Sligo
GAA Centre of Excellence Complex enters final phase
County Board officials signed the contract for the
building of the new Centre of Excellence at Scarden last week to signal the
final phase of the €3m development.
The contract for the building was awarded to Arken
Construction who have commenced work on the building in the past week. It is
expected that the building work will be completed by late Autumn.
The new Complex which will incorporate 4 dressing
rooms, Gym, Medical room, Store room and Toilet facilities with the upper floor
incorporating the new County Board office and meeting rooms.
In total the final phase will cost in the region of €700k
with funding already in place from both Croke Park and Sports Capital funding.
The fund raising effort for the facilities already in
place continue through Club Sligo and County Board Chairman used the opportunity
to pay a sincere thanks to all Clubs in the county who supported the recent
fund raising drive.
The draws for the first quarter took place at the
recent County Board meeting and the prize winners were as follows;
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Club Sligo Members
Draw-January
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Prize
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Name
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Address
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1st
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€ 1,000
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Bernard Brennan
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Strandhill
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2nd
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€ 250
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Ger Canning
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Cannings Spar, Sligo
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3rd
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€ 100
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Denis Gormally
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Achonry
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4th
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€ 100
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Tommy Parkes
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Parkes Garage, Ballisodare
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5th
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€ 100
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Cohan & Adrian Taaffe & Enda
McGoldrick Ballintogher
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6th
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€ 100
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Damien Tansey
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Wine Street, Sligo
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7th
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€ 100
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Brian Reilly
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Carraroe, Sligo
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8th
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€ 100
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Blair Feeney
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Dromore West
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Club Sligo Members
Draw-February
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Prize
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Name
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Address
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1st
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€ 1,000
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St. Joseph's Hospital
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Sligo
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2nd
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€ 250
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John Clifford
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Clifford Electrical, Carraroe
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3rd
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€ 100
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Mark Quinn
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Castlegal, Sligo
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4th
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€ 100
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Padraig Cafferty
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Datascan, Dublin
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5th
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€ 100
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St.Molaise Gaels Big 6 Syndicate
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Grange
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6th
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€ 100
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Damien Tansey
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Wine Street, Sligo
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7th
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€ 100
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Thomas Kilfeather
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Grange
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8th
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€ 100
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Vivion & Anne Boyd
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Riverstown
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Club Sligo Members
Draw-March
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Prize
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Name
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Address
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1st
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€ 1,000
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Paul Mahon
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Skreen, Co.Sligo
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2nd
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€ 250
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Anthony Ryan
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Knocknarea, Sligo
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3rd
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€ 100
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Shane Kilcoyne
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Tubbercurry
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4th
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€ 100
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Bill O'Kelly Lynch
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Kevinsfort, Sligo
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5th
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€ 100
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Joe Taaffe
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Ballintogher, Co.Sligo
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6th
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€ 100
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Jim Kent
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Ballina, Co.Mayo
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7th
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€ 100
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Declan Clarke & Cathal Killoran
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Bunninadden, Co.Sligo
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8th
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€ 100
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Michael Hannon
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Gurteen, Co.Sligo
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The Centre of Excellence is certainly fulfilling its
potential with all the County teams and development squads utilising the
facility since March. And in the past few weeks the Centre has hosted many
Underage finals providing opportunities for all our young players to enjoy the
new facility with 20 Clubs so far having played there.
The County Board wish to once again reiterate their
apology to both Easkey and Ballymote Minors for the circumstances leading to
their final at the Centre of Excellence being postponed.
Over the next few weeks both the Minor and Senior
footballers and the Senior hurlers will be using the Centre extensively as they
prepare for their Championship encounters in June.