The local Community Games are back! They were last held in 2019, so it’s fantastic to see them up and running again. No pun intended. To give you an idea of what it’s all about, or to relive some recent past glories, see some old posts here. Races will be run for U8’s up to […]
Well done to all our competitors in the Dublin Community Games final, who togged out in our new kit. We had 20 participants in Santry and doubled our medal count from last year. Riona Ferriter claimed Silver in the Under 14’s Long Puck to do one better than her bronze medal last year. Trudy Mollins […]
We had a great Goatstown Community Games afternoon on Rosemount pitches last month. Lots of young locals braved the drizzly weather that Sunday to come out and run ar nós na gaoithe. Well done to all the competitors and organisers. We now have plenty of speedy Goatstownians to send on to Santry. Here’s hoping that […]
The Goatstown Community Games will take place this Sunday (28th) at 1pm on Rosemount playing fields. Volunteer helpers are asked to come at 12.30pm. Hopefully Storm Hannah will be well and truly behind us by then! The order of Races Under 8 60m U8 80m U10 100m U12 100m U14 100m U16 100m U10 200m […]
This year’s community games will take place on Sunday 28th April in Rosemount field, starting at 1pm with registration and a warm up. This will be followed by under 6 years races and then the qualification races for under 8 years up to 14 years. There will also be a long puc competition. We may […]
A Rundown of Events So Far Following the success of a children’s Sports Day which we ran in the summer of 2017, we agreed there was enough interest to enter a new Area in the Dublin Community Games. A number of us meet with a representative of the Community Games to discuss what was needed […]
Thanks to Aoife Cavanagh who organised a great competition for the kids in Our Lady’s Grove. The kids were asked to enter a competition to design a logo and a strip for the Goatstown Community Games. The talent displayed was impressive, and after much deliberating first prize went to Riona Ferriter for her great “pensive […]
The winners of our Sports Day will be taking part in the Dublin Community Games in Santry on the 9th and 10th June. They will be taking part in a range of events such as 60m, 80m, 100m, 200m, 600m, 800m, relays, long puck and finally shot put. One individual event per participant. Dublin Community Games […]
The Goatstown Community Games, that were held on Rosemount field last Sunday 22nd April, were a great success. The weather wasn’t the best – cold with some showers, but it didn’t stop all the hardened Goatstown athletes from competing. It was lovely to see so many kids trying their best to get a medal. Well […]
Our Community Games Sports Day will be held this coming Sunday, 22nd April, at 1.30pm in Rosemount field. These are the events that will be run on the day: Novelty Events for under 6 60 Metres Under 8 years Boys & Girls 80 Metres Under 8 years Boys & Girls 100 Metres Under 10 years […]