Athenry Golf Club is to benefit from the Government’s new funding package for community sports.
The club’s application received a grant approval of €150,000 from the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme which has announced €144 million in grants to 1,900 applications across a wide range of sporting activities throughout the country. Projects in County Galway will receive grants worth €10 million overall, while another €6 million is in reserve for re-applications for unsuccessful projects.
Club Captain Peter Sheedy says the money received will be used for “specific projects that include improvements to the Sprinkler System, construction of new tee boxes and a new water reservation tank for our irrigation system.”
“In this, the 120th year of the club, members have always shown an exceptional level of financial support over the decades. More recently a crucially required Course Drainage project was successfully completed in 2018 at a cost of €260k, funded by member contributions.”
Lady Captain Mary Tarmey, in welcoming the news, says Athenry Golf Club has a “remarkably proactive track record in attracting females of all ages, particularly through the Starting in/Getting into Golf programmes”.
Fianna Fail’s Cllr Donagh Killilea has welcomed €1.3m capital sports funding for the Tuam area, with Tuam Stadium receiving a long awaited boost of €300k for its redevelopment.
Recipients are: Galway Co Board GAA, Tuam Stadium Re Development (297,073 )
Milltown GAA Club, pitch LED floodlighting and walkway lighting install (150,000 )
Corofin GAA Club, multipurpose indoor sports complex phase 1 (128,310 )
Scoil Bhríde Mercy Secondary School Tuam, the first athletics track for Tuam (110,874 )
Moyne Villa FC, all weather pitch at Moyne Villa (109,467 )
Kilconly Community Recreation Group, Community Recreation Centre phase one (96,852 )
Tuam Celtic FC, Phase 2 - existing clubhouse Upgrade (70,000 )
Abbeyknockmoy Hurling Club, Abbeyknockmoy Hurling Club pitch development (59,814 )
Dunmore Demesne Golf Club, drainage and irrigation scheme (55,255 )
Belclare Sylane Community Council, drainage at Belclare Community Sports Facility (47,000 )
Caherlistrane GAA Club, Caherlistrane GAA Club - essential funding (37,916 )
Kilshanvey United FC, Kilshanvey Utd - fencing of pitch (37,221 )
Tuam Golf Club, Purchase Tractor; drain practice ground (36,662 )
Headford GAA Club, equipment, storage and gym upgrade (30,551 )
Dynamo Blues AFC, Dynamo Blues FC Tuam 2020 (24,415 )
Dunmore Town AFC, Dugouts, portable goals, storage container.
