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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Wonderful Waterville revels in summer sun
IT was a sunny day to remember in South Kerry as the Waterville Sports Centre was officially opened on Bank Holiday Sunday by Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue.
A big crowd turned out in force on Sunday afternoon for the gala opening, and to add some glitz and glamour to the occasion, Mick O’Dwyer brought his Wicklow football team and they took on South Kerry in a challenge match.
This unique meeting of a top inter-county football team and one of Kerry’s top divisional sides was the perfect match to mark the opening of Waterville’s terrific new facilities. Speaking in a specially designed programme, Waterville GAA Club Chairmam, Paddy Fogarty, outlined what the new facility consisted of, as well as thanking John O’Donoghue for his assistance.
“The development consists of four dressing-rooms with showers and toilets, a referees room with a shower and toilet, ladies and gents toilets with a wheelchair toilet, meeting room, kitchen, a gymnasium, a handball alley, tennis court, basketball court, boathouse and machinery shed,” Fogarty said. “I have been chairman of the club for 19 years and secretary for 16 years pervious to that.
“This sports centre was something that was always in mind by the committee but finance was always going to be a problem. So if it were not for the Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue, and his tremendous effort in securing lottery grants for us, what you see would not have been possible,” Fogarty added.
Chairman of the Kerry County Board, Jerome Conway, also praised the club for its terrific work in constructing facilities that will be the envy of most clubs.
“As has become the norm in rural Ireland, GAA clubs, such as Waterville, provide magnificent facilities for their communities and, as a result, help to keep the very fabric of society vibrant and healthy,” the Laune Rangers man said.
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