Here is some of the
activity that has taken place over the past few months as part of the
BDO Get BACk Challenge and activity generated from funds raised from
the 2008 event
Easter Camps
Over 60 children from Southill, Moyross and St
Marys Park have participated in the Easter Camps run
this Easter with great success. A real Limerick partnership with Limerick City
Sports Partnership working with Munster Rugby, GAA and the FAI to deliver
a week of activity throughout the city. This is the first time
the children in these areas had the option to participate in such
a structured programme of sports activity. The purpose of the camps is to
offer the children sport on their doorstep.
Local sports facilities and schools will be utilised and children will be
encouraged to join their local clubs, after the camps, thus encouraging lifelong
participation in sport and physical activity.
The Get Active Easter Camps will include taster sessions in Multi Sports,
Soccer, GAA and Rugby. All Primary School Children must have registered for
the Sports Camps through their schools
Sports
Conference
Last October the BDO Get BACk Challenge hosted a
sell out sports and coaching seminar in Thomond Park Stadium
Conference facilities. The Coaching & Sports Performance
seminar attracted a high calibre line up of speakers that
included Brian Cody, Tony McGahan, Dr Niall Moyna and the
nutrionalist for the Irish olympic boxing team. A total of
930 coaches and parents have attended the annual coaching
event.
Cheque
Presentations – Clubs
Thirty three sports
clubs and organisations have benefited from a major grant and
sponsorship programme funded by businesses in Limerick. The BDO
Get BACk Challenge presented grants of almost €50,000 to a wide range
of clubs across all sporting codes in addition to groups catering for
children with disabilities. A further €60,000 has been
contributed for the organisation of sports and activity programmes for
socially disadvantaged children to encourage greater levels of
participation in sport. The funds were raised through the BDO
Get BACk Challenge which organised a major cycle and walk event in
June which attracted cycling legends Greg LeMond and Sean Kelly.
To date over half a million euros has been raised by the BDO Get BACk
Challenge in the past three years.
Cheque
Presentations – Hospices
In addition to the
funds for the sports projects, cheques for over €30,000 were also
presented to Milford Hospice, Cahercalla Hospice and North Tipperary
Hospice to fund palliative Home Care programmes in the region.
The event is organised through BDO Simpson Xavier and a number of
event partners across the Mid West. In the past two years 57
clubs have received grants from the Get BACk Challenge fund. A
recent audit conducted by Limerick City Sports Partnership revealed
that almost 4,000 children benefited from the grant and activity
programmes over the past year.
Munster Rugby
Supporters Club
The Munster Rugby Supporters Club
last month donated a very generous cheque for €5,000 from the proceeds
of their pin badge sale for the Munster versus All Blacks game last
November. Glenn Flanagan and Ian Buckley from the
Supporters Club presented the cheque to the Get BACk Challenge at
their succesful quiz night in their new Members Bar in Thomond Park
Stadium. A framed signed Get BACk jersey in Munster colours
signed by Greg LeMond is now hanging proudly in the Members Bar as a
token of appreciation for this years and previous support by the
MRSC. The funds supported the running of the Easter Sports Camp
in three areas of disadvantaged in Limerick City providing children
from these areas access to a structured Easter Sports Camp for the
first time.
2009 Fundrasing Cycle and Walk
Visit the event details page for more
information on the One.Two.20 Challenge which forms the basis for the
2009 fundraising event. A 220km challenge will start on Friday
26th taking on 120km before joining up with the 100km cycle on the
Saturday. A challenging 20km walk will start and finish in
Doonbeg on Saturday 27th June 2009.
Limerick City
Sports Partnership
Click Here for more information on
the range of activites organised by the Limerick City Sports
Partnership through Get BACk funding.
Click Here to see the 2009
Programme of Events organised by the Limerick City Sports
Partnership.
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