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Ciara Griffin officially opened the new astroturf facility at CBS Primary School on Tuesday. Also included is Principal Denis Coleman, Kieran Donaghy of PST, with pupils. Photo by Dermot Crean
A new all-weather playing facility in CBS Primary, Tralee, was officially opened at 12 noon on Tuesday by Ciara Griffin, recently-retired, Irish Ladies Rugby Captain and a member of the teaching staff in CBS Primary.
Also present on the day were fundraising committee from within the staff and Kieran Donaghy representing PST who installed the all-weather playing facility.
The new secure all-weather facility serves as a school playground for classes at the break times and is available to all of the children for their PE classes. It has been a tremendous addition to the playing facilities in the school.
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The school began fundraising for this facility two years ago in late 2019. The pinnacle of the fundraising efforts was to hold a “Who wants to be a Thousandaire?” night in the Ballyroe Hotel, Tralee.
Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, the event was cancelled on a number of occasions, most recently on Friday last November 26.
However, the fundraising committee within the school staff decided to stream the event from the new school building instead and this turned out to be a tremendous success with over 500 households tuned in last Friday night.
Ciara Griffin officially opens the new astroturf facility at CBS Primary School on Tuesday. Also included is Principal Denis Coleman, Kieran Donaghy of PST, with teaching staff and pupils. Photo by Dermot Crean
Denis Coleman, Principal of CBS Primary, said; “we are deeply indebted to the business community of Tralee and beyond for supporting our fundraising efforts. Nearly 100 local business made generous donation to our event and we were delighted to advertise their business on our school Facebook page during the last two years.
“We also produced special video pieces featuring these businesses which were streamed during our live event on Friday last. We are also delighted that The Irish American Partnership made a generous donation to our fundraising efforts.
“I want to give a special mention to the fundraising committee who put in a massive effort over the last two years. The fruits of their labours will be available to our pupils for many years to come and the children will benefit greatly from having such a fabulous facility in the school,” he concluded.
