothing but happy ones. I remember trying such a range of different sports throughout my years involved including running, hurling, gaelic football and soccer. Being involved in those teams really meant a lot to me as you made great friends and memories with the other kids in the local area.”

 

Aldi Community Games aims to encourage and introduce young people to a love of sport and culture, focusing on participation rather than winning.

 

More than 175,000 children across 600 communities are taking part or have already taken part in over 200 scheduled regional events supported by 20,000 volunteers and will bring together the regional champions in friendly competition across a wide range of sporting and cultural activities, individual and team sports. 

 

Helping the children at the National Festival will be some 300 volunteers each day overseeing activities including swimming, rugby, badminton, Gaelic football, hurling, skittles, debating, draughts, cross-country, gymnastics and more. 

 

Over the past 52 years more than 5 million children have participated in Community Games, including many of Ireland’s celebrities, sporting heroes and world-famous actors.


 

For further information please see www.aldicommunitygames.ie