Around the County
€215k sports grants for the county
€215,284 has been announced in Sports Capital Funding for County Roscommon.
- Athlone Golf Club €42,542
- Athlone Gymnastic Club €14,196
- Castlerea Golf Club €32,987
- Cloonfad United FC €6,099
- Co Roscommon Disability Support Group €637
- Lough key Triathlon Club €1,392
- Lough Ree Lanesborough Angling Hub €38,589
- Lanesborough Boxing Club €5,536
- Rahara Rovers FC €7,882
- Roscommon Golf Club €19,139
- Strokestown Golf Club €46,285The Sports Capital Programme aims to foster an integrated and planned approach to developing sports and physical recreation facilities throughout the country. In particular, its objectives are to:
- assist voluntary and community organisations, national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport, local authorities and Education and Training Boards and schools to develop high quality, accessible, safe, well-designed, sustainable facilities in appropriate locations and to provide appropriate equipment to help maximise participation in sport and physical recreation
- prioritise the needs of disadvantaged areas and groups (such as people with disabilities) in the provision of sports facilities
- encourage the sharing of sports facilities by clubs, community organisations and national governing bodies of sport