Mary Harkin, Go for Life Programme Manager with Mossy Kelleher accepting his ‘Spirit of the Games Award’ from Tony McCarthy, members of the Go for Life Steering Committee.
A TRALEE man has won the ‘Spirit of the Games Award’ at the Go for Life Games in Dublin at the weekend.
Mossy Kelleher, from Oakpark, a member of the Kerry team, was the winner of the award where 300 older people from 17 counties celebrated sport at Dublin City University on Saturday June 7.
“I was delighted to receive the award at the 2014 Games. It was a very exciting event. Competitive at times, but it was a great fun,” said Mossy. “It gave us the opportunity to meet new people and have loads of fun’ said Mossy at the event. He was among six people who received the award for good attitude and high spirits,” he added.
The Go for Life Games are based on some of the games played by Go for Life groups across Ireland. Participants turned their hand to ‘Lobbers’ (a target game adapted from petanque and boules), ‘Flisk’ (adapted from boccia and horseshoe pitching), and ‘Scidils’ (an adaptation of ten pin bowling with one skittle).
The teams represented older people’s groups from 17 Local Sport Partnership areas: Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kilkenny, Tipperary South, Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Offaly, Laois, Dublin City Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown, South Dublin and Fingal.
The aim of the Go For Life Games is to involve older people in recreational sport. The games are run in partnership with Local Sports Partnerships and the HSE. See a video from the 2013 Games here… (and a photo of the Kerry team below it)
Mossy Kelleher (standing left) with the Kerry team at Go For Life Games 2014.
